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YARW - Yet Another RemoteWork Website

madarco 7y ago
That's true, but I've seen a lot of those remote work website being a remote worker myself, and this it's A LOT ahead. Also this link in particular shows the most important metric that everyone is neglecting in other similar sites: how many cities your "remote" company cover? It's also an important metric to understand the company colture: for eg. a lot of US-based remote companies hire only US-based employees
- stakhanov 7y ago
  To me it just seems like they make money off of these companies, and, as a quid pro quo, put up a website calling them "top". Nothing much to see there.
  - clarry 7y ago
    Yea, I was actually expecting and hoping to see some sort of actual statistics about remote work, not a score-board for companies to boast on about how wide they've spread.
    - raunometsa 7y ago
      Good point. What kind of stats would be interesting? I'm thinking about doing some questionnaire with remote companies on my site. I've started with "interviews". Basically a list of questions remote companies can answer. Not too many yet, but some: https://remotehub.io/remote-work https://remotehub.io/remote-work
      - clarry 7y ago
        How about questionnaires for remote workers? It'd be interesting to know more about why and how people ended up working remote, how it impacts their lives, how it impacts their job search, how it impacts their day-to-day work, what kind of sacrifice (if any) was required to go remote, what sort of experience did they have to start with, etc.
        raunometsa 7y ago
        Cool, thanks. Also curious how people end up working remote. Maybe they read about how cool remote work is (haha ok there are downsides too) and then they ask their employer to allow remote or find a new job. Anyways, Buffer did a nice report: https://buffer.com/state-of-remote-work-2019 https://buffer.com/state-of-remote-work-2019 and they are working on new one together with Angel List (maybe more).
  - raunometsa 7y ago
    Well... not making too much money yet :) I'm building this alone as a side project while working on my remote developer job full time. But calling them "top". Yeah, not a competition or anything. Just for fun, really.
- raunometsa 7y ago
  Thanks! This is what I'm trying to put my effort on. These maps. And you're right. It helps to understand the company's remote culture. How remote are they? Will you be part of a remote team covering the whole globe or are you one of the two remote team members. Both are cool! People just like different things. I mean, when you join a fully remote company, there's probably a remote culture in place. But when you're one of the first remote members, maybe you can be part of shaping the culture yourself.
raunometsa 7y ago
Hah, cool! I mean, yeah – there's a lot of remote work sites. Like new sites added every week, right. I'm trying to put my effort to these remote company maps. I think it's cool to see how distributed the team is when planning to join. Some companies are fully remote. Some have only a few remote team members next to a big office. Some located in North America. Some covering basically the whole globe.

That's true, but I've seen a lot of those remote work website being a remote worker myself, and this it's A LOT ahead. Also this link in particular shows the most important metric that everyone is neglecting in other similar sites: how many cities your "remote" company cover? It's also an important metric to understand the company colture: for eg. a lot of US-based remote companies hire only US-based employees

stakhanov 7y ago
To me it just seems like they make money off of these companies, and, as a quid pro quo, put up a website calling them "top". Nothing much to see there.
- clarry 7y ago
  Yea, I was actually expecting and hoping to see some sort of actual statistics about remote work, not a score-board for companies to boast on about how wide they've spread.
  - raunometsa 7y ago
    Good point. What kind of stats would be interesting? I'm thinking about doing some questionnaire with remote companies on my site. I've started with "interviews". Basically a list of questions remote companies can answer. Not too many yet, but some: https://remotehub.io/remote-work https://remotehub.io/remote-work
    - clarry 7y ago
      How about questionnaires for remote workers? It'd be interesting to know more about why and how people ended up working remote, how it impacts their lives, how it impacts their job search, how it impacts their day-to-day work, what kind of sacrifice (if any) was required to go remote, what sort of experience did they have to start with, etc.
      - raunometsa 7y ago
        Cool, thanks. Also curious how people end up working remote. Maybe they read about how cool remote work is (haha ok there are downsides too) and then they ask their employer to allow remote or find a new job. Anyways, Buffer did a nice report: https://buffer.com/state-of-remote-work-2019 https://buffer.com/state-of-remote-work-2019 and they are working on new one together with Angel List (maybe more).
- raunometsa 7y ago
  Well... not making too much money yet :) I'm building this alone as a side project while working on my remote developer job full time. But calling them "top". Yeah, not a competition or anything. Just for fun, really.
raunometsa 7y ago
Thanks! This is what I'm trying to put my effort on. These maps. And you're right. It helps to understand the company's remote culture. How remote are they? Will you be part of a remote team covering the whole globe or are you one of the two remote team members. Both are cool! People just like different things. I mean, when you join a fully remote company, there's probably a remote culture in place. But when you're one of the first remote members, maybe you can be part of shaping the culture yourself.

raunometsa 7y ago

Hah, cool! I mean, yeah – there's a lot of remote work sites. Like new sites added every week, right. I'm trying to put my effort to these remote company maps. I think it's cool to see how distributed the team is when planning to join. Some companies are fully remote. Some have only a few remote team members next to a big office. Some located in North America. Some covering basically the whole globe.