JoeDeveloper

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   by JoeDeveloper 15y ago

   Ditto that. There are sites like freelancer.com, elance.com etc - but there is considerable overhead involved in vying for short-term gigs and negotiating terms etc. I worked those sites for about 2 years and it was actually very gratifying
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   by JoeDeveloper 15y ago

   Except that I'm a better worker when I live where I want to live. I can't agree with this enough. The lack of structural violence is also a huge win, being able to hack at 24+ hour stretches without being told that they are locking up now,
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   by JoeDeveloper 15y ago

   Apropos: A few days ago a discussion about just this topic was started at http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=... A recent poll was started at: http://www.linkedin.com/osview/canvas?_ch_page_id=1&_ch_... Wher
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   by JoeDeveloper 15y ago

   I have been working remotely for the past ~4 years and it has proven to be one of the most productive approaches for me. I find that meeting many of the "challenges" of managing distributed teams end up being worth much more than just the a