NoDesk: Issue #186

Oct 21, 2021

A weekly newsletter with the best new remote jobs, stories and ideas from the remote work community, and occasional offbeat pieces to feed your curiosity.

By Daniel (@nodeskco).

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Featured Jobs

Senior Software Engineer - Clojure at Crescent - Remote (US)
Entrepreneurial Startup Engineer (Tech Lead/Senior Fellowships) at Commit - Remote (Worldwide)
Social Media and Community Manager at Interaction Design Foundation - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior PHP Developer (Laravel) at Interaction Design Foundation - Remote (Worldwide)
Admin and Support Specialist at Interaction Design Foundation - Remote (Worldwide)
Design Educator at Interaction Design Foundation - Remote (Worldwide)
Marketing and Community Specialist at Interaction Design Foundation - Remote (Worldwide)
Motion Graphics Designer and Visual Storyteller at Interaction Design Foundation - Remote (Worldwide)
UX Bootcamp Instructor at Interaction Design Foundation - Remote (Worldwide)
UX Bootcamp Mentor at Interaction Design Foundation - Remote (Worldwide)
Growth Lead at Graphite - Remote (US)
API and Backend Developer at Hipo - Remote (Worldwide)
Product Designer at Inflow - Remote (Worldwide)
Full-stack Engineer at Guilded - Remote (Worldwide)
QA Engineer (Manual) at Mysterium Network - Remote (Europe, Lithuania, Ukraine)
Senior Product Designer (Europe/Asia) at Piktochart - Remote (Asia, Europe)
Senior Product Designer at XWP - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior React Developer at Toptal - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Full Stack Developer Ruby / React at GOhiring - Remote (Africa, Europe, +-4 hours CET)
Salesforce Engineer at Facet Wealth - Remote (US)
Sr. CSM (Sales Consultant) at Facet Wealth - Remote (US)
(Senior) Backend Engineer - Microservice Intelligence at LeanIX - Remote (Europe)
Senior Go Engineer at Level - Remote (Worldwide)
Full Stack Engineer at Facet Wealth - Remote (US)
Product Designer at designstripe - Remote (Worldwide)
Marketing Manager at Chorus One - Remote (Worldwide)
Full-Stack Engineer at Modern Treasury - Remote (US)
Security Engineer at Modern Treasury - Remote (US)
Senior Technical Product Owner at XWP - Remote (Worldwide)
Blockchain Jobs / Cryptocurrency Jobs at Cryptocurrency Jobs - Remote (Worldwide)

Latest Jobs

Account Executive at Scratchpad - Remote (US)
Account Manager MENA at Dropbox - Remote (EMEA)
Associate Solutions Engineer, EMEA at CircleCI - Remote (Germany, Ireland, UK)
Financial Analyst, Corporate FP&A at Twilio - Remote (US)
Frontend Engineer at Netlify - Remote (Worldwide)
Frontend Web Software Engineer - Revenue Product Engineering at Twitter - Remote (UK, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands)
Manager, Mid Market Customer Success at Gong - Remote (US)
Product Designer, Marketplace at CB Insights - Remote (US)
Business Development Representative at Tidelift - Remote (US)
Digital Marketing Analyst at CB Insights - Remote (US)
Growth Marketing Manager at Scratchpad - Remote (US)
Influencer Outreach Specialist at Uscreen - Remote (Worldwide)
Lead Product Designer - Open-Source - Waypoint at HashiCorp - Remote (UK)
Product Manager at Dropbox - Remote (EMEA)
QA Automation Engineer at Notarize - Remote (US)
Associate Product Manager (Accounts & Commerce) at Axios - Remote (US)
Mac Technical Specialist at Sketch - Remote (Africa, Europe)
Operations Analyst at Very - Remote (Latin America)
Sales Lead at Parabol - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior/Principal Product Manager at ClassDojo - Remote (Worldwide)
Social and Editorial Operations Coordinator at Mozilla - Remote (Canada, US)
Software Engineer, Security (EMEA) at Hotjar - Remote (EMEA)
Writer, Content Strategist at TaxJar - Remote (US)
Associate Product Designer at InVision - Remote (Worldwide)
Customer Success Specialist at Streak - Remote (North America)
Product Designer, Create at Loom - Remote (US)
Technical Account Manager - EMEA, UK at Atlassian - Remote (Europe)
Video Production Lead at Stripe - Remote (North America)
Digital Advertising and PPC Ads Specialist at Ahrefs - Remote (Worldwide)
Junior Account Executive at Streak - Remote (North America)
Sales Engineer at Ionic - Remote (US)
Travel and Expense (T&E) Operations Manager at Stripe - Remote (North America)
Operations Coordinator at Wethos - Remote (Worldwide)
People Operations Project Manager at Wikimedia Foundation - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Designer, Education at Webflow - Remote (US)
Sr. Digital Engagement Specialist at 350 - Remote (Americas time zones)
Community & Social Media Manager at Superside - Remote (Worldwide)
Executive Recruiter at Plaid - Remote (Worldwide)
Growth Marketing Manager at Timescale - Remote (Worldwide)
Operations Specialist - Business Development at Mozilla - Remote (US)

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Top Picks

Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.

The future of remote work is text

Chris Morrison | TechCrunch

At its most basic level, Automattic’s model isn’t about remote work at all. Instead, it’s about how the company is structured, from its management, to its communication style, right down to its hiring process.

Where Have All The Digital Nomads Gone?

Ollie A Williams | Forbes

In 2020, between various lockdowns, the number of digital nomads boomed as millions of newly office-liberated workers flocked to foreign countries to work remotely. But, as offices demand their workers back, will this be the end of the digital nomad?

Remote Work Can Be Better for Innovation Than In-Person Meetings

Gleb Tsipursky | Scientific American

Fear of losing their innovative edge pushes many leaders to reject hybrid and virtual work arrangements. Yet extensive research shows that hybrid and remote teams can gain an innovation advantage and outcompete in-person teams by adopting best practices for innovation, such as virtual brainstorming. What explains this discrepancy between leadership beliefs and scientific evidence?

With So Many People Quitting, Don’t Overlook Those Who Stay

Debbie Cohen, Kate Roeske-Zummer | Harvard Business Review

The marketplace for talent has shifted. You need to think of your employees like customers and put thoughtful attention into retaining them. This is the first step to slow attrition and regain your growth curve.

The Largely Untold Story Of How One Guy In California Keeps The World’s Computers Running On The Right Time Zone. (Well, Sort Of)

Daniel Rosehill | OneZero

Down the rabbit hole: my brief odyssey into the esoteric world of the tight-knit time zone data maintenance community who quietly keep the world’s computers from avoiding DST-related-meltdowns.

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The discourse is very skewed

Sar Haribhakti @sarthakgh

People writing up narratives about remote work are very likely to be working from home most of the time The discourse is very skewed

Philip N Cohen @familyunequal

Now you know: Percent teleworking because of the pandemic, by occupation and month https://t.co/uQF3ZPvkJq

We can make remote work great if we…

Gajus @kuizinas

We can make remote work great if we remove the expectation that slow-response is Okay. 👇🧵

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