NoDesk: Issue #300
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).
I can’t thank you enough for your continued support and for being part of NoDesk. I look forward to seeing what we do together in 2024.
I wish you much love and happiness for the new year!
-Daniel
Remote Jobs
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Latest Jobs
Backend Engineer, AI Powered: AI Framework at GitLab - Remote (Worldwide)
Data Science Intern - EMEA (Summer 2024) at Dropbox - Remote (Ireland)
Director of Product Design at Credible - Remote (US)
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Staff Site Designer at GitHub - Remote (US)
WordPress Writer at Gravity Forms - Remote (Worldwide)
HR Generalist at Brex - Remote (US)
Legal Intern (Summer 2024) at Dropbox - Remote (US)
Marketing Associate at General Assembly - Remote (Singapore)
Senior Customer Success Manager at CareMessage - Remote (US)
Senior Security Engineer at Cypress - Remote (US)
Corporate Account Executive at CB Insights - Remote (US)
Global Compensation Programs Lead at BetterUp - Remote (US)
People Technology Intern (Summer 2024) at Dropbox - Remote (US)
Sr. Compensation Manager at HashiCorp - Remote (US)
Strategic Events Coodinator at MongoDB - Remote (North America)
Events Coordinator at GitHub - Remote (US)
Junior Node.js Developer at iubenda - Remote (Worldwide)
Product Manager Intern at Brex - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Manager, Direct Tax at DigitalOcean - Remote (US)
Senior Sales Strategy Analyst, Customer Success at GitLab - Remote (North America)
Social Media Intern (Summer 2024) at Dropbox - Remote (US)
Vice President of Product at ConvertKit - Remote (Worldwide)
Client Success Specialist at Credible - Remote (North Carolina)
Product Design Intern (Undergraduate) at HashiCorp - Remote (US)
Senior Paralegal / Telecom Regulatory Compliance Manager at Twilio - Remote (US)
Software Engineer Intern, Data Products at Discord - Remote (US)
Accountant at Bugcrowd - Remote (US)
Motion Designer, Brand Studio at Figma - Remote (US)
Senior Manager, People Operations at Deel - Remote (EMEA)
Senior Product Designer at Gladly - Remote (US)
Customer Success Manager at AgencyAnalytics - Remote (Canada)
Director, Growth Marketing at Webflow - Remote (US)
EMEA Payroll Specialist at UserTesting - Remote (UK)
Sr. Support Engineer - Vault at HashiCorp - Remote (Netherlands)
UI Engineer at MongoDB - Remote (North America)
Top Picks
Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.
The fresh start effect
People have been doing New Years Resolutions forever. You’re more likely to run a marathon at a milestone age like 30, 35 or 40. A study in 2014 dubbed it the “fresh start effect” and found that people were more likely to search for terms like “diet” and “gym” at the start of a new year, and that they were more likely to actually go to the gym in the first week of a new year.1
Remote work isn't killing business travel – it's transforming it
Elizabeth Bennett | BBC
The days of in-person client meetings may be waning, but employees are setting out on corporate trips for new reasons.
Yes, there are work-from-home jobs nobody wants
Tim Paradis | Business Insider
For many of us, the pandemic rebooted our relationship with work and how much we want to give over to our employers. Neave said that meant companies having trouble plugging people into open jobs would need to be more thoughtful about what they’re offering.
Will 2024 be the year employers crack down on remote work? Not so fast
Don Lee | The Columbian
These days, it looks like the bloom is coming off the rose for remote work: Many employers are talking tougher. New research shows employees are actually less productive when they work from home full-time. And, with the tight job market starting to slacken, some predict 2024 will be the year employers finally clamp down.
But don’t be too quick to conclude things are going back to the days of 9 to 5 in the old cubicle.
The myth that remote work stifles innovation and creativity is gaining ground–but the same evidence shows that it was only true in the pre-2010s workplace
Gleb Tsipursky | Fortune
The narrative that traditional, in-person work environments are the sole breeding grounds for innovation and collaborative breakthroughs has dominated the news media discourse. This narrative is not only outdated but also fundamentally flawed in the context of our modern, technologically-driven world.
What to expect at work in 2024
Jeanne Sahadi | CNN
You may be wondering what this new year has in store for your career — your pay, your benefits, your schedule and your job prospects.
To find out, we consulted with a number of workplace experts and consultants to get a sense of what trends and changes they expect.
Generative AI And The Future Of Jobs
Bernard Marr | Forbes
We’ve often heard it said that generative AI will affect many of the jobs people do today. But they won’t all be affected equally.
We are increasingly seeing that certain occupations will be changed more than others.
Perfectionism and Procrastination: How They’re Connected and What to Do About It
Itamar Shatz | Solving Procrastination
The relationship between perfectionism and procrastination can have serious implications, so it’s important to understand it. As such, in the following article you will learn more about how perfectionism and procrastination are connected, and see what you can do about this in practice.
What city is gonna be the next big digital nomad hub?
CharacterUsual | Reddit
Reflecting on how Tbilisi is over and I’m leaving.
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