An American Coder in Paris

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an american coder in paris scott chacon

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my story

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why Paris?

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70%

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moving to Paris

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1. One application form (English version) filled out and signed 2. One ID picture glued/stapled onto the application form 3. Original passport or travel document 4. Status in the US 5. Letter promising not to engage in any employment in France (notarized) 6. Letter of employment in the US stating occupation and earnings 7. Proof of means of income — letter from the bank, etc 8. Proof of medical insurance 9. Marriage certificate or family book + Birth certificates for children 10.Proof of accommodation in France (lease or rental agreement) 11. Processing fees 12.One residence form duly filled out (upper part only) 13.E-ticket or reservation confirmation email showing the date of departure 14.A self-addressed prepaid Express Mail envelope

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https://medium.com/@chacon

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how to remote work

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the hard

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Timezones the

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Local Currency the

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Work / Life the

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Imposter Syndrome the

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“They are convinced that they are frauds and do not deserve the success they have achieved. Proof of success is dismissed as luck, timing, or as a result of deceiving others into thinking they are more intelligent and competent than they believe themselves to be.” the Source: Wikipedia

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the

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General Paranoia the

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the nice

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Productivity the

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Schedule the

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the tricks

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Separate Space the

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Separate Space the

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Coworking, Meetups the

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Get Out the

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Schedule the

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Feedback the

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the company

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the company

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“The success or failure of a distributed team hinges on your organizational culture and the strengths of management, not on the product you're creating or the nature of distributed teams themselves.” http://silverwraith.com/blog/2014/12/the-case-for-distributed-teams/

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Electronic Available Asynchronous Lock-Free

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Electronic “Discussion, planning, and operations process should use a high ﬁdelity form of electronic communication like email, github.com, or chat with transcripts wherever possible. Avoid meatspace discussion and meetings.” http://tomayko.com/writings/adopt-an-open-source-process-constraints

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Available “Work should be visible and expose process. Work should have a URL. It should be possible to move backward from a piece of product or a system failure and understand how it came to be that way. Prefer git, issues, pull requests, mailing lists, and chat with transcripts over URL-less mediums..” http://tomayko.com/writings/adopt-an-open-source-process-constraints

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Asynchronous “Almost no part of the product development process requires that one person interrupt another's immediate attention or that people be in the same place at the same time, or even that people be in different places at the same time. Even small meetings or short phone calls can wreck ﬂow so consider laying it out in (a thought out) email or sending a pull request instead.” http://tomayko.com/writings/adopt-an-open-source-process-constraints

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Lock Free “Avoid synchronization / lock points when designing process. This is DVCS writ large. We don't have a development manager that grants commit bit to repositories before you can do work, or a release manager that approves deploys, or a product manager that approves work on experimental product ideas. Work toward a goal should never be blocked on approval. Push approval/rejection to the review stage or automate it, but surface work early to get feedback.” http://tomayko.com/writings/adopt-an-open-source-process-constraints

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Electronic Available Asynchronous Lock-Free

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is the office chat

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Avoiding

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virtual water cooler micro updates

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communicating across departments

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good video conferencing

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good video conferencing

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face time summits minisummits

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“My point here isn't that magic can only happen in person, rather that magic doesn't happen all the time. We cultivate the magic with frequent travel. ” http://silverwraith.com/blog/2014/12/the-case-for-distributed-teams/

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“If anything, I would contend that magic happens more often after work, over food and drinks, or during casual conversation. Regularly traveling to meet your peers more than achieves that, and leaves the rest of your time free to focus on implementing the magic you have brought forth. ” http://silverwraith.com/blog/2014/12/the-case-for-distributed-teams/

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Modes of Communication Before After Email GitHub Issue Hallway Chat Summits Meeting GitHub Issue Video Chat One on One Video Chat

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GitHub

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the sun never sets on the GitHub Empire

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the numbers

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Engineering (67%) Sales (48%) Support (85%) Marketing (36%) Product (37%) G&A (5%) HQ Remote

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Engineering 67% Engineering HQ Remote

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G&A HQ Remote Executive, Legal, HR, Finance, BizDev, Comm, G&A

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why remote

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why remote (for your company)

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productivity

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hiring anywhere

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employee happiness

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lower costs

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simpler environment

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clarity

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why remote (for humanity)

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the costs of colocation

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One Bedroom Two Bedroom 0 1050 2100 3150 4200 Source: RentJungle Avg: $3469 Rent in SF

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Source: WNYC Avg: 25.4 min Commute Time

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inclusivity

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why not?

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“you just can’t replace what happens when people are in the same room” - everybody, ever