What Remote Job Take-Home Assignments Are Actually Testing For
I once spent eleven hours on a take-home assignment that asked for two to three. I built a full test […]
How to Get Promoted on a Remote Job When Nobody Sees You Work
A woman I coached last year — I’ll call her Amina, not her real name — did some of the
GitLab vs. Zapier vs. Automattic: What Fully Remote Company Culture Actually Looks Like
I’ve read all three of these companies’ public handbooks cover to cover, which is either a strange way to spend
The Hidden Costs of Remote Work No One Budgets For
I turned down a $4,000 raise once. Not because the number was bad — because when I actually ran the
20 Questions to Ask in a Remote Job Interview (That Tell You More Than the Job Description)
20 questions to ask in a remote job interview, grouped by what each one actually uncovers about async work, pay, management, and whether the job matches the posting.
How to Vet a Remote Employer Before You Accept the Offer
A three-layer check for vetting a remote employer before you accept an offer — verifying the company, the pay structure, and the actual people, plus a worked example.
Notion vs. Confluence vs. Basecamp: The Async Documentation Tools That Actually Get Used
A hands-on comparison of Notion, Confluence, and Basecamp as async documentation tools across three real teams — pricing, search, migration, and where each one breaks.
Meeting Overload on a Remote Team: The Async Audit That Cut Ours by 40%
A step-by-step async meeting audit that cut one remote team’s recurring calls by 40% without losing alignment — plus where async-first habits break.
How to Negotiate Salary for a Remote Role When There’s No “Local Market Rate” to Point To
A reader I coached last year got an offer for a senior support role from a US-based company, fully remote,
I Tested 6 Async Standup Tools So Your Team Doesn’t Have To
I’ve run daily standups through six different tools over the past four years, across three different teams, and I’ve fired