![]() ![]() I heard all the excuses from CEOs and CTOs. Worse, how many companies had great remote work success during the pandemic, but will shift back to mandatory on-site work once this is all over? Even worse, many did not even wait for the end of the pandemic before doing so. How many companies were forced into remote work by the pandemic, and realized it was actually great? How many of them used to categorically refuse remote work beyond maybe a couple days a week? And why was that? A wisdom that companies consistently refuse to apply. What works somewhere might obviously not work somewhere else.īut there is wisdom in those books, and on this approach to work and to life. The problem with Basecamp books is the following: it’s great advice, everyone knows it, everyone agrees on it, but no one actually wants to apply it.ĭon’t get me wrong, I’m not saying every company should copy-paste the Basecamp model. ![]() Their company culture? The best! No, we won't change ours. Basecamp’s advice on project management? It’s great! We won’t change how we do things though. Remote work? That’s amazing, and great, and the future. Most of the CEOs and CTOs I talked to actually read most Basecamp books.Įveryone I talked to, and I do mean everyone, agrees with the amazing content of those books, and on the necessity to follow such great advice. That’s when I realized something peculiar. “Shape-up”, “Remote work”, “Rework”, “It doesn’t have to be crazy at work”, “Getting real” - All great books filled with great advice. They wrote a series of equally famous entrepreneurship books, advocating for a shift in the industry towards a culture closer to their own. Of course, I would often quote the famous "Basecamp books".īasecamp is a famous project management startup. I discussed with CEOs and CTOs about their visions for business, project management, and company culture. All successful businesses, the crème de la crème of the FrenchTech, looking for experienced developers to consolidate their tech teams. Anyone working on a web app - including entrepreneurs, designers, programmers, executives, or marketers - will find value and inspiration in this book.Last year after finding myself between two jobs, I interviewed with a bunch of start-ups in Paris. This isn’t a technical book or a design tutorial, it’s a book of ideas. ![]() Getting Real is packed with keep-it-simple insights, contrarian points of view, and unconventional approaches to software design. The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application. REMOTE shows both employers and employees how they can work together, remotely, from any desk, in any space, in any place, anytime, anywhere. As an employee, restricting your job search to companies within a reasonable commute means you’re not working for the best company you can. As an employer, restricting hiring to your local region means you’re not getting the best people you can. Entrepreneurs, small-business owners, and artists who don’t want to starve will all find valuable guidance in these pages. REWORK is the perfect playbook for anyone who’s ever dreamed of doing it on their own. If you’re looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf. New York Times bestseller! Most business books give you the same old advice: write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. This book treats the patient, calls out false cures, and pushes back against ritualistic time-sucks that have infected the way people work these days. These are all perversions of work - side effects of broken models and “best” practices. ![]() Sitting in meetings all day isn’t required for success. Anxiety isn’t a prerequisite for progress. Chaos shouldn’t be the natural state at work. ![]()
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