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 that’s not something I can do.
I’ve 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 couldn’t deal with it and went back to being remote.
It’s 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 can’t do it. It’s hard for people to give up the concept of a video call.
Absolutely. The rush back “to the way things were” post-pandemic is super shortsighted. It is really way way more efficient to be location independent, having an “office in the cloud” - access to talent just being one.
Sync leadership teams really struggle to get async - it’s literally like learning to speak another language, which for most adults is supper hard.
