So, you’ve landed your dream role as a remote developer, getting to work wholly or at least largely from the comfort of your own home (or somewhere of your choosing). Finally, you can burn the suits of ‘normal’ office oppression and get away from the office politics, the smells of other people’s lunches, and, more importantly, be so super focused and productive that you’ll somehow BraveStarr Strength of the Bear your tasks, performing 10x better than your commuting brethren.

When we first published this article almost two years ago, we had no idea that remote work will go global, even with companies that criticized and resisted the movement for over a decade.