I recently moved from biking-distance from work to short-commute from work. I'd like to reduce the number of miles I drive and the hours in transit if I can. My company allows me to telecommute, so I'm considering that as an option. But I'm concerned that it may limit my career development. (One of my colleagues telecommutes and I su...
I code C++ using MS Dev Studio and I work from home two days per week. I use CVS to keep my sources synchronized between the two computers but there are difference between the environments the machines are in. Can anyone suggest a way I can conditionally modify constants in my code depending on whether I am compiling on my home box or n...
I'm the leader of a small web development team, and I have a feeling that we will have a couple telecommuters joining the team pretty soon (either new employees, or existing employees that will begin telecommuting). Any idea how to effectively manage and collaborate with developers working remotely? Most of the work we do is client-dri...
Who is telecommuting? What is the best way to find these arrangements? Is it working out for you? ...
I'm sure that all of us have had to deal with telecommuters at some point in time, and I'm facing a situation now where my new project will have a "core" group of office workers and some off-site telecommuters. Not wanting to repeat past mistakes, I'd really like to know what ways people have tried in the past to effectively integrate t...
In the past I have used nexo.com to share documents with sales, marketing, PR, and technical people for a small startup. But I wonder if there is a better solution to allow different types of geo-graphically dispersed workers to get to a variety of uploaded documents. I don't want to have to build or host this myself, and free or cheap i...
This is specifically focused on a startup hiring its first employee, but also applies more generally. 37Signals says remote works well, but other people say only hire locally. This seems like a related question but is not exactly the same. ...
For personal reasons I may need to relocate in the near future and I am considering telecommuting for my current employer. This would be telecommuting in its truest sense as I would be over 1000 miles (over 1600 km) away from my current desk. I have read through a few other questions on the topic of telecommuting on StackOverflow but no...
I am a seasoned PHP developer (writing custom apps, templates, CMS, js), but only recently I dived into the world of frameworks like Zend Framework or Cake PHP. The trick is that I am working from home, which means Joomla or Drupal job is easy to find, even if you're a newbie. Which doesn't seem to be the case with ZF, per my initial mar...
A telecommuting developer needs An Internet connection (the faster, the better) A computer (so you need stable electricity, compatible power, etc.) Communication with clients/other human beings (sometimes) Little crime (so your laptop doesn't get stolen) Food, water, shelter, etc. (I guess) Assuming these criteria, if you had the opp...