NoDesk - NoDesk: Issue #212
A weekly newsletter with the best new remote jobs, stories and ideas from the remote work community, and occasional offbeat pieces to feed your curiosity. By Daniel (@nodeskco). Remote Jobs100,000s of people each year trust NoDesk to help them find a remote job. Featured Jobs
Latest Jobs
Top PicksHand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond. How to spot great remote jobs: The Joel test for remote workAndre Schweighofer The Joel test is a 12 question test to assess the quality of a software team. It was created by Joel Spolsky, co-creator of Stackoverflow. The Joel test works so well because the questions prompt easy yes/no answers and at the end you get a better understanding of your team. Let’s try to find a set of questions we can use to identify real remote first companies and great remote jobs in general. Even the highest-paid interns hate remote workCassie Werber | Quartz After the pandemic hit, remote work was discussed frequently in Glassdoor reviews by all types of workers, interns included, but intern sentiment about remote work was much more negative than that among other employees. Interns also talked about it more. By the summer of 2021, 70% of interns who talked about remote work in their reviews did so in negative terms. Job Hunting While Day-JobbingMaia McCormick Interviewing is stressful enough, but interviewing while doing your day job? Yikes! Well, I just did it, and I’m here to tell you that it’s totally doable! In this post, I share my thoughts on interview prep, minimizing day job disruptions, keeping up appearances at work, etc. To nomads that are single and 30 or over, what’s your plan?Jgib5328 | Reddit I’m a 33 yo single Digital Nomad and really, really love my lifestyle. I’ve been nomading since the pandemic started and have gotten experiences that I always wanted, but at the back of my mind, I keep thinking that the window for a more “traditional” life is closing, i.e, wife and kids. Google and Apple are wrong: Hybrid and remote work won’t keep employees from building ‘social capital’Gleb Tsipursky | Fortune What forward-looking companies are discovering is that hybrid and even fully remote work arrangements don’t automatically lead to losing social capital. However, you do lose social capital if you try to shoehorn traditional, office-centric methods of collaboration into hybrid and remote work. Has remote work made you procrastinate more?johndavid9991 | Hacker News Over the last two years, I have been working remotely, and I am finding myself stuck in the same place and unable to kick-start my life. I always feel overwhelmed, and basically, I don’t have the energy and excitement to do the things I should do in life. Have you or anyone you knew encountered this challenge during this pandemic? How did they recover or win over procrastination? You’re muted — or are you? Videoconferencing apps may listen even when mic is offJason Daley | UW-Madison News They found that all of the apps they tested occasionally gather raw audio data while mute is activated, with one popular app gathering information and delivering data to its server at the same rate regardless of whether the microphone is muted or not. The flexibility people want most isn't remote work. It's to set their own hours.![]() ![]() "Being in their pajamas all day."![]() Support NoDeskAll of the content on NoDesk and the newsletter is available for free to everyone. If you’d like to support my work and have the opportunity to do so, please consider joining as a paid member. Your support also goes a long way when you:
If you have any comments, feedback or want to get in touch, send me a note. Thanks for subscribing. -Daniel Newsletter | Twitter | Website Affiliate disclosure. From time-to-time I may add Amazon links in this newsletter. I may earn a small commission if you make a purchase through one of these links, yet you don’t pay any extra and it’s a simple way to help support NoDesk. You’re a free subscriber to NoDesk. For the full experience, become a paid subscriber. |
Older messages
NoDesk: Issue #210
Friday, April 8, 2022
A weekly newsletter with the best new remote jobs, stories and ideas from the remote work community, and occasional offbeat pieces to feed your curiosity. By Daniel (@nodeskco). Remote Jobs 100000s of
NoDesk: Issue #210
Thursday, April 7, 2022
A weekly newsletter with the best new remote jobs, stories and ideas from the remote work community, and occasional offbeat pieces to feed your curiosity. By Daniel (@nodeskco). Remote Jobs 100000s of
NoDesk: Issue #209
Thursday, March 31, 2022
A weekly newsletter with the best new remote jobs, stories and ideas from the remote work community, and occasional offbeat pieces to feed your curiosity. By Daniel (@nodeskco). Remote Jobs 100000s of
NoDesk: Issue #208
Thursday, March 24, 2022
A weekly newsletter with the best new remote jobs, stories and ideas from the remote work community, and occasional offbeat pieces to feed your curiosity. By Daniel (@nodeskco). Remote Jobs 100000s of
NoDesk: Issue #207
Thursday, March 17, 2022
A weekly newsletter with the best new remote jobs, stories and ideas from the remote work community, and occasional offbeat pieces to feed your curiosity. By Daniel (@nodeskco). This issue is brought
You Might Also Like
👏 How to Use AI to Get a Job + Start a Bizz
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Prompts inside! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Are you a leader or a boss?
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
5 ways managers can empower neurodiverse employees Created for newsletterest1@gmail.com | Unknown Title at Unknown Company For more relevant content - Update Your Profile | Web Version March 11, 2025
You’re Invited!
Monday, March 10, 2025
Introducing our newest social page, SmartBrief on Leadership This is a paid advertisement for SmartBrief readers. The content does not necessarily reflect the view of SmartBrief or its Association
Leaders can move with speed, and repair things, too
Monday, March 10, 2025
7 leadership behaviors to embrace in uncertain times Created for newsletterest1@gmail.com | Unknown Title at Unknown Company For more relevant content - Update Your Profile | Web Version March 10, 2025
474 — Sam Hox
Saturday, March 8, 2025
multidisciplinary designer from Europe ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
🔵 Why dominating leadership isn't good for business
Friday, March 7, 2025
Make your vision visible to get your team onboard Created for newsletterest1@gmail.com | Unknown Title at Unknown Company For more relevant content - Update Your Profile | Web Version March 7, 2025
Weekly Jobs Update - 6 Mar, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
New jobs at Gauntlet, Chainflip, Chorus One, CoW Protocol, Ethena Labs, Interop Labs, Fuse, Nethermind, Pond, HyperDash, Nimbus, Logos and more. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
NoDesk: Issue #359
Thursday, March 6, 2025
A weekly newsletter with the best new remote jobs, stories and ideas from the remote work community, and occasional offbeat pieces to feed your curiosity. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
🔵 Use the Oscars to give a best leadership performance
Thursday, March 6, 2025
How to focus on communications amid political noise Created for newsletterest1@gmail.com | Unknown Title at Unknown Company For more relevant content - Update Your Profile | Web Version March 6, 2025
Introducing ISACA SmartBrief on Cybersecurity
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Subscribe today! This is a paid advertisement for SmartBrief readers. The content does not necessarily reflect the view of SmartBrief or its Association partners. Introducing ISACA SmartBrief on