Andreas Klinger (Angel List) - Don't Build Your Eng Team in Silicon Valley - S1E5 from Mastering Remote

Andreas Klinger (Angel List) - Don't Build Your Eng Team in Silicon Valley - S1E5

56 minutes Posted Oct 8, 2019 at 8:00 am.

— What is “Head of Remote” actually?

— Why remote work came naturally to Andreas

— How investors’ perceptions about remote work have changed over the years

— Why building an engineering team inside Silicon Valley is now questionable

— Is there such a thing as a “network effect” in remote work?

— Why Andreas wrote Managing Remote Teams A Crash Course

— Systemizing “trust” inside a remote team

— Why onboarding is crucial for new hires

— Why you need to “refactor” your organization every few months

— The misperception of the “digital nomad” trend

— Is “remote readiness” is a thing?

— How to start transitioning into a remote team

— Andreas’ general advice to those who want to start/scale remote companies, especially regarding hiring

— Why pair programming is an underrated way to assess your remote candidates

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We covered:

15:45 — Why Andreas wrote Managing Remote Teams - A Crash Course

Mentioned Resources:

AngelList

Product Hunt

Ryan Hoover

Seedcamp

Running Remote

Andreas Klinger’s talk at Running Remote

Andrew Chen

Mullet model

Remotive

Managing Remote Teams - A Crash Course by Andreas Klinger

Zapier

Creating a Fun and Playful Culture in Remote Teams with Krister Haav

Toggl Startup Simulator

“Your company should be your best product”

Pieter Levels

Pieter Levels tweet about ‘digital nomads’

Nick Francis

Help Scout

Andreas Klinger's Twitter