Dr. James Stanier - Effective Remote Work

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When I finished my first book Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager at the beginning of 2020, I said to myself, tired from writing more than 300 pages, that I wasnt going to be doing that again anytime soon. However, 18 months later I find myself sitting here writing the Acknowledgements section of my second book.

Well, what happened? As you may know, a lot happened in that year. And much of it was challenging. We found ourselves stuck at home, away from our families, in a place that wed settled in primarily due to the location of an office.

As the months unfolded, the pandemic made us completely rethink our life choices. Remote work developed from a novelty into an essential part of our lives. We sold our house and relocated across the country so that we could be near our families and the Cumbrian coasts, lakes, and mountains that we love. We quit our old jobs and took the plunge into something new. I got my dream job working for Shopify, a fully remote company. Rebecca, my partner, started her own business. Weve never been busier, happier, and more connected to others. A new chapter in our lives has begun thanks to working remotely.

In fact, remote working has had such an impact on us that the possibility of writing about everything that weve learned from transitioning ourselves and our teams to remote seemed almost too good to be true. Im thankful that The Pragmatic Bookshelf has yet again given me the opportunity to write about a subject that is tangential from all of the fantastic technical books that make up the majority of its canon. Its been a pleasure to work in partnership again with Adaobi Obi Tulton, a true superstar of an editor who has made this book so much better than I could have done by myself.

The ideas in this book didnt emerge in isolation. Id like to thank all of my previous colleagues at Brandwatch for having countless invaluable discussions and debates as we dealt with the transition to remote work in the pandemic. Many of those core ideas have been developed into topics in this book. Id also like to thank my colleagues at Shopify for being so incredibly welcoming, inspirational, and supportive and for being a world-class company for remote workers to be.