6 Months of Working Remotely Taught Me a Thing or Ten

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Peter Anglea writes up his key takeaways after six months on the job with a new front-end position. His points ring true to me as a remote worker and the funny thing is that each one of the suggestions is actually applicable to anyone in almost any front-end job, whether it happens to be in-house or remote.

The full post is worth reading, though the list breaks down to:

  1. Be as available as possible
  2. Communicate clearly
  3. Go out of your way to be human
  4. Offer praise and positive sentiments early and often
  5. Create a comfortable space conducive to productivity
  6. Put your pants on
  7. Go outside
  8. Turn on your camera
  9. Work on more than one project at a time
  10. Take advantage of the perks… and be responsible

One item I would add to the list is to manage up in day-to-day conversations. In other words, give frequent and regular updates with examples of progress so that your client/boss/whomever has no doubt that you are being productive from afar. I suppose that goes along with “communicate clearly” but takes it one step further.

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