Remote: Office Not Required
by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson, María Isabel Merino Sánchez · first published 2013
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A practical, opinionated guide to running a distributed team, written by the Basecamp founders. It offers a readable, still-relevant introduction to remote collaboration for founders and managers.
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Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. The book hit me at a particularly receptive moment. I was on an airplane headed to a meeting that easily could have done remotely just as effectively without…
on “Ask HN: What book changed your life in 2014?” ↗…maintainability (and other software ~ilities) to ease the process of changing the software later on. The Art of Readable Code by Dustin Boswell & Trevor Foucher Don't Make Me Think 2ed by Steve Krug Remote: Office not Required by Jason Fried & DHH The Art of Unit Testing by Roy Osherove Code Complete 2 by Steve McConnell Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler The Practice of Programming by Brian…
on “Ask HN: What book changed your life in 2013?” ↗Yes. You set yourself up as a contractor and handle country specific taxes etc yourself. The book "Remote: Office Not Required"[1] has a lot of additional information, it's a great read. [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Remote-Office-Required-Jason-Fried/dp/...
on “Show HN: Where is “Who is hiring?” hiring?” ↗…to focus on the important stuff for a greater time period. This was partly inspired by Jason Fried's talk on TED (http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen...) and his amazing book "Remote: Office not required".
on “How to focus amongst all the noise” ↗"Remote: Office Not Required", David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried (the authors of ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever). It is an old book but still very applicable to today (or maybe even more applicable).
on “Ask HN: Good books on managing a hybrid/remote team?” ↗…it's ironic that the company which owns it isn't making the best use of its own tools! ;) The guys over at Basecamp did a great book recently on how to do this remote collaboration stuff right called "Remote: Office Not Required" http://37signals.com/remote It's a great read. I read it recently while on the plane to a meeting that totally could have been over the internet. The irony was not lost on me. It's also worth noting…
on “How Microsoft dragged its development practices into the 21st century” ↗I liked this book from 37signals (the authors of Getting Real): Remote Office not required: https://37signals.com/remote It is also available as an audio book.
on “Guide to Remote Work” ↗I quite liked the book 'Remote: Office Not Required' from the founders of 37signals.com
on “Ask HN: Good Remote Work Literature?” ↗Remote: Office Not Required - https://37signals.com/remote
on “Ask HN: Book Recommendations?” ↗I remember in the book "Remote: Office Not Required" by Jason Fried and David Heinmeier Hansson, they mentioned finding internationalization issues early on because globally distributed remote teams naturally dogfood for international audiences. This struck…
on “Displaying Japanese and English Text on the Web” ↗Non-fiction: Becoming Steve Jobs / Rick Tetzeli & Brent Schlender Remote: Office Not Required / David Heinemeier Hansson & Jason Fried Fiction: Rum Punch / Elmore Leonard
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗…can be powerful. It is in our DNA. Building a company of people who can answer brain teaser questions on a webcam is short sighted. Creativity is more powerful than intellect. But I digress. I've read Remote: Office Not Required, I've done plenty of remote freelancing, I'm not convinced.
on “Ask HN: What prevents you from hiring remote workers?” ↗…can solve with practice Perhaps, but practice alone clearly isn't enough. I've been working remotely since 2020 and it hasn't gotten more enjoyable. I would love to solve that problem, though. I read Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried in the past, but that was written a long time ago. I've added more recent works (Effective Remote Work by James Stanier and The Async-First Playbook by Sumeet Gayathri Moghe) to my reading…
on “Confessions of a Software Developer: No More Self-Censorship” ↗…am working. When I am at home, I much often end up doing stuff like reading HN. I am not saying it's not possible to work around those somehow. We tried several ideas posted online, in some books like REMOTE: Office Not Required, but it didn't work for us.
on “You can't lure employees back to the office” ↗…books this year. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/50-books-i-read-year-fahad-ud... One Minute Manager Talent is Overrated Originals Measure What Matters Crossing the Chasm Mindset The Startup Of You Remote - Office not Required So Good They Can't Ignore You The 8 Traits Successful People The Box The Defining Decade - Why Your Twenties Matter - Meg Jay The Power of Habit Cracking the Coding Interview The Google Resume…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