Stage 1 · Lesson 6 of 8
Managing yourself
In an office, someone notices if you drift for a morning. At home, nobody does. Nobody notices the hard problem you solved either, unless you tell them.
means running your own day. You plan it, break work into pieces you can finish, keep track of what you promised, and raise problems early. Three habits help.
Write a plan at the start of each day. Write a short note at the end of the day saying what moved forward. And flag any (something that stops your progress) once you have been stuck on it for more than an hour or two.
Employers test this with that have loose instructions, and with questions about how you work alone.
Common trapworking long, unstructured hours to feel productive while nobody can see what you delivered.
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Resources for this stage
Start with· follow one of these
- GuideFreeGitLab's Guide to All-Remote
GitLab
How a large all-remote company actually works: async, handbook-first communication and meetings, so you know what you are being measured against
- CourseFreeGoogle Technical Writing Courses
Google
Free, short courses on clear technical writing, the skill remote teams notice first