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Working from Wherever Make Work Less Stabby

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Who I am • Aaron Douglas • Milwaukee, WI USA • Mobile Maker for Automattic Inc. (WordPress.com) • Prior life Enterprise Java • @astralbodies

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You Want to Work Remote

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Remote where you are now

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Convince the Boss

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Convince your Coworkers

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Don’t Become Second Class

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– from Remote by Jason Fried “Feeling like a second-class worker doesn’t take much. Case in point: a roomful of local people and a shitty intercom system that makes it hard for the remote worker to hear what’s going on and even harder to participate. There’s also the annoyance of having every debate end with “John and I talked about this in the office yesterday and decided that your idea isn’t going to work.” F*** that.”

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Remote at a new place

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Job Boards

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Word of Mouth

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Remote with Travel

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Remote 100% Distributed

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Trust

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Why work remotely?

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Location / Relocation

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Distractions

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Commuting

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Home

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Flexibility

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Ability

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Challenges

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Information Overload

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Attention

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Loneliness

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Visibility

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Communication

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Synchronous

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Asynchronous

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Virtual Watercooler

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Attention

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Keeping Yourself FOCUSED

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Disorders

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Workspace

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Ergonomics

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Employers should invest

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Look at New Options

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Over-spec EVERYTHING

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Plan For Downtime

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Back Up Twice

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Combatting Loneliness

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Coffee Shops

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Coworking Spaces

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Desk Rental

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Libraries

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Meetup

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Health

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Food

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Exercise

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Burrito Friday

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Iterate

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Questions?

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Aaron Douglas ! @astralbodies ! http://astralbodi.es ! ! @ Automattic Inc. pssssst we’re hiring!!