I’ve long been fascinated by the idea of remote work. It wasn’t very long ago that the concept was foreign and completely out of the question to almost all employers. Happily, that’s changing to the point where it’s possible for developers to insist on remote work at least part of the time.
I recently stumbled across two articles that explore a couple of unique takes on the subject. In the first, Glen over at Tab Payments tells how he and a colleague spent a month in Chiang Mai working remotely. It was almost like a working vacation. A couple of the team left Toronto and spent some time working in Thailand. He’s looking forward to doing it again. The article talks about how they already had a small tight team and that that resulted in a mostly problem free trip.
Whereas the Tab Payments team let part of their team work remotely for a while, the folks at Mobile Jazz took their whole team to the island of Koh Samui in Thailand to work remotely for a month. It worked so well that they’re planning on another trip soon.
Both these articles talk about some or all of the development team working remotely for a short time. That’s a middle ground between working in an office every day and working remotely full time. If you have an interest in this sort of thing, these two articles give an excellent way of testing the waters or just providing a pleasant experience for your team.