Remote: Office Not Required

Name: Remote: Office Not Required
Rating: 4.409090995788574 (44 reviews)

David Heinemeier Hansson · Jason Fried

Oct 2013 · Random House

4.4

44 reviews

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For too long our lives have been dominated by the 'under one roof' Industrial Revolution model of work. That era is now over. As remote working is becoming increasingly more flexible, there is no longer a reason for the daily roll call, of the need to be seen with your butt on your seat in the office. The technology and necessity to work remotely and to avoid the daily grind of commuting and meetings has finally come of age. Bestselling authors Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson are the masters of making it work at tech company 37signals.

Remote: Office Not Required combines eye-opening ideas with entertaining narrative. With its almost prescient content, the book will convince you that working remotely increases productivity and innovation, and it will also teach you how to get it right - whether you are a manager, working solo or one of a team. Chapters include: 'Talent isn't bound by the hubs', 'It's the technology, stupid', 'When to type, when to talk', 'Stop managing the chairs' and 'The virtual water cooler'.

Brilliantly simple and refreshingly illuminating this is a call to action to end the tyranny of being shackled to the office.

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4.4

44 reviews

A Google user

December 11, 2016

It's a good Sunday if thoughts and experiences regarding remote work, but it's no breakthrough. You'll be hard-pressed to find extremely new ideas in it

1 person found this review helpful

Hadrian D'souza

March 7, 2015

Great insights oh remote working. I have tried many tips from this book. Any team looking to go remote must read this book.

2 people found this review helpful

Rohit Tikmany

October 31, 2013

Remote working benefits / concepts / watch-outs explained simply, effectively and succinctly.

3 people found this review helpful

About the author

JASON FRIED is the founder of 37signals, a privately held web-based software development company and the co-author of the international bestseller Rework. His motto is, ‘It's simple until you make it complicated’.
DAVID HEINEMEIER HANSSON is the creator of Ruby on Rails, an open-source web framework on which hundreds of thousands of web applications have been built – including Twitter. He is also Fried’s business partner at 37signals and co-author of Rework.
37 SIGNALS is internationally renowned for its innovative web products, including Basecamp, Highrise and Campfire. Founded in 1999, 37signals has grown into a multi-million dollar company with over three million loyal customers. The company, based in Chicago, has been profiled in the Guardian, Time, Wired and Business Week.

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