Episode #59: Daniel Yoon of Sleepy Giant

In this episode, Daniel Yoon of Sleepy Giant, talks about his experience as being “the new guy” on a team located on the other side of the world, knowing whether you’re...

In this episode, Daniel Yoon of Sleepy Giant, talks about his experience as being “the new guy” on a team located on the other side of the world, knowing whether you’re responsible enough to effectively hold a remote position, and shares a resourceful list of companies who are known to hire remote workers.

Show Notes:

Daniel Yoon (twitter / github)

Sleepy Giant

01:00 – Introduction & Background

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.NET background

Currently works in Ruby

Located in Beijing, China

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01:40 – Working for a U.S. company while located in China
04:01 – Identifying companies that allow you to work remotely

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Stack Overflow
RubyFlow
Ruby Weekly (invite only)

GitHub Jobs

37 Signals Job Board   

The Sourcery

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05:43 – Interview Process

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Skype
Dressing up

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07:29 – Headsets
09:50 – Interview Process (cont’d)

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Programming Quizzes

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10:53 – Advantages of working remotely
13:58 – Home office connection

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Security concerns
HipChat
Time zone overlap
JIRA

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17:36 – Getting introduced/introducing yourself as a new team member

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Who’s that guy?

Getting lost in translation

Feeling anonymous

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31:12 – Advice for remote reworkers

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Can you handle it?
Responsibility
Have a backup source of Internet

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