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The Most Important Question in a Job Interview, and How to Answer It

‘Do you have any questions for me?’ is a make-or-break moment.

Andreessen Horowitz

The Passion Economy and the Future of Work

These stories are indicative of a larger trend: call it the “creator stack” or the “enterprization of …

Reddit

This is my last DN adventure. Farewell and thanks.

This is my last official week as a DN. I lasted 2.5 years.

I start a new job in November that is not remote friendly. …

Eric Khun

Why you should have a side project

I often advocate people surrounding me to build their own side projects. I believe they can fulfill you in so many ways: for …

The New York Times

'Worse Than Anyone Expected': Air Travel Emissions Vastly Outpace Predictions

The findings put pressure on airline regulators to take stronger action to fight climate change as they prepare for a summit …

The New York Times

Open Offices Are a Capitalist Dead End

WeWork is the ultimate manifestation of this bad idea. Its rise is a sign that we have no good way, in modern life, to value …

The New York Times

I Used to Fear Being a Nobody. Then I Left Social Media.

My wanting to share every waking thought became eclipsed by a desire for an increasingly rare commodity — a private life.

Medium

Lessons from my first year freelancing

I’ll be honest — the first few months were bleak. I didn’t have any projects lined up when I made the leap to …

Ambition & Balance - by Doist

How to Build Trust in the Remote "Workplace"

Building a company culture that assumes your team can’t be trusted is like playing basketball with one hand tied behind …

BYU

Impostor Syndrome is more common than you think; Study finds best way to cope with it

The impostor syndrome, a phenomenon that manifests when people feel like frauds even if they are actually capable and …

The New York Times

How to Succeed When You're Marginalized or Discriminated Against at Work

“Hacking” your work only works if you’re a person who would be congratulated for your ingenuity. If …

NoHQ

Sid Sijbrandij: "People don't want to commute; they just don't want to miss out"

We’re remote because people stopped showing up. In the beginning, there was no office because it was me in the …

Paul Jarvis

Do we have to love our work?

Passion or love doesn’t have to be part of the work/job equation. The value of work is that you get paid to do it, not …

Tim Harford

The curious economics of being ripped off on holiday

Travellers are well used to these: the strange cover charge in the tourist-trap restaurant; the outrageous price of the hotel …

Nautilus

This Simple Structure Unites All Human Languages

Human language is amazingly creative. If you make up a sentence of any complexity, and search for that exact sentence on the …

Reddit

Why I won't use Airbnb again

So a couple weeks ago, we had a pretty ridiculous fiasco with Airbnb, in which they claimed that “A fan legally …

BBC

Why 'flight shame' is making people swap planes for trains

The flight shame movement is about feeling accountable for your carbon footprint

• but it is also about rediscovering the joy …

The Wall Street Journal

Your Parents' Financial Advice Is (Kind Of) Wrong

The personal-finance playbook followed by past generations doesn’t add up for many people the way it used to. …

Our World in Data

Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. We are all losing out because of this.

The world needs ideas and innovation to make progress against the many problems we face. Creative and talented people that …

Forge

The Correct Way to Email

It’s still the best way to communicate professionally, but only if you follow these guidelines.

The Costa Rica Star

Costa Rica Work From Home Bill Signed Into Law

President Carlos Alvarado has officially signed the work-from-home bill into law, which allows telecommuting as an …

Elemental

Dancing May Be the Best Form of Exercise

The trouble with exercise is that it’s easy to avoid. Only 23% of American adults meet the federal recommendations for …

The New York Times

Company Socializing Has Become Work: Two words: Mandatory. Fun.

In the era of the virtual office, when even workers who are physically present often wall off their senses with oversized …

Hacker News

Cons of Being on a Remote/Distributed Team?

I know there are plenty of benefits of working remote such as flexibility. I would love to know about some of the issues you …

The Onion

Working In General Vicinity For 8 Hours A Day Misinterpreted As Friendship

Saying he had wholly misread his office mate’s mild, occasional interest in talking to him, sources confirmed Monday …

The New York Times

Young People Are Going to Save Us All From Office Life

Gen Z-ers and millennials have been called lazy and entitled. Could they, instead, be among the first to understand the …

Reddit

Digital nomads, what's your end game?

Are you planning on traveling until you find somewhere you want to live forever, or will you eventually return to your home …

Quartz

Photographer removes our smartphones to show our strange and lonely new world

Are you reading this on a handheld device? There’s a good chance you are. Now imagine how’d you look if that …

Bloomberg

More Robots Mean 120 Million Workers Need to be Retrained

More than 120 million workers globally will need retraining in the next three years due to artificial intelligence’s …