Resharing an old thread by @tall-postman-9284 💯

Bhupendra Singh Hey guys, I will be joining my first remote job starting next month. Though I am very excited about it but also a bit scared. Any pointers what to expect, what I should I take care about. I guess we might have had discussion about it previously if someone can point me there that would be great. Phani Mahesh Firstly, congratulations on your first remote job. Essentials: 1. Mark an office space. Can be as simple as a particular chair and table. Do not use these for anything else. To go to office, enter your office space. Leave when taking breaks. 2. Do not change your office space for atleast the first month, preferably however long until it takes you to establish routines and assosciate the office space with work. Do not colocate your office space in your bedroom if you can. It is convenient to keep them together but you lose the boundary. Either your work will suffer or your rest/sleep will. 3. Communication makes or breaks a remote job. Don’t be afraid to elaborate if necessary. Prefer emails to document decisions, discussions, etc, unless there is an established alternative. Shoot an email summary after any meeting - just a few lines with action points and topics discussed would do. You’ll settle into your style soon. Mine is typically either one/two liners or a full page of explanation, no headers or footers. 4. Even if you have flexible timings, set a schedule and stick to it. Flexibility is a privilege, use it when needed. Unplanned days get no work done. Speaking from experience. 5. Depending on the company and established culture, your remote experience varies. If your company is not remote first, it may take some initial effort from your end to get them used to scheduling a call or maintaining email trails for discussions. If you feel left out, communicate. 6. Set boundaries with whoever else you’re living with. Especially in India where remote is not even well known, people assume you’re not working when you’re home. Communicate that your office space is yours, and you shouldn’t be disturbed there when working. 7. Have fun. Tldr: communication, office space, schedule, fun. Phani Mahesh Oh also, go out. Make that point 0. Get a gym membership, scope out meetups and join them, etc. Meet people. Obligatory oatmeal: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/working_home Reference - https://slack.remoteindian.com/question?q=any-advice-before-i-start-my-first-remote-job

Hey! Anyone here had experience with Ultrahuman Cyborg? Bought one today, looking forward to it.

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What your preferred location to work ? 🏡 Home working from coffee shop Cafe 🌳 Nature working in office Working from Office 👬 Co-working space 🏖️ Beach If you have anything specific (Goa, Dharamshala, any co-working space you prefer) please share in this same thread, maybe it will give other some idea to explore more.

Planning to get a couple of new mattresses. Been looking at WakeFit and Flo mattresses, but getting mixed reviews for both everywhere. Can anyone recommend me a good memory foam mattress?

I use WakeFit and they are good.

They have 100 day return policy also

Does anyone have any links to blog posts where the authors talk about their journey on learning how to code and how tough it was? I want to share some of these with my cousin who's struggling with Comp Sci in college. Most blogs I've come across talk about how authors loved computers and coding ever since they were young etc. These resources are not relatable for students struggling with programming

Anyone has experience couriering their pc across states?

So a very interesting thing happened today and I am curious to throw this out to the community and see what you folks feel. As some of you know, I have been working on listenlater.in for a bit. I wrapped up the few things that were pending for me to do a proper launch and have sent it for testing yesterday. I was just exploring other domains I should get when I stumbled upon listenlater.fm (which is taken) and if you check the website, it is EXACTLY the same product 🙃 Talk about zeitgeist. We have some difference in UI and pricing structure, but both the products are exactly the same with the same name. On doing some research, this was launched in Dec 2020 and has more features than what I have -- but is super basic (same as mine). On googling a bit, I realised that the other service has an upcoming page on product hunt. (There are other services launched on PH called Listen Later which are a different product, but I digress). I am thinking strongly about rebranding (changing the name & domain) before launching. Don't want to have people accuse me stealing the idea & the name 😬 later. A friend suggested I should reach out to the guy running the other website and see if he wants to collaborate. Just curious to know what you folks would do if you were in my position? (Please post your comments in the thread).

Any recommendations for affordable noise cancelling headphones? (Should be wireless. Can't handle the mess of cables) Budget - upto 5k (willing to stretch upto 10k if the headphones are really good)

Hi everyone! I'm just curious! Is it possible to land a job in a US-based company if you're based in India? Or from any country for that matter? How does it work and how do they process the salary?

