talking remote work on the hanselman podcast
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I had the immense pleasure of speaking with Scott Hanselman on the topic of being a remote employee in a technological function. Scott's being doing this forever, and I've been doing it for a couple of years now, so it was a great exchange of ideas and experiences of what has worked and not worked for us as professional WFHers.
We had a nice, long form discussion on some of the items I mentioned in my earlier blog post on the topic of working remotely: as engineers, and people managers in a technical function and as folks who have personal lives that they have to integrate with their work, being that their entire professional life is embeded in a place that's at the core of their personal lives.
Scott shares a few of this hard-earned tips for making this work and also shares a particular viewpoint on not allowing ourselves to live our lives by default.

Written by Jayson J. Phillips
Jayson is a former(-ish) DJ turned software engineer and now leader, having written code or led teams for over 18 years. Currently, he's a Senior Engineering Manager, speaker, bootcamp instructor, and sometimes distance runner.
In his downtime, he can be found trying to put dent in his Netflix queue, playing FPS and fighting games, and livestreaming code and technology on his Twitch channel.
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