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How people build software ! " Remote by default How GitHub makes remote work a first class experience

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How people build software ! Jakob Class Application Engineer
 
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How people build software ! "

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How people build software ! ! GitHubbers around the world 4

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How people build software ! ! Why is remote work great for employees? 5 % Flexibility Work when and from wherever you want & Autonomy Work however you want

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How people build software ! ! Why is remote work great for companies? 6 ' Global presence Hire the best people form all over the world ( Diversity Aggregate a broad set of skills and knowledge Innovation Great products

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How people build software ! ! How to enable remote work 7 ) Over communicate * Write things down + Record meetings % Span work cycles over 24 hours Asynchronous communication

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How people build software ! ! How to communicate asynchronously 8 ! ! Team App

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How people build software ! ! Source code and project management: ! 9 , Repositories to manage code and documents - Issues to discuss ideas . Pull requests to discuss changes New: Boards to manage projects

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How people build software ! ! Chat: Slack 10 • Formal channels for projects, teams and departments #rails-upgrade, #databases, #finance… • Informal channels #german, #bicycles, #cars…

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How people build software ! ! ChatOps: Hubot 11 Bring the tools into the conversations

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How people build software ! ! Internal blog: 12 ! Team App

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How people build software ! ! Internal video platform: 13

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How people build software ! ! Internal wiki: 14

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How people build software ! ! How to overcome isolation? 15 WHO ARE THE PEOPLE BEHIND THESE AVATARS?

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How people build software ! ! Onboarding 16 Up to 2 weeks at HQ to get started

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How people build software ! ! Summit 17 Annual all hands meet up for all GitHubbers

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How people build software ! ! Mini summits and hack houses 18 Get together to work on a project or define team roadmaps

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How people build software ! ! HQ visit 19 Quarterly visits at HQ to stay connected

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How people build software ! ! Remote work is awesome 20 • Needs to be a first class experience • Asynchronous communication • Self-management • Face time

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How people build software ! " DISCUSSION