How To Remote
Working with a remote team has many advantages*. It can also be hard to do effectively. * This post is how to remote. As for why, maybe I'll cover that in the future. Why you should listen to me I started working at an all remote company two years ago. We have since merged with an onsite ("remote-friendly") company and later been enveloped by a huge corporation. Each step along the way saw the workplace become less friendly to our remote …
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Tooling for Remote Work
This post relates to my post on pairing, but digs into some tooling that will help make your life better. Stay tuned for the next post on how to use some of these tools. learn to use vim/tmux Until something better comes along, learn to use vim and tmux if you want to pair remotely. There is defnitely a steep learning curve so remember to use good pairing practice and support people who are new to the tools. The …
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Pair Programming
There are a plethora of blog posts about how to Pair Program. Here are a few notes I have made based on my experience pairing full time for the last ~1.5 years. Look forward to more coming soon about pairing remotely and working remotely! go slow Pairing is awesome. See, e.g., this blog post. It really only works if you both people are truly involved. Oftentimes, this means slowing down on a concept that may be mindless for …
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