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This is great. My startup is really similar. We also value people over profits (and we're profitable!), we all work remotely, and we all meetup in random place
by socialist_coder 12y ago
This is great.
My startup is really similar. We also value people over profits (and we're profitable!), we all work remotely, and we all meetup in random places for a few weeks so we can get a vacation plus some face-to-face working time in.
So far, it's been awesome. We've only done 1 meetup so far, at a ski chalet in the Alps, and it was great. The significant others & kids came for 1 week, and then we had 2 weeks of just the employees.
The biggest challenge is definitely the internet. When you have 6 people in a house all trying to pull/push from git, sync dropbox, do skype calls, etc; it can put quite a burden on whatever crappy DSL the vacation house has installed.
We would love to do a SE Asia work trip but so far we have ignored the region due to the internet connectivity. I'm actually really surprised that the mobile internet there was good enough for you guys to work with.
Cheers, and keep it up! It's nice to see there are more startups like this out there.
- pmcpinto 12y agoWhat's the name of your startup?
- socialist_coder 12y agohttp://www.foxcubgames.com/ http://www.foxcubgames.com/
- stephenr 12y agoWhy would you assume SE Asia has worse internet connectivity options than other countries? the vast majority of people here use just a smartphone or maybe a tablet to access the internet. 3G is fairly ubiquitous, 4G is in major locations, and data is relatively cheap. (I don't bother with a local Sim when I go back to Australia - it's literally cheaper to roam and use data via my Thai SIM than to pay for Telstra prepaid)
- socialist_coder 12y agoBecause when travelling through SE Asia previously, the wifi was generally terrible. I didn't realize the mobile data was that good.