Remote Working/Learning

1. REMOTE WORKINGChallenges, Preparation and Opportunities

2. https://linkdein.com/in/rizafahmi

3. REMOTE WORKING
What
is

4. Any work you do that doesn’t require
commuting into an office.

5. Result-Only Work Environment ™

6. Distributed work

7. Long distance collaboration

8. Remote Work Is a Skill

9. REMOTE WORKING
What
Is Not

10. Moving out cubicle to your home

11. Automated screenshots help track activity

12. Not 9-5 kind of job*

13. It’s Not for Everyone

14. REMOTE WORKING
Recap

15. Remote Working
• The future of work, you get recognition
solely for your work, not attendance, or presence.
• Technology is here, just need the right mindset.
• Office not required, work from anywhere, work
distributedly.
• It’s a skill, we can learn it

16. CHALLENGES

17. Self-managed

18. The stronger the culture, the less explicit training and
supervision is needed.

19. Self-discipline

20. Communication and
coordination

21. With remote work, most communication is written.

22. –Bryan Rehbein, Developer
“As somewhat of an introvert, it can be
hard to communicate enough with your
colleagues. Remote work needs extra
communication.”

23. Stigma

24. Social Connection

25. There are times when nothing beats talking to your manager
in person or sitting in a room with your colleagues,
brainstorming the next big thing.

26. Distraction*

27. Home is full with distraction

28. The number one counter to distractions is interesting,
fulfilling work.

29. Distractions and procrastination is a warning. That our
work is not well defined, or our tasks are menial, or the
whole project we’re engaged in is fundamentally pointless.

30. Quarantine work

31. –Ariya Hidayat, Penggerak Open Source, Co-Initiator Hyperjump
“Selama masa karantina ini produktivitas di
Hyperjump meningkat. Setelah ditelusuri
ternyata tim developer saat ini terdiri dari dua
golongan besar: jomblo dan yang anaknya
sudah SMP atau lebih besar.”

32. Office also have certain kind of distraction: your colleagues,
your manager, your boss. Worst of all: MEETINGS!

33. Bad Health Habit

34. At least, by traveling to an office, you have
to walk to your car or to the train station
or, even better, ride your bicycle.

35. CHALLENGES
Recap

36. Remote Work Challenge
• Take care of yourself, self-managed, have self-discipline
• Communication is key, take initiatives
• Part of social connection will be missed
• Distraction is a warning, lacking clarity, the purpose of work
• Take care of your body, get yourself fit

37. PREPARE YOURSELF

38. Become managers of one

39. – signalvnoise.com
“They don’t need heavy direction. They don’t need daily
check-ins. They do what a manager would do — set the
tone, assign items, determine what needs to get done, etc. —
but they do it by themselves and for themselves.”

40. https://signalvnoise.com/posts/1430-hire-managers-of-one

41. Asynchronous Work

42. Asynchronous Collaboration

43. Face to face

44. Docs to docs

45. https://medium.com/pujanggateknologi/produktif-dengan-kerjasama-asinkronus-1f42ad787d41

46. COMMUNICATION SKILL

47. Learn to write

48. 😓

49. 😢

50. 😤

51. Read more

52. 😓

53. OPEN COMMUNICATION

54. Journaling

56. https://til.hashrocket.com

57. https://rizafahmi.com

58. https://twitter.com/hashtag/100DaysOfCode

59. Learn in public

60. https://www.swyx.io/writing/learn-in-public/

61. https://youtube.com/rizafahmi

62. https://twitch.com/jlengstorf

63. Doing open source thing…

64. https://rizafahmi.com/2018/05/08/f8-san-jose-trip-day-0/

66. https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/issues/81

67. GETTING PROPER
‘OFFICE’

70. https://instagram.com/rizafahmi

72. MOVE YOUR BODY

73. https://freeletics.com

74. https://seven.app

75. BEWARE OF OVERWORK

76. Build Personal Routine

77. If nothing else, the standard 9am–5pm job with a
commute at least has a solid routine going for it. The
alarm goes off at roughly the same time every day, you
head into the office on the train, you loosen the tie when
you come back home,

78. https://open.buffer.com/remote-work-routine/

79. Set Some Boundary

82. Find some hobby

83. Cycling

84. Boardgame

85. Playing Games

86. Livestreaming

87. PREPARE YOURSELF
Recap

88. PREPARE YOURSELF
• Become managers of one
• Work and communicate asynchronously
• Upgrade your communication skill
• Learn communication in public, communicate transparently
• Find your office spot
• Move your body, get fit
• Beware of overwork, not underwork

89. Opportunity

90. Work for cool company

93. Future of work

94. —Kevin Kelly, senior maverick for Wired magazine and
author of What Technology Wants
“In the near future, everyone will work
remotely, including those sitting
across from you.”

95. Freelance

96. Little Tips for Freelancing
• Build portfolio, example apps
• Contribute to open source, active in local dev community
• Help anyone build something, you can start build
something for free
• Learn in public will help building your reputation
• Freelancing is one effective way for you into tech industry

97. https://www.upwork.com/

98. https://www.fiverr.com/rizafahmi

100. Consultant, remotely

101. Some Useful Tips
• Let the prospective client know up front that you don’t
live where they live.
• Show them work often.
• Be very available.
• Get the client involved. Make sure they feel that this is
their project too.

102. Digital Nomad

103. Digital Nomad
• Creative work that can be done remotely generally
only requires a computer and internet connection.
• Nomadic lifestyle can be cheaper than you think too.
• The luxury to see the world without being
independently wealthy or giving up your career.

104. Content Creation

105. Podcast

107. Article

108. E-book

109. Online Course

110. Livestreaming

111. Just build stuff

112. https://rizafahmi.com/2016/10/13/mengenal-sisi-superpower-dalam-diri-seorang-developer/

113. https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build/

114. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XqEHsXE0Qo

115. OPPORTUNITY
Recap

116. Opportunity
• The sky is your limit, you can work for cool company across the globe
• It’s the future kind of work. Adapt or become a legacy
• Freelancing is one effective way into tech industry
• Build consultant company, remotely
• Become digital nomad, traveling while you work
• Generate some content for fun and profit
• Just build stuff, make more stuff

117. We can do it!

118. References

119. https://basecamp.com/books/remote

120. References
• https://weworkremotely.com/what-is-remote-work-really-like-and-is-it-the-
right-move-for-you
• https://signalvnoise.com/posts/1430-hire-managers-of-one
• https://medium.com/pujanggateknologi/produktif-dengan-kerjasama-
asinkronus-1f42ad787d41
• https://til.hashrocket.com
• https://rizafahmi.com
• https://www.swyx.io/writing/learn-in-public/

121. References
• https://youtube.com/rizafahmi
• https://twitch.com/jlengstorf
• https://rizafahmi.com/2018/05/08/f8-san-jose-trip-day-0/
• https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/issues/81
• https://instagram.com/rizafahmi
• https://freeletics.com
• https://seven.app

122. References
• https://open.buffer.com/remote-work-routine/
• https://www.upwork.com/
• https://www.fiverr.com/rizafahmi
• https://ceritanyadeveloper.com
• https://rizafahmi.com/bukuexpress/
• https://kode.id

123. References
• https://rizafahmi.com/2016/10/13/mengenal-sisi-
superpower-dalam-diri-seorang-developer/
• https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XqEHsXE0Qo