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Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

stetsonthree's review against another edition

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5.0

A necessary read for the modern knowledge worker.

jwdonley's review against another edition

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4.0

A highly recommended read for all of us remote tech workers.

kkschick's review against another edition

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3.0

Nothing that revolutionary but maybe interesting if you know nothing about remote work.

nick5a1's review against another edition

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2.0

Originally posted on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/review/R14W1T5BZEREFZ/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00C0ALZ0W&nodeID=133140011&store=digital-text.

I run an established small but growing remote business. Given how helpful Getting Real and Rework were for small, growing businesses, I assumed Remote would be full of great actionable strategies for being an effective remote team.

While there were 1 or 2 minor tidbits of useful information, the vast majority of the book is aimed at why non-remote companies should become remote, and how employees can convince their bosses to become remote.

There is very little useful information for someone who is already convinced a remote company is the way to go, and is looking for strategies for managing a remote company effectively.

koray's review against another edition

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4.0

It was written mostly to convince managers.

papaya6's review against another edition

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2.0

Great if you need to convince someone to let you work remotely, but not much new if you already work remotely.

iiska's review against another edition

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2.0

Actual content helped to get many insights on working remote, but there were sections which felt a little bit too advertorial. Narration on audio book version sounded jaded.

aneliak's review against another edition

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3.0

Could he a useful book if you are looking for arguments pro remote work, but a bit less useful of your re already able to work remotely for a while (and now full time remote given the pandemic).
Overall, there were still some useful tips regarding communication, staying active, etc.

mrockman09's review against another edition

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2.0

The content wasn’t bad but I did find it a bit outdated (to be fair it was written in 2013 and the tech world has changed a lot since then). The majority focuses on convincing your company to let people work from home. Sure... but then what?

sarabellum's review against another edition

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3.0

Listened on audio at 1.2x speed via scribd