Remote
by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
The Basecamp founders' 2013 case for remote work: why offices interrupt, how to hire and manage people you rarely see, and how to handle the loneliness and overwork that remote life brings. It aged well; many of its warnings became everyone's experience in 2020.
Read it if…
you manage or join a remote team and want principles rather than tool lists.
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Skip it if…
you want detailed process templates; this is essays and opinions.
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Three things you will actually use
- Offices are interruption factories.
- Overlap a few hours; work the rest asynchronously.
- Watch for overwork, not underwork, in remote staff.
Do this first
Set one block of overlap hours for your team and leave the rest asynchronous.
Our verdict
Prescient and readable.
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