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Good work! However, there is no mention of telecommuting/remote positions. Even as a US worker, I prefer remote work, and it baffles me that us "internet folk"

Good work! However, there is no mention of telecommuting/remote positions. Even as a US worker, I prefer remote work, and it baffles me that us "internet folk" are not working hard to fight the industrial-era assumption that software has to be written in a central office.

xxpor 14y ago
> it baffles me that us "internet folk" are not working hard to fight the industrial-era assumption that software has to be written in a central office Have you considered that some of us LIKE working in an office?
- mikkom 14y ago
  .. Especially some of us who have children.
- navyrain 14y ago
  Of course, some people like working in offices; that was never disputed. However, there are an increasing number of organizations which have caught on that offices are not "software factories", but rather, an optional luxury.
  - xxpor 14y ago
    I just think that we're not fighting for it because not that many of us really care. Not that I would be opposed to the option of course.
    - rhizome 14y ago
      Maybe it seems like not many care because when someone mentions including the option they are shouted down like they're saying all workers should WFH.
- earlyriser 14y ago
  Some people like to work in the office, other want to work at home. In both cases it would be nice to have a checkbox to indicate our preference.
- vog 14y ago
  -1 for the strawman argument. The OP didn't dispute that some of us like the office. They only pointed out that some (others) of us don't like the office, and that the site didn't take this into account.
bitsweet 14y ago
Yes, several of the teams we are hiring for have 100% telecommute roles if you are able to legally work for a US based company. Just let us know in the Goals of this when signing up.
- fijal 14y ago
  If you can work from outside of the US (technically), what sort of requirements for working legally for a US based company are? As far as I understand, you can just send them an invoice as a contractor and be happy, no?
- justincormack 14y ago
  Surely (almost) anyone in the world can legally work for a US based company if they are offshore (maybe not Cubans).
- felideon 14y ago
  I also found it odd at first that "remote" wasn't one of checkboxes in Step 2, but figured it was something I would type in a subsequent free-text box.
varelse 14y ago
Well, given that the Agile cult demands colocation in a single office along with all sorts of other one size fits all cargo cultisms, what do you expect? In my case, I prefer to not get in the way of my enemy while he's making mistakes.

xxpor 14y ago

> it baffles me that us "internet folk" are not working hard to fight the industrial-era assumption that software has to be written in a central office Have you considered that some of us LIKE working in an office?

mikkom 14y ago
.. Especially some of us who have children.
navyrain 14y ago
Of course, some people like working in offices; that was never disputed. However, there are an increasing number of organizations which have caught on that offices are not "software factories", but rather, an optional luxury.
- xxpor 14y ago
  I just think that we're not fighting for it because not that many of us really care. Not that I would be opposed to the option of course.
  - rhizome 14y ago
    Maybe it seems like not many care because when someone mentions including the option they are shouted down like they're saying all workers should WFH.
earlyriser 14y ago
Some people like to work in the office, other want to work at home. In both cases it would be nice to have a checkbox to indicate our preference.
vog 14y ago
-1 for the strawman argument. The OP didn't dispute that some of us like the office. They only pointed out that some (others) of us don't like the office, and that the site didn't take this into account.

bitsweet 14y ago

Yes, several of the teams we are hiring for have 100% telecommute roles if you are able to legally work for a US based company. Just let us know in the Goals of this when signing up.

fijal 14y ago
If you can work from outside of the US (technically), what sort of requirements for working legally for a US based company are? As far as I understand, you can just send them an invoice as a contractor and be happy, no?
justincormack 14y ago
Surely (almost) anyone in the world can legally work for a US based company if they are offshore (maybe not Cubans).
felideon 14y ago
I also found it odd at first that "remote" wasn't one of checkboxes in Step 2, but figured it was something I would type in a subsequent free-text box.

varelse 14y ago

Well, given that the Agile cult demands colocation in a single office along with all sorts of other one size fits all cargo cultisms, what do you expect? In my case, I prefer to not get in the way of my enemy while he's making mistakes.