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by muratk 4y ago
engageSPARK | React JS UI | REMOTE ONLY (UTC-1 to +10) | 4dww full time | engagespark.com We're a small team building a communication app for NGOs and universities. These organizations use us to reach out to or survey people in low- an
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by muratk 6y ago
> choose and implement and couple enhancements to a toy app I think this is a key piece why this kind of project is useful, because that's exactly what they'd do when they start in their coding role: jump into an unfamiliar cod
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by muratk 6y ago
https://www.langsamreisen.de/en/ (no affiliation)
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by muratk 7y ago
Would love to have a manager-mentor like that. :)
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by muratk 7y ago
Looking at the responses here … it's not about “1:1s are basics, if you don't do them you are a failed manager.” Nor do I believe the truth is best described as: “a 1:1 is a creepy corporate checkbox to be checked and best avoided
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by muratk 7y ago
Ah, my point with the internet example wasn't the missing internet itself. In an office, someone will fix it if the internet is down. That's why you have an office: to outsource infra to people so you can focus on your own job: wr
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by muratk 7y ago
Curious, with GH notifs and Q&A in Slack, with demos at sprent end and probably an online scrum board…do you really still need a stand up to know what the others are up to? Or is it more to … talk?
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by muratk 7y ago
Curious, how do you know that lack of trust is the reason? I mean, they wouldn't tell you, right? Maybe it's something simpler like, salaries, timezone, ...?
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by muratk 7y ago
Curious—didn't that go fairly well? You noticed that the one thing that matters—outcomes—wasn't there, and you ended it. If that person had been co-located, they'd have pretended to work and otherwise browsed facebook when no
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by muratk 7y ago
Not too sure. You'll likely find stuff for PHP, but a bunch of meetups have gone dormant AFAIK. High paying jobs here are scarce if they exist at all, probably same as when you left.
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by muratk 7y ago
There is an app for that. ;) We use BoardGameArena. They bring boardgames beautifully online. I'm paying for a pro account so I can create private games, $5/mo. Worth it. https://en.boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?gam
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by muratk 7y ago
Well, we're a remote team. ;) Incidentally, I'm still in Cebu, but it wouldn't matter where you are.
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by muratk 7y ago
Hm, some of those points I've experienced, too, or make sense to me. 3: You mean “professionally lonely” as not physically meeting enough other, say, devs? Why can't you get your tech interactions online and satisfy your need to m
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by muratk 7y ago
Did they prefer the huge company because of perks/salaries/tech, or actually because of being office-based? If remote, what was their #1 issue?
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by muratk 7y ago
We had a colocated team in Cebu, Philippines. Turns out, not too many Go devs in Cebu, so went remote. Now UTC+1 to UTC+8. Bigger challenges: - the utter unfairness that some people are really effective (possibly because experienced) remote
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by muratk 7y ago
We have a Slack channel for that. But what really works: round-based boardgames. So we play that once a week, instead of / as our weekly meeting. Leaves plenty of room to chat about the weekend, comment about bad game moves and just ta
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by muratk 7y ago
Can be fast, too. I once interviewed an Indian dev who was telling me that in his remote startup, they grew so quickly to 200+ people that management got overwhelmed and figured they better have everyone in an office. Canceled remote for ev
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by muratk 7y ago
It doesn't have to be a rare disease—it can just mean that non-basic healthcare is hard to access. Example: I live in the Philippines. Its healthcare system is affected by two things: centralization and the fact that the country is an
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by muratk 8y ago
When we hire I am worried about these things, in no particular order: 1) Can't communicate. Particularly in written form. Should be easy to show/confirm, but still. Why it matters? In an office I can walk over and communication wi
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by muratk 8y ago
engageSPARK | Cebu, Philippines | ONSITE, REMOTE, FULLTIME, VISA, Code4Good https://www.engageSPARK.com engageSPARK, a social enterprise, is the world's EASIEST Platform that empowers professionals (marketing, sales, hr, op
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by muratk 9y ago
engageSPARK | Cebu, Philippines | ONSITE, REMOTE, FULLTIME, VISA, Code4Good https://www.engageSPARK.com engageSPARK, a social enterprise, is the world's EASIEST Platform that empowers professionals (marketing, sales, hr, op
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by muratk 9y ago
For anyone caring to get out of the echo chamber and near, unfortunately not onto the beach, join us at engageSPARK in Cebu, Philippines. :) https://www.engagespark.com/careers Might get a different perspective on the stuff
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by muratk 9y ago
engageSPARK | Cebu, Philippines | ONSITE, REMOTE, FULLTIME, VISA, Code4Good https://www.engageSPARK.com engageSPARK, a social enterprise, is the world's EASIEST Platform that empowers professionals (marketing, sales, hr, op
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by muratk 9y ago
engageSPARK | Cebu, Philippines | ONSITE, REMOTE, FULLTIME, VISA, Code4Good https://www.engageSPARK.com engageSPARK, a social enterprise, is the world's EASIEST Platform that empowers professionals (marketing, sales, hr, op
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by muratk 9y ago
How would you migrate a team from local-only, to many remote team members? I've every intention to get there, but could use some advice. Steps I'm doing to test/prepare/do the cultural shift: * Hiring friends: Makes it e
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by muratk 9y ago
engageSPARK | Cebu, Philippines | ONSITE, REMOTE, FULLTIME, VISA, Code4Good https://www.engageSPARK.com engageSPARK, a social enterprise, is the world's EASIEST Platform that empowers professionals (marketing, sales, hr, op
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by muratk 9y ago
engageSPARK | Cebu, Philippines | ONSITE, REMOTE, FULLTIME, VISA, Code4Good https://www.engageSPARK.com engageSPARK, a social enterprise, is the world's EASIEST Platform that empowers professionals (marketing, sales, hr, op
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by muratk 9y ago
engageSPARK | Cebu, Philippines | ONSITE, REMOTE, FULLTIME, INTERNS, VISA, Code4Good https://www.engageSPARK.com engageSPARK, a social enterprise, is the world's EASIEST Platform that empowers professionals (marketing, sale
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by muratk 9y ago
Thanks for letting us know. We'll fix this ASAP. :)
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by muratk 9y ago
And that's just the employee point of view. Access to capital, to useful investors, to founder networks and to decision makers of your prospects are all important factors in where to set up shop. We're located in Cebu, Philippines

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