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Read and learn how to optimize and evolve your remote working experience. Working from home blew up overnight due to the pandemic, and it’s here to stay.

You’ve Got Mail… Subject: Brain Science, Not Just Computer Science, is the Future of Work

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Published on June 30, 2024

Confessions of a Freelancer: 5 Mistakes I Won't Repeat

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Published on June 20, 2024

Adapting to AI: How Developers Can Future-Proof Their Careers

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Published on June 5, 2024

The Best and Worst States for Remote Work in the U.S

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Published on May 9, 2024

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Remote Work

Welcome to working from home! The place where the hours you work are entirely made up and your pants don't matter.

My Terrible Experience Applying for a Job at Crossover for Work

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Published on December 19, 2020

Remote Work in the Post-Covid World: My Journey as a Web Developer

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Published on July 12, 2023

4 Reasons Why Email Is Obsolete, and You Should Move On

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Published on September 23, 2020

How to Manage a Remote Team Without Going Postal

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Published on May 27, 2020

74% of US Government Employees Work Remotely and Are Permanently Transitioning to Flexible Work

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Published on August 13, 2021

US Only vs. Work From Anywhere Remote Jobs Problem

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Published on March 13, 2023

Tech Workers Need More Than the Average U.S. Salary And This Is Why

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Published on September 20, 2023

5 Remote Working Best Practices and Tips in the Era of Coronavirus Pandemics

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Published on April 25, 2020

How Killing Zombies in Games Helped Inspire Better Remote Meetings

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Published on August 7, 2020

The Best and Worst States for Remote Work in the U.S

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Published on May 9, 2024

Future Of Work

The future of work is right around the corner. Find out more about here.

Discovering Human Factories: A Personal Reflection on Modern Work, AI, and Creativity

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Published on September 15, 2024

The Pursuit of Purpose: Why Are So Many People Quitting Their Jobs?

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Published on September 2, 2024

How To Win the “Learning War” for Talent as a Startup

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Published on March 8, 2020

Top 10 Tech Jobs Emerging with the Emerging Technologies

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Published on September 7, 2023

Impact of Automation on the Future of Work

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Published on May 2, 2020

Why Direct Sourcing is Crucial for the Future of Work

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Published on August 14, 2024

Automation, AI, and the Future of Jobs

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Published on October 12, 2021

Adapting to AI: How Developers Can Future-Proof Their Careers

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Published on June 5, 2024

Freelancing

Want to stop getting paid in exposure? Check these articles out.

Hiring and Being a Freelancer Takes Talent: Here's Why

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Published on April 12, 2020

Upwork vs. Nebojsa Todorovic

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Published on August 24, 2020

My 3-Year Freelancing Journey: How I completed 1200 Projects and Earned the Big Bucks

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Published on July 11, 2024

Confessions of a Freelancer: 5 Mistakes I Won't Repeat

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Published on June 20, 2024

Unpacking Upwork’s S-1: Metrics & Lessons for Marketplaces

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Published on September 24, 2018

Which Is Better For You? Working Full Time vs. Consulting?

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Published on January 5, 2018

Top 5 Freelance Marketplace to Start Your Online Сareer

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Published on June 9, 2020

Founder Interviews: Matt Brown of Bonsai

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Published on June 21, 2018

40+ lessons from selling software development

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Published on September 25, 2017

The Prosperous Software Consultant

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Published on March 6, 2018

The Difference Between A Freelancer & A Founder

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Published on January 27, 2016

How Freelancers Should Handle Derogatory Feedback From Employers Hell Bent on Breaking Them

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Published on April 5, 2023

Networking

Networking at VC Events: How to Gain More Value?

