I like the slow to respond tactic. About 1 in 3 emails that people send me with a question, they send a second one a few min/hours later saying they figured it out. pro tip :D
thanks for sharing your thoughts on working remote. I take online classes and it's not the same thing as you but I still learn a thing or two from your videos
I've read that one of the main keys for success if you're going to do this is to not try and be a superstar at any one job. If an assignment is due Friday and you got it done Wednesday, focus on your other job and don't try to stand out. You're not looking for a promotion or to have more work heaped on you. Personally, I'd have to get to a point where my job is super easy, something I could do in my sleep. One of my buddies works as a Staff Engineer for a major company and is a star, but tells me he honestly puts in only an hour or two of actual work a day and, believe it or not, spends a good amount of time just consuming edibles! You can't have two super challenging jobs. I mean you can, I guess, but then you're going to be driven nuts, especially if any of the jobs requires you to be on call. One of your jobs has to be something that 2 hours or less of actual work a day will keep your boss happy.
Yup I completely agree. You want to do great work but fly under the radar. A promotion gets you maybe a 10% increase which isn’t significant when you’re making double with two jobs.
I’ve started printing my calendar to have in front of me and also doing to-do list for the week and next day! It helps tremendously! I like your tip on waiting to respond 🙂 I have a bad habit to respond immediately and then I realize that I forgot what I was focusing on before… 😅 25 mins will be challenging for me, but I have to adopt it! Do you have slack, outlook on your phone to check messages/emails?
I have my sticky note with my to-do list in front of me right now! It helps so much. I do have Slack and Outlook on my phone. I've tried not having them but it ends up driving me even more crazy thinking people might be messaging me and I'm not seeing it.
I'm watching this at 2 am, on a weekend... and still instant I heard the slack notification chirp I reflexively winced Remote work isn't wonderful, it is traumatizing
Awesome video! Thank you. I’m starting out in product design, so far I worked on 1 app and 1 web platform. I’m job hunting at the moment. Would you make a video for people starting out in product design? Job hunt tips, time management, people skills, office politics, the list goes on…
Hi, @Jake Ferrin. What did your working hours look like on a typical day? And, did you always take two days off for the weekend? Just trying to get a sense of how this might work.
My working hours were usually 8:30-5:30 and nothing on Saturday or Sunday. So really not too bad. I was just used to working like two hours a day so it was a lot for me haha
Hey I just posted a video answering your question, how the one company found out. Take a look if you’re interested. And thanks for the question! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-luBR_QK7z5E.html
