Why people become remotes?

Miro Svrtan

@msvrtan

• I live in Zagreb
• ZgPHP organizer
• remote dev
• senior developer in TicketSwap

My story

2014

Wednesday

Accelerator

Month later..

Accellerator ended

This is how I became a remote developer

Freedom

8 hours / day

ISOLATED

1. REMOTE ≠ @HOME

3 friends

find work-life balance

2. REMOTE ≠ FREELANCING

3. not PART OF A TEAM

Onboarding

Keep communicating

new people in

people left

DEADLINE MOVED UP

roadmap changed

Daily standups

SCREEN Pair programming

TEAM retreats

1. beware of cultural differences

team members from around the world

cold ≠ indifferent

passion ≠ aggression

f word bomb

2. time vs RESULTS

motivated

disciplined

3. track your time

with freedom comes responsability

5. Communicate on/off

good morning

good bye

will be off for X minutes/hours

6. not for everyone

or every company

not for inexperienced

trust

7. try it

1 day a week

1 day a month

instead of taking a day off

instead of relocating

RECAP

• remote ≠ work @ home
• remote ≠ freelancing
• you can be part of the team
• watch out for cultural differences
• not for everyone/every company

questions?