Inside Remote

Amir, founder and CEO of Doist is sharing with us lessons he learned while he is building one of the more known remote first companies. Listen to what he has to say on the difficult topics.

We talk about:

How to hire
How to fire
Managing yourself

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Credits:

Gramatik for music

enFebruary 06, 2020

Simon Harrer on Mob Programming

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Simon Harrer:

Twitter

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Gramatik for music

enJanuary 21, 2020

Justin Mitchell on improving remote collaboration through audio

This episode Andrej and Justin are going to talk about the start of Yac.chat and how they try to improve remote collaboration. Justin also shared few tips on hiring and what kind of structure their remote team has.

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Justin Mitchell:

Twitter

Credits:

Gramatik for music

enNovember 28, 2019

Episode 7: Ryan Singer on how Basecamp approaches building software

This episode we are hosting Ryan Singer from Basecamp. Ryan is one of the earliest members of Basecamp. Along with Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hannson he built the first version of Basecamp. 15 years later he wrote a book on how Basecamp approaches building software.

We talk about:

Techniques on Shape Up
Why Agile doesn't work for most teams
How to approach building software
What you should be doing first when building software
Why do you need to learn betting
How to communicate with team
How to plan work
Why Basecamp doesn't have product managers
What is Basecamp looking for when hiring
How to compensate in person time in remote teams

Links:

Shape Up
Basecamp
Jobs to be Done
iPad Pro
Apple Pencil
Notability
Zoom
Economist

Credits:

Gramatik for music

enNovember 06, 2019

Episode 6: Colin Nederkoorn on lessons building remote companies

On this episode Colin Nederkoorn shares lessons on building remote company. Colin is a CEO of company called Customer.io where they help companies automated communication with customers. This week we cover lessons from building and running a remote team.

In this episode we cover following topics:

Lessons on building a remote company
Transformation into remote company
Difficulties explaining running remote back in the days
Getting people to socialize on remote teams
Issues when hiring remote talent
Diversity advantage in remote teams

Notes and links:

Colin Nederkoorn

Credits:

Gramatik for intro music

enSeptember 30, 2019

Episode 5: Darren Murph on how to build Remote Culture

This week we had an interesting chat with Darren Murph from Gitlab.

Darren leads all-remote initiatives at GitLab, one of the world's largest 100% remote companies. He also holds a Guinness World Record in publishing.

Explorer at heart, he had travelled in over 50 countries and all 50 US states and worked as a digital nomad. He's passionate about enabling remote work for all and advocating for adoption. This episode is covering a lot of different topics. Darren is such all rounder I am sure we will be recording a new episode soon!

In this episode we talk about:

How to be a digital nomad
Rules for building remote culture
Rules for running teams with 900+ people
What onsite teams can learn from remote teams
Ways to create bonds in remote teams
Video calls vs Audio calls
How to operate efficiently
How transparency benefits to company
How did Darren set a World Record

Notes and links:

Darren Murph

Credits:

Jan Jenko for header photo
Gramatik for intro music

enSeptember 17, 2019

Episode 4: Matt Wondra on building new tools for distributed teams

This time I was talking with Matt Wondra.

Matt is a Product Lead at Happy Tools, company of Automattic. Matt started his career in tech as a developer and after while switched to the role of Product Lead.
This episode Matt shares a lot of interesting things regarding remote work and how they are planning to help other companies operate in distributed way with new set of remote tools.

In this episode we talk about:

How Happy Tools started
How to discuss new work
Learning on how to operate remotely
What can onsite teams learn from remote teams
Optimizing remote work
How to approach hiring

Notes and links:

Matt Wondra

Credits:

Jan Jenko for header photo
Gramatik for intro music

enAugust 21, 2019

Episode 3: Radoslav Stankov on how to approach Remote Work

This time I was talking with Radoslav Stankov.

Radoslav is Head of Engineering at Product Hunt. He is a true source of knowledge. From organizing conferences to travelling around Europe and working remotely, you will hear a lot of interesting advices from Rado.

If you want to meet him a person and learn more about React.js, you should definitely attend React Not a Conf he organizes every year in Sofia, Bulgaria.

In this episode we talk about:

Organizing conference
Breaking into remote work
Everyday habits
Leading remote teams
Optimizing remote work

Notes and links:

Radoslav Stankov

Credits:

Jan Jenko for header photo
Gramatik for intro music

enAugust 12, 2019

Episode 2: Power of Synchronous Communication with Rajiv Ayyangar

Rajiv Ayyangar is a CEO of Tandem, app which is making remote collaboration easier. Being an avid climber and wine enthusiast coming from San Francisco, Rajiv has a rich background in startups. Recently he started solving a problem of communication for remote workers.

Notes and links:
Tandem
Amir Salihefendic

Asynchronous work

Slack
Discord
Loom
Synchronous vs asynchronous communication

Figma
Written Agenda
Meeting Notes

War Room

Tandem Remote OS stack:
Notion
Google Docs

Asana
Linear
Slack
Figma

Rajiv Ayyangar

Twitter

Credits:

Jan Jenko for header photo
Gramatik for intro music

enAugust 12, 2019

Episode 1: Miha Rekar on being an engineering lead in remote teams

Miha Rekar joined Andrej on this very first episode of InsideRemote.

Miha is an engineer lead by profession with multiple hobbies on the side. When he is not working you will find him running marathons, orgainizing local Ruby events, being an event photographer and hosting his own podcast where he talks with other developers about their passions.
Being a long time remote worked his path went from faciliating many roles at Toptal to being an engineering lead in Silverfin.

In this episode we talk about: