Isnāt it nice though?
Discussion
Has its ups and downs. Easy at times and hard at others. I found that working remote and async has been the hardest for most companies. They just want you to be around the same time they are and thatās not something I can do.
Iāve lost at least 3 major opportunities because of this. People are really stuck in the old ways of working.
I have been remote for 12 years and developed lots of bad habits. I tried going to work for one week and it was such a hassle I couldnāt deal with it and went back to being remote.
Itās extra challenging for me because most of my clients are US-based and we are awake at opposite times. Everything has to be done via recorded video and many just canāt do it. Itās hard for people to give up the concept of a video call.
Absolutely. The rush back āto the way things wereā post-pandemic is super shortsighted. It is really way way more efficient to be location independent, having an āoffice in the cloudā - access to talent just being one.
Sync leadership teams really struggle to get async - itās literally like learning to speak another language, which for most adults is supper hard.