Being a remote developer
Miro Svrtan
@msvrtan
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
7 tips
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
4. be async
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?
THANK YOU!
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- Twitter: @msvrtan
Being a remote developer
By Miro Svrtan
Being a remote developer
Webcamp Zagreb 2016, October 29th 2016
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