Remote worker briefcase
(100+ links and companies with remote positions).
We live in the times when there has never been easier to work remotely from home, co working space or actually anywhere in the world.
It’s not only that the tools, internet connectivity have improved but also the whole market has changed and now there are a lot of companies that offer remote positions.
To be fair remote working is kind of an extension to freelancing so some may say that it has actually been present for a long time in various creative activities such as copywriting, scriptwriting, book writing etc
You may also say that one cannot work remotely in thousand positions but it is great that where there is an opportunity for remote work there are also companies offering it. It has changed and it has changed a lot and hopefully it will still grow in coming years.
And if you are wondering why should anybody work remotely read this article by Basecamp employee Jason Zimdars or other stories by remote workers at pajamas.io
There is also a great collection of articles with tips etc on Medium by Michael Mitrakos medium.com/remotive-collection
[update: 6.04.16] Recently I cam across a two great articles about remote companies and and remote work:
Remote worker briefcase: tools & skills
You never have enough of these… the best way to find great tools it to search through ProductHunt and PH has great collections for startups:
People at Automattic do it like this:
Open communication is the fabric of any successful remote team. Automattic is no different. Their “office” consists of various communication channels including Github, Trello, Slack, Google Hangouts and their own internal tool, P2, to make sure that everything remains open, instantaneous and friendly, no matter where in the world an individual team member chooses to work from.
When you work with a distributed team, the only way you measure if they are working is on their output. Did they do what they said they would do? Where is the result of that work? Did they even say they would do anything, or have they gone dark? It’s frightening easy to notice when a distributed coworker checks out or becomes disinterested in what they’re doing…they stop communicating, they stop creating. There’s no output.
— Sara Rosso
Learn some web and code skills:
or learn just about anything:
There is also a great article by Chris Messina on a so called full stack employee:
The conventional seams between disciplines are fraying, and the set of skills necessary to succeed are broader and more nebulous than they’ve been before. These days, you’ve gotta be a real polymath to get ahead; you’ve got to be a full-stack employee.
— Chris Messina
Remote work companies:
Company: General Assembly Space, Inc.
HQ: New York City
Industry: Education
Typical remote positions: Software developer
Link: https://generalassemb.ly/careers
As a specialized school for 21st century skills in data, design and technology, General Assembly’s vision is a global community of individuals empowered to pursue work they love through best-in-class instruction and access to opportunities. GA works with students online and in person across 14 campuses around the world and hundreds of companies as partners in course development and graduate placement as well as through GA’s corporate training and development business.
Company: EVELO Inc.
HQ: New York, NY
Industry: Consumer Goods
Typical remote positions: Customer Service Manager
Link: https://evelo.workable.com/
EVELO is a Boston-based electric bicycle company launched in 2011 with the ultimate goal of making cycling more enjoyable and removing barriers that keep people from cycling.
Company: Hotjar Ltd
HQ: Malta
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Typical remote positions: Software engineer, customer support, marketing
Link: https://www.hotjar.com/careers
Hotjar is the first cloud-based tool to give you unlimited insights from your web and mobile sites. Using Hotjar, you can now reveal true website user behaviour and experiences with one central tool — giving you the big picture of how you can improve your site’s UX and conversion rates.
Company: Crew
HQ: Montreal
Industry: Technology and design
Typical remote positions: Designer, software developer
Link: https://crew.co/hiring
Company: Clevertech
HQ: New York, NY
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Typical remote positions: JavaScript Developer, DevOps Engineer, iOS Developer, and Android Developer
Link: https://hire.clevertech.biz/
Clevertech is a team of world-class designers and developers. Clevertech delivers minimal viable products in 30–90 days by being principally concerned with product definition, utilizing open source, and relying on our brilliant, multi-discipline developers
Remote worker briefcase: trends
Working with distributed teams has it pluses for workers but also challenges for employers Buffer has a great article on that one.
Remote worker briefcase: job search
I have made a separate list on this topic — you can find it below:
Highlights are:
Remote work companies:
Company: Toptal LLC
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Typical remote positions: Business and Tech jobs
Link: http://www.toptal.com/careers
Toptal is a global network of elite software engineers and designers. Toptal works with clients to understand their project/team needs and custom-matches them with pre-screened designers and developers who join their teams on a full-time, part-time, or hourly basis
Company: Rebrandly
HQ: Dublin, Ireland
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Typical remote positions: Front-end Engineer, Content Marketing Manager
Link: https://rebrandly.com/jobs
Rebrandly is the easiest way to associate your name or company brand to your links. Rebrandly is dedicated to everyone who short links to share contents on the web. A branded short link is better that a generic short link
Company: SaneBox, Inc.
