Working Effectively Across Space-Time

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Udacity mobile team is 75% remote across two continents, three countries and four time zones, and claims remote-first work needs trust, tooling and rules rather than luck. Expect concrete numbers (60% of companies offer telecommuting, 11.5% YOY rise in fully remote programmers, 90% plan to stay remote) and practical workflows: core hours and async comms, documented requirements, periodic team on‑sites, screen‑share pair programming and video bug reports. Tooling list is specific: Slack/Zoom/GitHub/Jira, LastPass, World Time Buddy, Visor.

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1. 0:00Introduction and background
2. 3:19Key requirements for remote teams
3. 7:11Benefits of remote work
4. 14:16Challenges of remote teams
5. 20:21Communication strategies
6. 25:56Keeping team engagement high
7. 29:25Workflow and tooling essentials
8. 32:37Preemptive FAQ on remote work
9. 35:02Summary and closing

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