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> I don't feel a sense of camaraderie. Especially when I work as a remote contractor. This seems to generally be a hurdle of remote work. It's hard to feel th
by cbanek 8y ago
> I don't feel a sense of camaraderie. Especially when I work as a remote contractor.
This seems to generally be a hurdle of remote work. It's hard to feel that sense of camaraderie when you are far away. There's a lot of reasons for this that aren't about you or them: like lack of face time, voice communication, out of sight out of mind, hard to get to know a remote person personally without "watercooler" talk, etc. It's also pretty common that remote people are left out of promotions and exciting projects for these reasons.
I'm a bit nervous on the 7 jobs in 10 years. One phrase that comes to mind is "10 years of experience vs 1 year of experience 10 times." Maintaining/operating something you've built is a key step in improving your skills, since you can see your own mistakes and learn from them.
- zanydude 8y agoMissing out on promotions is a concern for me. I don't think promotions exist in the context of contract workers, do they? And I'm also concerned about the 1 year 10 times experience. The longest I have maintained a single project has been 2 years but again that was from working remotely for a startup. I'm supposed to be able to make a big impact at tiny startups but I didn't get that feeling there.