Matt Semon

It turns out that when you let people work from a place they’re comfortable, in a community they love, they actually do better work. Shocking, I know.

The dreaded question—“What are your salary expectations?”—might finally die the unceremonious death it deserves. The future isn’t about hiding the numbers.

For most of us, we manage to cobble together a semi-coherent, pre-rehearsed spiel about our “journey” and how we’re “passionate about synergy.”

Every one of these jobs offers a kind of deal with the devil. A Faustian bargain. Give me your peace of mind, and I’ll give you financial security.

The survival strategy isn’t to learn to code faster than an AI (you won’t) or to write better than a machine (it’s debatable). The survival strategy is to become more human.

Are we on the cusp of a job creation boom not seen since the dawn of the internet itself, or is this just the most elaborate, technically sophisticated game?

One of the biggest lies we tell ourselves is that remote work is all about productivity. And yeah, I guess it can be. You can get a lot done when there’s no one there to interrupt you.

It’s your chance to prove you’re not a robot, especially now that—let’s be honest—many people are probably using AI to write their first drafts.

It’s a strange new world, this work-from-home life. A glorious, chaotic, pajama-clad frontier. And if you’re living it, you know some truths to be self-evident.

Your goal isn’t to squeeze every last penny out of them until they’re weeping into their spreadsheets. Your goal is to find a number that makes you both happy.

Productivity isn’t linear. It’s a series of peaks and valleys. The real challenge of remote work is learning to ride those waves instead of fighting them.

My first remote job interview was a slow, agonizing 47-minute bleed-out in unforgiving HD from my spare bedroom.

Found a job on a big aggregator site? Great. That’s a starting point. But don’t just click the “Easy Apply” button.

A workcation is not a vacation. And it’s not just working from a different, more scenic office. It’s a weird, delicate hybrid.