Yeah, seems like the biggest advantage to becoming remote is having more access to applicants.
Awesome that you have your teams meet up; I think that's key to building relationships, too.
Not sure how many junior devs you have, but do you have any advice for building up/supporting junior devs who are remote?
Since you're asking if there's anything you can do, there is one thing I would like, and it'd be great if the Slack notifications/webhooks linked to the GitHub commit, too. :) It would save me a click. 🙃
We haven't hired any junior team members remotely so far. That's primarily because we don't think that we as a team have figured out how to best support them. I hope that we will be able to do so, soon. We successfully moved junior team members from an "office setup" to be remote.
I think articulating guidelines for working remotely is key for junior team members, especially if they don't have any remote working experience. E.g., making it clear that they have to work in a dedicated space (at home or in a co-working space) or guiding them when it comes to work-life balance. If you are at home the whole day, it can be challenging to know when to stop working.
Additionally, I would focus on giving those junior team members more face time with the more experienced team members. E.g., flying them to other team members more frequently, especially in the beginning.
Thanks for the feedback - I forwarded it to our team :)
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Yeah, seems like the biggest advantage to becoming remote is having more access to applicants.
Awesome that you have your teams meet up; I think that's key to building relationships, too.
Not sure how many junior devs you have, but do you have any advice for building up/supporting junior devs who are remote?
Since you're asking if there's anything you can do, there is one thing I would like, and it'd be great if the Slack notifications/webhooks linked to the GitHub commit, too. :) It would save me a click. 🙃
We haven't hired any junior team members remotely so far. That's primarily because we don't think that we as a team have figured out how to best support them. I hope that we will be able to do so, soon. We successfully moved junior team members from an "office setup" to be remote.
I think articulating guidelines for working remotely is key for junior team members, especially if they don't have any remote working experience. E.g., making it clear that they have to work in a dedicated space (at home or in a co-working space) or guiding them when it comes to work-life balance. If you are at home the whole day, it can be challenging to know when to stop working.
Additionally, I would focus on giving those junior team members more face time with the more experienced team members. E.g., flying them to other team members more frequently, especially in the beginning.
Thanks for the feedback - I forwarded it to our team :)