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Published on November 17, 2022

Networking is Not Working

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Published on November 30, 2020

From Networking to the Cloud: Navigating Career Shifts in a Cloud-First World

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Published on September 10, 2024

10 things InfoSec professionals need to know about networking

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Published on April 14, 2017

TCP Three-Way Handshake

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Published on July 31, 2018

The Art of the Cold Email

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Published on March 10, 2016

The OSI Model: Understanding the Seven Layers of Network Communication

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Published on April 26, 2023

Why relationships are 110% better than networking?

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Published on July 22, 2017

Wireshark & tcpdump: The Debugging Duo For Network Troubleshooting

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Published on April 10, 2024

Remote Working Tools

Welcome to working from home! The place where the hours you work are entirely made up and your pants don't matter.

10 Best Communication Tools For Your Remote Teams In 2024 (Tested & Vouched For)

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Published on September 5, 2024

9 Productivity Tools for Non-Technical Professionals in 2022

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Published on January 6, 2022

Upwork

World's Top 5 Freelance Platforms’ Fees - Explained, Busted, & Compared

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Published on September 22, 2019

What Are Pros and Cons of the Top Five Freelance Websites for Clients and Freelancers?

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Published on February 17, 2022

Is Upwork Posting Fake Jobs To Keep Freelancers Bidding? [A Deep Dive]

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Published on April 12, 2020

Why Is Upwork Suspending Six-Figure Clients?

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Published on April 8, 2024

Upwork in Real Danger of Losing MILLIONS over ONE DOLLAR "Conversion Fee"

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Published on September 29, 2022

Buying Upwork Reviews: Is Your Freelancer Really a 5-Star Freelancer?

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Published on July 28, 2021

Why The Majority of Freelancers Fail at Upwork Project Proposals

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Published on September 28, 2022

Upwork Freelancers Under BlackRock: The Masters of the Freelance Universe

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Published on March 20, 2023

Upwork vs. Nebojsa Todorovic

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Published on August 24, 2020

Two Years an Upwork Slave: How to Own Freelancers and Sue Those You Can’t Own

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Published on July 22, 2019

Remote Working

Welcome to working from home! The place where the hours you work are entirely made up and your pants don't matter.

Google Employees Consider Other Jobs Following Company's Return-to-Office Plans

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Published on April 11, 2022

Remote Work is Over, get Back to the Office

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Published on September 18, 2021

Building a remote-friendly company: an interview with Webflow CEO Vlad Magdalin

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Published on November 21, 2018

10 free places to find your next remote web development freelance project

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Published on August 1, 2018

10 Facebook Groups you can join for free to find your next remote job or project

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Published on August 4, 2018

Work Remotely, Not Alone: Freelancing and Intentional Communities

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Published on May 18, 2018

How to Find Remote Work in 2019

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Published on January 13, 2019

What are the Best Dev-friendly collaboration Tools for Remote Teams?

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Published on May 22, 2022

Get The F*ck Off Twitter: 10 Ways to Stay Productive While Working From Home

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Published on February 6, 2019

Pitfalls of an Outside Country Remote Worker

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Published on June 17, 2018

The Stress of Remote Working

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Published on December 31, 2017

My first experience on remote working and nomadic lifestyle as an iOS developer

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Published on July 24, 2017

Digital Nomads

Digital Nomads Listen Up: What You Need To Know About The New DTV Visa of Thailand

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Published on June 24, 2024

The Best Digital Nomad and Remote Work Reads

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Published on January 2, 2019

Unicorns Crafting the Infrastructure for a Digital Nomad Nation

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Published on April 30, 2024

Zoom

6 Best Zoom Extensions for Chrome to Maximize Your Meetings/Classes

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Published on August 11, 2023

4 Zoom Tweaks To Improve The Quality of Your WFH Meetings

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Published on May 23, 2020

Has Zoom Made Us "Embrace the Dark Side" of Humanity?

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Published on September 8, 2021

Kids + Dogs + Zoom Meetings - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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Published on November 25, 2021

Freelancers

How Freelancers Can Solve Proof of Income Issue When Renting

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Published on October 11, 2021