HQ: Los Angeles
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Typical remote positions: Software Engineers
Link: https://www.sanebox.com/jobs
SaneBox is an incredibly smart email management system that saves the average user 2 to 3 hours per week by filtering and summarizing unimportant emails. It also equips users with a suite of features to help them fall in love with email again, including one-click unsubscribe, follow-up reminders, email response tracking and more.
Company: NomNom Insights
HQ: London
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Typical remote positions: Back End Developer
Link: http://www.nomnom.it/
All you customer feedback in one place. NomNom helps product teams aggregate, organise and share customer insights easily.
Company: StandupMail
HQ: Berlin
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Typical remote positions: Rails Developer
Link: https://www.standupmail.com/
StandupMail is the easiest way to stay in sync with your team. Whether you are in product, marketing, or sales, their service frees your team from complex reporting systems, meetings, and emails by reducing information asymmetry, lowering costs, and improving productivity.
Remote worker briefcase: freelance baby!
I guess even as a remote worker you want to have a stable contract with at least one company but I assume you also want to do some freelance stuff on the side.
Check out some useful tips from Alessia Anniballo on how to get yourself comfortable as a freelancer and 8 major keys to success by Requests for Startups
Remote work companies:
Company: Slices Consulting
HQ: Dublin
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Typical remote positions: UX Designer
Link: https://slicesconsulting.com/
Slices Consulting help businesses to boost their online sales by making the most out of their website visitors. It was founded by Louis Grenier in 2015 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
Company: Betterteam Inc
HQ: Ann Arbor, MI
Industry: Internet
Typical remote positions: Product and Marketing
Link: http://betterteam.com/
Betterteam helps you post your job to 100+ job boards, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, your own website and create a beautiful experience for your candidates.
Company: Customer.io
HQ: Portland
Industry: Internet
Typical remote positions: engineering, marketing and support
Link: https://customer.io/careers/
At Customer.io, we help businesses communicate with their customers like human beings, not numbers. Our messaging software empowers internet businesses to send targeted and more relevant emails at scale, based on user behavior.
Company: Treehouse Island, Inc.
HQ: Orlando
Industry: E-Learning
Typical remote positions: Engineering and Marketing
Link: https://teamtreehouse.com/jobs
Treehouse mission is to bring affordable Technology education to people everywhere, in order to help them achieve their dreams and change the world. Treehouse provides hundreds of courses in web design, web development, Android and iOS development, and more, to students across the world.
Company: Promoter.io
HQ: San Antonio
Industry: B2B SaaS
Typical remote positions: Sales rep, software engineer, designer
Link: https://www.promoter.io/
Promoter.io helps companies understand the true ‘voice of the customer’ by allowing them to easily build, launch, measure, engage, and take action on Net Promoter campaigns, all in one place.
Remote worker briefcase: nomad life
One of the best things about working remotely is that you can work from the beach, local bistro or tent in the mountains. To help you do that, look through these websites:
- nodesk.co
- nomadlist.com
- nomadprojects.io
- workfrom.co
- my.teleport.org/public/cities
- copass.org
- producthunt.com/@levelsio/collections/products-for-nomads
- wework.com
- desk.works
- nomadhouse.io
- symmetry50.com/blog/2016/coworking
- travelistly.com
- reddit.com/r/digitalnomad
and if your target is Asia definitely check out Derek Sivers woodegg.com 20 books about starting a business in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Derek also writes about his great experiences in life on his blog: sivers.org/blog
Remote work companies:
Company: Buffer
HQ: San Francisco
Industry: Internet
Typical remote positions: Product & Engineering, Marketing, Customer Service
Link: https://buffer.com/journey
Buffer is the easiest way to schedule social media posts, photos and video to Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn & Google+. Fill up your Buffer with posts and Buffer schedules them for you. Keep your Buffer topped up and post consistently all day round, all week long.
Company: Blossom IO Inc.
HQ: San Francisco
Industry: Internet
Typical remote positions: Engineers
Link: https://www.blossom.co/
Blossom is a lightweight project management tool that brings every role of your modern software development team to the same page. It supports you in taking the right action at the right time in the day-to-day of creating software.
You can find more remote companies here: remote.co/qa-leading-remote-companies
Remote worker briefcase: events & socialize:
Well that’s it for now, I will update this list every time I will find a new tool/website or company that may be helpful.
Thank you very much for reading!
