remote work

5 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 6, 2019 by Mike Knoop · across every show →

Everything said about remote work, oldest first

Mar 6, 2019 positive
Insight
Knoop: High quality work requires four-hour deep work blocks, not constant collaboration
“A secondary benefit that I think isn't as obvious is that when you're actually doing your job, like, the best work gets done not when you're, like, sitting next to someone and, like, collaborating all day. There's Like, you have to get into deep work. Even for…”
Mike Knoop Mar 6, 2019 ▶ 24:21 Mike Knoop on Product and Design Processes for Remote Teams with Kevin Hale · Y Combinator
Mar 6, 2019 neutral
Insight
Knoop: Transitioning to remote work requires a cultural transformation, not just tools
“I think it is one of the reasons why it is so hard to add remote onto an existing company is because remote while When you see folks talk about it and ask questions about, it's always very process and tools based. I think the honest answer is that it's more of…”
Mike Knoop Mar 6, 2019 ▶ 58:15 Mike Knoop on Product and Design Processes for Remote Teams with Kevin Hale · Y Combinator
Mar 6, 2019 neutral
Insight
Knoop: Remote employees cannot rely on their workplace for primary social connection
“Your work can't be your family at Zapier or any distributed remote company. Like you, in the past, it's very easy to lean on your work as that, like, social connection.”
Mike Knoop Mar 6, 2019 ▶ 21:33 Mike Knoop on Product and Design Processes for Remote Teams with Kevin Hale · Y Combinator
Apr 3, 2019 negative
Opinion
Allred: Remote work is not yet established enough for junior engineers
“A, I don't think remote work is built into enough companies yet where I would be comfortable telling somebody that I love that they should start their career as a remote junior software engineer.”
Austen Allred Apr 3, 2019 ▶ 51:15 A CS Education That's Free Until You Get a Job - Austen Allred of Lambda School · Y Combinator
Jul 10, 2019 neutral
Insight
Nahm: Remote work demands communication systems that physical offices get free
“You've got to build a culture that can support remote work as a first class citizen. And I think there's some people that really nail it and they think about the details. They think about how meetings work. They think about how information's transferred. They …”
Sarah Nahm Jul 10, 2019 ▶ 29:20 Startup Hiring Advice from Lever CEO Sarah Nahm with Holly Liu · Y Combinator
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