The company I work at is looking for great people. We recently raised a good round of funding. DM me if you’re interested and I can refer if there’s a fit. Please reach out if you have any questions 🙂 https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/13/browser-based-hardware-design-tool-flux-raises-12m/?tpcc=tcplustwitter Open roles: https://coda.io/@flux-ai/flux-jobs P.S: All globally remote roles! TechStack : Typescript, Threejs, React, Firebase

Hey guys, not sure if its the right channel but here we go, its a bit of a privileged question I guess, but at-least some of you might be facing this existential question of whether to continue in India or move abroad. This is especially tricky if you have a remote job that pays well (most of us here) since there is no financial motivation to shift. My problem is that most of my friends circle has moved abroad, I shifted to my hometown due to covid and basically feel like I'm stuck with no friends/social life. I've been contemplating moving abroad but its hard to do as a remote employee for long term without proper employment visa. For context I'm 27/single so feel like I'm wasting my best years being stuck in a small Indian town, not to mention I could be on the path to PR/citizenship in another country which will pay off in future. I feel like at-least some of you have considered this question, what answers did you come up with?

🤔 Would it add value to the tribe if we had a workspaces channel where folks share posts following this format?

Has anyone integrated Stripe in their mobile apps? Did you use Stripe Payment Sheet or Stripe Checkout (in a webview) or Stripe Elements? I'm unsure about the Pros and Cons of all the approaches. Would love some inputs.

Hi anyone buying new Macbook pro 2021? I am thinking of getting one. Mostly programming, docker and mild video editing. My windows laptop is almost dead

Hi senior RI developers, I am a newbie to System Design and been recently working in a codebase with a fairly complex architecture. I got recommended the following technical books by our principal engineer: • Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppman • Domain Driven Design by Eric Evans How do you read, digest, internalise and apply concepts from dense technical books?

Hey tribe, I have recently started my research on wifi router since I am planning to upgrade to 400mbps (company reimbursed) Act fibrenet. I have read on this thread about MX1500. My requirements are, Dual band, Wifi 5 (802.11ac), dual core processor with budget around 5k , any kind of input will be much appreciated 🙂

Hey tribe, Any Graphic designer/Video creator would like to collaborate on a side project? I need logo, social media banners & product video. I have planned to spend all the budget on marketing. I’ll share the profits after its monetized. You can checkout my portfolio here Let me know if anyone is interested. Thanks

Anybody has experience buying hearing aids?

Guys, can you recommend team bonding activities for remote teams? (Apart from pictionary)

Hi everyone, Now that I've started handling clients on side, I'm opening a company, (basically to save taxes 😅) Please suggest any procedure/article/way to buy a domain name and to sustain it for longer! Also do suggest any other things that I should keep in mind. I'm doing this with consultation of CA(s).

Are there any other (vetted) freelance platforms like Toptal which provide good hourly rates for senior devs?

Dear Tribe, Does anyone have any contact who can help Mahesh’s Friend Needs : (Resale) Laptop with budget of 30000 - with 8 gb ram and at-least i5 processor. https://remoteindian.slack.com/archives/C6M8YKK96/p1635613630059000

Hey #tribe Does anyone have template of company invite letter that can be used to support visa request? The CEO of the company has asked me to make it myself because he is busy. 😄 Most of the templates I am seeing online is for Employees. I am not sure what wordings to use. PS - For Amsterdam.

I came across this https://rebase.co/portugal If you have a Portuguese residency, will you meet the requirements for EU jobs, most of the companies in Europe have restrictions on "candidate must reside in EU due to some compliance reasons" not necessarily time zone reasons

Hi, I got a request from Japanese company (my brother is consulting with them) to build a MVP for a marketplace connecting creators and clients. Ideally an agency which specializes in building early stage MVPs. They need to take it from idea to reality and continue the ongoing feature building and maintenance work. Any RI members running or part of or can recommend reliable agencies or companies who do this?

Hey everyone. good morning. Is there a freelancer here who has experience with "rust programming language " I d like to have a chat. Please DM me. I am not a developer. and i have some basic questions.

Any app that helps in notification, clipboard sync between mac and android locally. I tried to run kde-connect but it doesn’t seem to work.

Do you have any recommendations for methods for tracking personal projects? I read about Tiago Forte's "PARA", but curious if there are any other tried and tested options.