Why I've Always Loved Remote Work and Freelancing

Why I've Always Loved Remote Work and Freelancing

The buzz happening around remote work and freelancing right now, thanks to Covid19, has always been of particular interest to me.

For over a decade now, I’ve successfully run a remote-first company. We’re also champions for the freelance economy. 

All of our UI/UX designers and developers are US-based freelancers and digital nomads, most kept very busy with a steady influx of incredible new app ideas, so they’re never bored, and there’s always something incredible coming through the door to keep their skills sharp.

We even welcome team members who have a full-time gig already, but want to test the waters of freelancing with Chop Dawg, and really hone their craft during their off hours, one project at a time.

You gotta respect the hustle and passion for a coder who wants nothing more than to create — morning, noon, and night, and we are happy to feed that appetite here.

This has always allowed us to attract the best and brightest talent to help build our apps, I truly believe that.

And for so long at Chop Dawg, we dealt with uncertainty, speculation, sometimes, even distrust, due to this very fact.

We really had to prove ourselves within our industry as a US remote-first company, one app at a time. I’m so damn proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish together (without ever raising a dime) with our partnered clients over the years, 300+ apps later.

At the same time, the app development industry was launched off the backs of self-taught programmers and more often than not, bootstrapped tech founders working remotely with contractors out of their basements and garages in the hours between their 9 to 5. At Chop Dawg, we also make it our personal mission to help non-technical founders and businesses

Today, I’m so GRATEFUL we didn’t listen to the noise, as companies around the world consider ditching their dedicated office spaces, furlough staff and shift to contractors.

Of course, this is to minimize the negative impact of Covid19 on business function, but I know I’ll be watching very closely to see how many companies stay the course once things go “back to normal” (hopefully, sooner rather than later and after a few universal health care reforms, while we’re at it).

As many companies are finding out right now, working remotely works.

Giving your team freedom to work from home, and the flexibility to take on multiple revenue streams, doesn’t have to take away from the core of what makes your product or service wonderful.

This pandemic is already having a large effect on how we work, what we prioritize, on what tools we value. As far as the longterm effects, no one has a crystal ball and can tell you exactly what will happen yet.

However, some things are looking pretty likely based on current trends.

For many years, people have been somewhat skeptical of remote work.

Even as its popularity has grown in the past few years, some misconceptions have remained pretty widespread. Many companies have refused to embrace it altogether, believing that it would be impossible for it to work for them.

The Covid19 pandemic is proving that this is not necessarily true.

Many organizations that believed it would be impossible to conduct their daily business remotely are finding that it is incredibly possible now that they’re being strong armed into it.

While it is unlikely that in the future, all work will be remote, it is likely that COVID19 will have a lasting impact on the normalization of remote work.

Studies have shown repeatedly that remote workers are more productive, more engaged, and less expensive for companies overall.

Jobs that offer remote working opportunities are more attractive to talent too. In fact, 54% of employees say that they would switch jobs for one that offered them more of this kind of flexibility.

Now that Covid19 has forced companies’ hands, it is likely many of them will realize the benefits of remote work and look to embrace it in new ways after the crisis has ended. At the same time, workers may be loathe to head back into the office once the stay-at-home order is behind us, seeking a remote opportunity instead.

Only time will tell, but in the meantime, come join us at Reset Summit on 5/20 to give back and reset amid Covid19.

Abhishek Shah

IT Solutions, Custom Development, e-Commerce, Web, Mobile Apps | Hire Engineers on Demand | CEO at Hauper

2y

Joshua, thanks for sharing! 👌

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Helen Kasai

Co-Founder and Head of Product Design in ANODA 🟠 | Delivering innovative design solutions for web, mobile, and digital platforms

3y

Cool

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Ruma Sarkar

Let’s connect! Sr. Tech Consultant @Trigent | IIM Calcutta EBPM-28| Talks about AXLR8, QMETRICS,AI &GEN AI, Industry Tech resolution

4y

I believe that's a great idea where the news speaks that Tech and pharmaceutical are having the right time to push up the economy and for that, we all need to unite and work together.

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