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I see a bright future for products and services focused on remote team management
by jameslk 8y ago
I see a bright future for products and services focused on remote team management
- everdev 8y agoWe're building a fully remote team at Flyreel (https://www.flyreel.co https://www.flyreel.co) for AI and computer vision. It helps to have access to talent anywhere in the US. So far investors have responded positively to our distributed setup.
- dminor 8y agoFYI the word "test" is in your footer
- YeahSureWhyNot 8y agoI think so too. The gold standard of productivity communication - slack, doesn't have voice clips, whatsapp doesn't have searching in voice clips, etc. none of the messengers have screen sharing except for fb messenger. Would be nice to see something that isnt very expensive and had the needed features.
- mnm1 8y agoSlack has great screen sharing.
- atonalfreerider 8y agoprimitive.io is a collaboration tool for developers that uses VR telepresence and code visualization
- dbish 8y agoI agree, but quite a few people get lonely working remotely and not having a proper office to go into, and software won't solve that (at least not until VR presence or something of the sort is really good). I've managed great engineers who have complained about this and I haven't seen a good solution.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoA coworking space stipend perhaps?
- pm90 8y agoThis works if your remote team members live close to each other. Which is possible for some teams but doesn’t apply universally
- toomuchtodo 8y agoNo no, I mean a coworking space just to get out and socialize with other knowledge workers. Doesn’t need to be geographically close to other coworkers.
- BurningFrog 8y agoI get the idea, but at least I bond with coworkers by working together. Just sitting in the same area with some other remote workers that I had nothing in common with would probably just be weird.
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- tspike 8y agoI'm happy with my current setup. I live about an hour away from a satellite office. I go in once or twice a week by train. It's enough to get me out of the house and keep my face fresh with my coworkers but not so much that it's a burden. I fly to HQ every month or two for similar reasons.
- threatofrain 8y agoMaybe loneliness is best solved by a phenomena of people having more time off work.
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- closeparen 8y agoThere are a whole lot of places between “most expensive place in the world” and “no place.”
- burlesona 8y agoRemote isn’t a panacea. I worked remotes for about 8 years and then went back to a traditional office environment when I had kids. I liked remote, but I enjoy the office more, and it has been much nicer for my family. It’s often difficult for little kids to understand when a parent is working from home, or for a spouse to emotionally accept that “just help me for a second” is enough to disrupt work. In my life, having that separation so I’m physically gone when I’m not available and then fully present and available when I’m home has made everyone a lot happier. Before you go telling me I needed an office space or a cowork, I did have an office space, and for a while I tried coworking. Once you’re going to a cowork —- well, to me it’s more fun to just go to a nice office with your actual coworkers than it is to rent a desk with a bunch of strangers.
- ryanbrunner 8y agoI think this is a really key point to consider with remote. I'm fortunate enough that I have a dedicated office space in my house I can use for remote work, but even then there's occasional issues with my kids not really understanding the difference between working and being available to play. If I was in shared space, it would be a nightmare.