Any advice is appreciated!
Change up your environment. I sometimes sit downstairs, upstairs, or at a coffee shop.
I track my time so my family knows where I am in my workday. It is easier to work 2x4 hour blocks but life often times breaks that up a bit so I log my time.
My teams have used a lot of slack msgs and slack huddles, lots of zoom meetings so everyone feels pretty connected.
It's great if you can meet up together at least once a year, work out of an office together and go out, grab drinks, eat meals together for team building.
You'll need a routine, exercise, taking breaks, leverage flexible hours, take a trip and work remote from somewhere cool and interesting.
Take breaks to cook a meal, laundry, play guitar for 10 minutes, get outside for a quick walk, enjoy your pets, say hi to your family, have lunch with a friend, you won't go stir crazy.
Being remote is one of my favorite things about my career, I love it.
"Communication is oxygen for remote teams." As always, there are nuances, like the fact that not everyone enjoys remote work settings, and it's not necessarily the best setting for non-engineering teams. You can find a bunch of ideas online for how to adequately communicate.
For me, async + remote engineering teams are the most joyous and exciting setups!
If you'd like more advice, my email is on my profile.
Scrum has been a way to force people to communicate, but absolutely don't rely on it. There's all these research that tells us that using AI for essays makes you lazy. But in the same form, if you only talk to colleagues during the enforced scrum meeting slots, the team will find it difficult to communicate.
Ask each other for life advice and all that. Get used to doing it in messages. Somehow people will only talk to their boss about pizza dough in an office but not online, but that's what the #random channel is for.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/all-those-new-working-from-ho...
Also, having a space dedicated solely for work and without distractions goes a long way.
Other than that, you'll settle in just fine :)
- However, remote work is generally not ideal for business, ops or engineering roles, where being close to the core problems—and the people solving them—is often essential. It's also not recommended for those who dislike being home all day.
- In a remote setup, you either need to already know what you’re doing or be fully prepared to manage yourself. We don’t know you personally and can’t offer much direct help. But based on your post, it sounds like you’re capable of figuring it out. This isn’t rocket science—just be direct with your team, ask the same questions you’ve raised here, and don’t hesitate to request support when needed. Of course, like everyone already said, communicate and communicate.
- Keep in mind that remote roles can become problematic if you have family, kids, or pets who are going to interrupt you every 30 minutes—there’s often little you can do to control those distractions.