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Remote Work

Comprehensive guidance for thriving in distributed teams, optimizing your home workspace, maintaining work-life boundaries, and leveraging digital collaboration tools

Remote Work Mastery

As remote and hybrid work models become standard, this category provides essential resources for:

  • Creating an ergonomic and productive home office that supports your health and focus
  • Digital communication strategies to maintain team cohesion and clarity
  • Work-life boundary setting to prevent burnout and overwhelm
  • Remote leadership techniques for managing distributed teams effectively
  • Technology recommendations for seamless virtual collaboration
  • Combating isolation and building community in a digital workspace

Drawing from years of remote work experience, these articles offer practical solutions to common distributed work challenges while highlighting the benefits this flexible arrangement can bring to your professional and personal life.

12 articles in this category
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Remote work organization strategies

Working at home comes with many benefits, like wearing slippers all day and being your boss, but it’s essential to have an effective organizational plan to make it profitable. These strategies for organizing your workday and environment will help you meet your goals.

Mar 20, 2022
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Staying focused while working remotely

Remote work isn't just about working from home — it's about building systems that let you do your best work regardless of location. After years of remote development work and managing distributed teams, I've learned that the developers who thrive remotely aren't necessarily the most disciplined ones. They're the ones who understand that focus is a skill you can optimize, just like any other part of your development workflow.

Nov 26, 2021
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tips for landing a promotion while working remotely

Remote work changed the promotion game. The old rules about being visible in the office don't apply when everyone's working from their kitchen table, but new challenges emerged around how to demonstrate value, build relationships, and position yourself for advancement when you're not physically present.

Nov 21, 2021
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Building a remote culture

Building remote culture isn't about replicating office dynamics through video calls and virtual happy hours. It's about intentionally designing systems, processes, and norms that help distributed teams thrive. The companies that figured this out early gained a massive competitive advantage in talent acquisition and retention.

Nov 17, 2021
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How to make the most out of working from home

Working from home isn't just about swapping your commute for coffee in pajamas. It's about designing a work environment and routine that actually makes you more productive, more focused, and more sustainable in your career. The people who excel at remote work treat it like a skill to develop, not just a perk to enjoy.

Nov 16, 2021
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Managing video meetings: How to avoid collaboration fatigue

2020 was a year rife with changes and challenges.

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How to impress a boss you rarely see

Wherever you work, impressing your boss is part of your job requirements. You probably know what to do when your supervisor sits in the office next door, but you may need to think more creatively if you seldom see each other.

Nov 4, 2021
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6 ways to set up a home office when you do not have a spare room

Have you found yourself working from home, but where you’ve set up your work center is getting in the way of your normal family activities? If you don't have a spare room in your home and need to set up a home office, there are a few other areas in your house that you may consider using.

Oct 31, 2021
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Work from home tips that bring success

Working from home comes with its own set of benefits, distractions, and frustrations that are quite different from those you find in the regular workplace.

Oct 30, 2021
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How to deal with isolation when you are working from fome

Working alone sounds great. No one steals the last cup of coffee, and there's no boss telling you to get to work. There's one big catch. Remote workers often suffer from isolation. You may have limited opportunities to interact with others. This can become quite uncomfortable after a while. Before you start talking to your plant, take control of the situation.

Sep 28, 2021
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Developer in a Strange Land. Part 2

Find your routine

Jan 18, 2020
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Developer in a Strange Land. Part 1

Surviving Remote Work

Jan 17, 2020