>> * Does the type of job matter? For instance, I would imagine that it might be a lot more difficult to build a remote team of investment bankers than it might

>> * Does the type of job matter? For instance, I would imagine that it might be a lot more difficult to build a remote team of investment bankers than it might be to build a remote team of programmers. >> * Are certain phases of a job easier to handle remotely? For instance, perhaps coming up with an architecture needs to be collocated but the actual process of coding might be more productive if handled remotely. Or perhaps writing a research paper can be handled remotely, but editing it needs to be collocated. Nitpicking, but I think the 3rd question is invalidating the way the 2nd is phrased. Comparing investment bankers and programmers is difficult to put as apples to apples. Easier to compare investment bankers to architects or analysts to programmers at a detailed level (although admittedly many investment bankers would be their own analysts, just as many programmers would be their own architects). Perhaps the 2nd question would be better phrased as "Does the type of industry matter", rather than "Does the type of job matter". Here's one anecdote of where it's easy enough for financial guys to have analyst work done by non-colocated people, and still achieve success: http://www.businessinsider.com/pine-river-bejing-china-beijing-quants-math-geniuses-2011-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/pine-river-bejing-china-beiji...