I might look into active, high profile opensource projects to learn a thing or two from there. I think for this to work, planning needs to be very precise: as a

I might look into active, high profile opensource projects to learn a thing or two from there. I think for this to work, planning needs to be very precise: as a team you know what you are going to do, devs need to be very good at what they do and enjoy what they are doing. This is often difficult for companies as there are many things that need to be done asap, projects/teams often being managed by non-tech or non-experts. I've worked part time for a startup remotely across timezones. I personally credit the technical lead for the most part for its success. Then, the chemistry within the team was really good. When someone says something others tend to get it. And the planning. The tech lead sets up the goals for the quarter and push back on distractions from the business side except on rare occasions. The management was also very competent, they seemed to listen to the engineers.