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#3 must be fun for tax purposes

1&2 are non-negotiable

You just file in the country you were hired in and illegally work on tourism visas in the others.

I always wonder how #2 works, does all/most communication happen asynchronously? Doesn't that just slow everything down? 1&3 are more important to me than 2. I just plan my location by thinking about the hours I want to work. If I go East, I shift my day forward, if I go West, I shift my day back (apart from some extremes I guess).

I can't imagine all/most discussion async. I much prefer things to get discussed and resolved quickly, rather than having a back-and-forth of 10 messages last days because people are out of sync.

async means a lot of things for different people.

For me it’s not doing the “syncs” in a specific time. I huddle up with a coworker if I need something figured out. If the person I need to talk to isn’t there I talk to the next person with the closest experience in what I need to do.

This makes collaboration a lot more effective and organic for me instead of trying to fill in a 30’ slot.

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