Codeship started in Austria back in 2011 (maybe some of you know our old name: Railsonfire). We decided to move parts of the company to the US at the beginning of 2013 because a lot of our customers were already there, most well-known companies that sell to developers are in the US, and we assumed that we could learn from more people how to build Codeship in the US (vs. Austria). Because of that decision, we were distributed more or less from the beginning.
It took us a while to fully understand the advantages and disadvantages of remote-first vs. not being remote. For example, we tried for a while to have a dedicated office in Boston and a dedicated office in Vienna. Over time we realized that it would be better (more productivity, happier team member, a better fit for our culture) if we go remote-first. Part of the reason was that we made very positive experiences with remote team members that joined the team.
We do have offices in Berlin/Germany, Boston/US, and Vienna/Austria. Most of our team works from home. It depends on their personal preferences and where they can be the most productive. What's important to us as a whole team is that everybody has a dedicated office space. That can be a dedicated room at home or a desk in a co-working space/office.
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What made you decide to go remote-first and do you have offices anywhere?
Codeship started in Austria back in 2011 (maybe some of you know our old name: Railsonfire). We decided to move parts of the company to the US at the beginning of 2013 because a lot of our customers were already there, most well-known companies that sell to developers are in the US, and we assumed that we could learn from more people how to build Codeship in the US (vs. Austria). Because of that decision, we were distributed more or less from the beginning.
It took us a while to fully understand the advantages and disadvantages of remote-first vs. not being remote. For example, we tried for a while to have a dedicated office in Boston and a dedicated office in Vienna. Over time we realized that it would be better (more productivity, happier team member, a better fit for our culture) if we go remote-first. Part of the reason was that we made very positive experiences with remote team members that joined the team.
We do have offices in Berlin/Germany, Boston/US, and Vienna/Austria. Most of our team works from home. It depends on their personal preferences and where they can be the most productive. What's important to us as a whole team is that everybody has a dedicated office space. That can be a dedicated room at home or a desk in a co-working space/office.