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Harvard Business Review

The Upside of Feeling Uncertain About Your Career

But what if you don’t know for sure? What if, beyond your general sense of malaise or misgiving, you’re saddled …

Travel Stats Man

Airports Had to Deal With Over 2 Billion Litres of Airplane Toilet Waste in 2019

We already know airplanes don’t have enough toilets.

But where does all the waste go once the vacuum has sucked the …

Hacker News

What are the potential consequences of working multiple remote jobs?

I currently work three full time SWE jobs and one part time contract job. All of the roles are fully remote. None of the …

Jill Francis

If Digital Nomad Culture Feels Douchey, There's an Alternative

Ask yourself if you really want to be a nomad or just do not want to be in the country you came from. It’s a fair …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #205

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 44 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Farnam Street

How to Think: The Skill You've Never Been Taught

No skill is more valuable and harder to come by than the ability to critically think through problems. Schools don’t …

Medium

The Digital Nomads Signing Global Rent Contracts

You pay a standard amount of rent every month, then move between apartments across the world. Could this be the future?

Vadim Kravcenko

How to build remote teams properly

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege to be part of fantastic remote teams and building some myself. So here are a few …

Jon Worth Euroblog

The longest train journey in the world – in 2021

The longest heavy rail only, plus walking, connection is between Cascais 🇵🇹 and Woodlands 🇸🇬 – this has a geodesic distance …

NPR

Costa Rica jumps into the global competition for remote workers

Costa Rica is giving foreigners tax and visa breaks if they work remotely from the Central American nation. Some Costa Ricans …

Bloomberg

The Remote Work Revolution Spawns a New Class of Supercommuters

With employees now marooned in far-flung locales, their trip back to the office might require an airplane.

Chicago Tribune

2022 could be the year companies return to their offices

2022 could be the year companies return to their offices. But don’t expect remote work to go away entirely. …

Hacker News

Have you found something you love to do? If yes how?

I have worked in many different fields(web dev, analytics, product management) but can’t seem to stick to one. Is it …

PubMed

No limit to maximal lifespan in humans: how to beat a 122-year-old record

Although average human life expectancy is rising, the maximum lifespan is not increasing. Leading demographers claim that …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #196

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 39 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Bloomberg

The Five-Day Office Week Isn't Coming Back. WFH Is Here to Stay

There may be no going back to the five-day week in the office, according to a survey of workers in 25 countries.

WorkLife

'Old maps don't apply to new worlds': Experts predict what's in store for 2022

Given the U.S. military phrase VUCA — an acronym for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity — encapsulates the …

ZDNet

There's been a big rise in monitoring workers at home. We should all be worried

More companies are turning to remote monitoring tools to keep tabs on their employees while working from home.

Medium

Work/Life Balance Should Be Difficult

We need work. All up and down Maslow’s Hierarchy we need work. Food. Shelter. Belonging, purpose, esteem, growth. We …

Hacker News

How to optimize your career for happiness?

I thought I had a pretty good work-life balance but lately, I’ve been through health issues and every single …

Axios

Worker pay isn't keeping up with inflation

For all the hype that wage growth has received this year, pay isn’t keeping up with price growth. Real earnings, or …

The Washington Post

Future of Work: Requiring workers to return to the office is a 'doomed approach'

Slack’s CEO Stewart Butterfield says the future of work is being dictated by workers who want more flexibility and …

Željko Filipin

Lessons from 16 Years of Working Remotely

I have been working remotely since 2005. Recently, an intern has asked me for advice about it. I’ve decided to write a …

Tyler Cipriani

Lessons From Seven Years Of Remote Work

When you’re physically disconnected from your colleagues, you have to build new skills and adapt your tactics. This is …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #196

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 39 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Owl Labs

The State of Remote Work 2021

A look at how U.S. employees feel about remote and hybrid work, how their behaviors have evolved since the pandemic, and how …

Harvard Business Review

So You Botched a Job Interview. What's Next?

You’ve prepared. You’re ready. You either go to an office or hop on a video interview. And then, disaster. Or at …

The Economist

The difficulties of policing remote work

As office life approaches some sort of new normal, remote working is here to stay. Employers enjoy cost savings as they spend …

The Atlantic

The Future of Work Is a 60-Year Career

Humans may soon live to be 100, which likely means more years on the job. That could be a good thing, if we take the …