[LRUG] [JOBS] Freelancer. And some reflections.

[stephen creedon]

The benefits of remote vs local also depend on the company culture. I’ve worked at a couple of companies that were headphones-on heads-down and not a great deal of human interaction even when everyone is in the same room. At the moment a little over half of our developers are remote but they’re very communicative and rewarding to work with. Ideally people like that would be in the same room as me but I’m more than willing to accept the remote trade-off to be able to have them on the team. They’re senior, have children need family support and it works for them being at home rather crammed into a shoe-box in London with an increasingly unhappy partner.


I would say that it is important to be in a similar time zone though so there is plenty of time to chat about current things. Also it certainly helps that we’re all hungry, sleepy, thinking about the weekend and in need of beer and/or coffee at roughly the same time.


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> On Feb 27, 2017, at 10:23 AM, Thomas Buckley-Houston <tom at tombh.co.uk> wrote:
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> Wow Evgeny, I really appreciate the feedback. It gives me a much more
> digestible perspective than, "no, sorry, not at the moment" (which is
> of course a legitimate response itself).
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> I should have mentioned though that all the places I'm applying
> clearly express remote focuses or remote friendliness. So I totally
> understand your preference for face to face, it's a basic human medium
> we've evolved over millions of years. And I love your;
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>> I need a person who will look at the company and figure out how to prevent half the tickets from appearing.
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> Also perhaps I could make clearer that I'm not just looking for short
> term contracts. I'd love a permanent part time role, I just have no
> need for the kind of money full time involves.
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> Anyway, like I said, this is such a first-world problem. But still I
> very much appreciate the feedback.
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