Remote Work Encyclopedia
Productivity
remote work guide
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Design: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Thanks for the hard work on the guide
From 1 comment
I love it. Thank you for all the hard work!
Jem_Kazama on HN
Objections
Hype that remote work will become a fad adopted without care
From 1 comment
As a remote worker, I fear the hype. I am glad that remote work is becoming more and more acceptable and normal, but I think that we run the risk of it becoming a new fad, start…
marcoseliziario on HN
Recommending only Apple hardware is impractical in remote areas
From 2 comments
I stopped reading at the part where all they recommend to use is Apple hardware.
ekianjo on HNHow is Apple is the easiest to quickly replace anywhere? There are remote places far from large cities where Apple has no shops and no businesses, and all you can actually get…
ekianjo on HN
Calling remote work new ignores earlier decades of remote jobs
From 2 comments
Disagree. Lots of remote work has been available in the last 20 years . You just needed the right skill set... as the parent said "new to you"
auspex on HN> two years ago, remote work was still a new concept. You should have added ' to us'
Gys on HN
Requests
Add data and numbers on remote worker counts
From 2 comments
Really wish there were some numbers! Did you find any data about how many remote workers there are in the US and worldwide?
leshokunin on HNAny data point to prove this.
kburman on HN
Include a wider range of hardware and perspectives
From 2 comments
We try to keep this guide as tactical as possible, which means we talk about what we know. Administering different operating systems remotely is hard. If a computer gets lost or…
philip1209 on HNThe majority of the world lives in cities now, and many cities have Apple stores. But, you're welcome to expand the encyclopedia by opening a pull request.
philip1209 on HN
Questions
How many remote workers exist in the US and worldwide?
From 1 comment
Really wish there were some numbers! Did you find any data about how many remote workers there are in the US and worldwide?
leshokunin on HN