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we are allremote workers
@nicolaiaroccinicolaiarocci.com
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work from home?
Me,
a coup
le
years ag
o
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we closed officeson july 2012a little more than one year ago
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why?
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7 team members
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12 kids3 dogs
5 wivesOne husband
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more like 20 team memberslife is more complex than just work
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a nice proprietarylocation in Ravenna
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a nice proprietarylocation in Ravenna
turns out team members are mostly from the neighborhood
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Ghibullo9km
x2pp x4 trips 72 km 1h28m
Marina di Ravenna
17Km x1pp x4 trips 68 km 1h40m
Classe7Km
x1pp x4 trips 28 km 0h40m
Cervia23 Km
x1pp x2 trips 46 km 0h50m
Forlì25 Km
x1pp x2 trips 50 km 0h56m
Ravenna3 Km
x1pp x4 trips 12 km 0h24m
approximate distances and travel time courtesy of google maps
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276 km, 5h58m every fucking workday
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276 km, 5h58m money / time / environment / safety / fitness / stress
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infrastructure
$$$power / phone / conditioning / maintenance / you-name-it
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proximity is overratedWorks if you can turn your chair around and talk to a colleague, but if they’re on another floor or in another building, then they might as well be in another city.
Vivek Haldar
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proximity is overratedespecially for programmers
Headphones
anyone?
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besideswe were using mostly remote tools already,
right there in our offices
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we are all remote workers
chances that all the people we need to collaborate withare physically close to us are infinitesimally small
inspired by Vivek Haldar’s We Are All Remote Workers, (incidentally posted on the same day I was working on this deck)
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we are all remote workers
we just embraced a process which has been in the making for a very long time
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how?
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remote all the things
mixing remote and office workers is like black magic
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HipChatfree for teams of five / github bitbucket heroku hooks / guests
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Google Hangoutalso good for code reviews and pair coding
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Dropboxsharing files between us and with clients
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Google Docsmultiuser realtime editing for documents and spreadsheets
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Google Appsshared mailboxes, domains, calendars, docs
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BitBucketfree for private repositories
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get and make calls on mobile and desktop for cheap
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the good
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save on time & money
commutes / meals
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help the environmentone hundred per cent pollution reduction
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flexibilitywork from everywhere
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flexibilitywork at any hour as we don’t count hours*
(we focus on results and balance)
* support team being the exception
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balancework / family / fun
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no interruptionsthere’s no guy across the room asking for your pen
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Async > Syncdrawing by Vivek Haldar
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remote encourages Asyncdrawing by Vivek Haldar
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recruit the bestwe can hire the best people from all over the world
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reduced stressall of this results in a huge...
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productivity boostand to think that most people expect the contrary
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reputationpeople always ask how we pulled this out
and we have a great story to tell
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last but not least...
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we save a truckload of
$$$
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the not so good
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adaption and changein managerial and organizational styles
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establishing coordination
between remote workers requires an initial effort
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work and family responsibilities
not mixing them up requires a conscious effort
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lack of team spiritcan be a issue if counter-measures are not taken
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lack of team spiritwe have a lot of fun in chat and during hangouts. really.
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lack of team spiritonce a month we meet for lunch, have fun
and discuss work and non-work related stuff
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lack of team spiritwe also have regular face-to-face meetings
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most of the time in exotic places
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fear for data securitymake sure you do your homework here
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trust & accountabilitychat and voip logs, centralized emails, hangouts, code repos
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isolationget out and have fun when you feel like it
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distractionhire self-motivated and productive people
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not for everyoneworking from home, coffee shops or
co-working space is not for everyone (so is office work)
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meeting clientsdepending on your business branch,
can be serious an issue
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we believein creating a parity and a culture of work
where location doesn’t matter
Joel Gascoigne
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few yearsand setups like this will be normal for most businesses
Joel Gascoigne
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it’s a privilegeto be part of this innovation, experiment
and share our experience
Joel Gascoigne
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by the wayour offices in Ravenna, Italy
are up for sale
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by the wayas we are not going back. ever.
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thank you@nicolaiarocci
nicolaiarocci.com
gestionaleamica.com
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also inspired by
Vivek Haldar’s We Are All Remote Workers
incidentally posted on same day I was working on this deck
Joel’s GascoigneThe Joys and Benefits of Working as a Distributed Team
which also surfaced on the internet as I was looking for inspiration about this presentation