Remote Work Terminology – what you should know

[jmduke]

I think Zach Holman's post on 'Remote first' vs. 'Remote friendly' does a good job of explaining the distinction:

https://zachholman.com/posts/remote-first/

[csbrooks]

Reminds me of the term Euphemism Treadmill: http://www.odlt.org/ballast/euphemism_treadmill.html

[KevinEldon]

This was helpful if for nothing else than to illustrate how nuanced the remote work conversation can be. I've also seen companies with a publicly strict on-site policies that are "remote friendly" (remote tolerant?). I agree completely with the author that these are jobs to be careful of.

[darkglow]

I was working remote for almost two years and can say it cam get really hard. The best advise I can give to anyone is: get yourself a shared office space or hot-desk somewhere. There are absolutely fab shared offices around and its really worth the money. After three months working from my living room i almost became a sociopath and a complete workaholic. But even if you not tend to such behavior its nice to have people around to talk to and have coffee with. We spent a lot of time working, we should have some peps around us.

[madarco]

I find the "Digital Nomad" new trend confusing, most of the times they are just offering relocation help in exchange for cheap work

[BerislavLopac]

This feels incomplete without the entry for "Remote, Oregon".

[clearly]

Ah crap - a popup!

I'm writing a personal guidebook to working from home - if this sounds interesting please fill out the form over the right.

If it doesn't, hit Escape, close this window, restart your computer, and flee to Mexico.

[fosco]

Did not receive popup, that being said, I have a 'Privacy Badger'[0] plugin which blocked the following websites.

s3.buysellads.com forms.convertkit.com

and some google api websites that I personally block because it makes my internet healthier :-)

[0] https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

[Urgo]

There was no X and hitting Escape as instructed didn't do anything either. Was able to click outside to make it go away but still..

[KevinEldon]

I didn't get a popup.

[clearly]

Absolute megafail