Remote is here. Now what? - DevFest Italia

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DevFest Italia 2020 Gian Segato, founder & CEO at Uniwhere Marco Gomiero, Tech Lead at Uniwhere Remote is here. Now what?

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Gian Segato, founder & CEO at Uniwhere • Blogging at: giansegato.com → sign up for more content! • Twitter: @giansegato → reach out for questions Marco Gomiero, Tech Lead at Uniwhere • Twitter: @marcoGomier • Github: prof18 • Website: marcogomiero.com

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Uniwhere we're redesigning how college email works Berlin, Venice, New York, San Francisco

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Marco's Office

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Gian's office

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Remote working is here.

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And it's here to stay.

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«I miss people»

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«Never back»

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… it's personal.

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BUT

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But some powerful characteristics of remote working are objective, and can be leveraged.

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Truth #1 Sync-work harms productivity Async is a powerful lever

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Truth #2 Control is an illusion With true talent it's counterproductive

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Truth #3 Hiring is easier

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Truth #4 People want it

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Why do they, though?

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Work from all over the world Truth #1

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Work when you are productive* Truth #2

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Build your own schedule Truth #3

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More family time Truth #4

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I'm sold.

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…any help?

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Tip & tricks: Self Productivity

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Prefer async communications Tip #1

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Avoid infinite call without actions Tip #2

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Quick daily sync Tip #3 by voice or message

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Document everything Tip #4

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notion.so

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Plan some Pair Programming Tip #5

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Classic screen sharing

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https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/code-with-me.html

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https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MS-vsliveshare.vsliveshare-pack

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"Blaming time" Tip #6 Xcode, Javascript, etc..

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Tip & tricks: Mental and Physical Health

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Pajamas not allowed Tip #1

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Your bed is not your office Tip #2

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Find a "work spot" Tip #3

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Sit down in a proper way Tip #4

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Get up every hour, stretch, walk Tip #5

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No water on desk Tip #6

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After 20 minute on a screen look something 20 feet away for 20 seconds 20-20-20 Rule Tip #7

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Changing context [for a bit] helps creativity Tip #8

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Tip & tricks: Company Organization

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Bottom-up management Tip #1

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Bottom-up management daily stand-up weekly backlog call bi-weekly all-hands OKRs Tip #1

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Frictionless community time Tip #2

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Somebody might not like it this much, and that's ok Tip #2 Frictionless community time

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Tip #2

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Tip #3 Trust your people

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You'll get rewarded Tip #3 Trust your people

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Tip & tricks: Hiring remotely

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Tip #1 Beware of the legal infrastructure

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• Subsidiaries • Freelancing • Intermediaries Tip #1 Beware of the legal infrastructure