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NoDesk: Issue #374 – NoDesk

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Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.

Simon De Baene | Forbes

The debate over remote work misses the point: It’s not where we work that’s broken, but how we work. For decades, companies have built office-centric environments, layering them with rituals and routines that no longer fit today’s workforce. Even five years after the pandemic, we are still witnessing a fundamental shift in how work should be structured, with an increasing focus on the employee experience. As remote work cements itself into our culture, companies face a crucial decision: adapt or cling to outdated systems.

Daniel Jolles, Teresa Almeida, Grace Lordan | MIT Sloan Management Review

Workers’ needs vary, and so do their preferences about where and when they do their jobs.

Suzanne Blake | Newsweek

Despite routinely ranking as one of the most popular majors for college students and recent graduates, computer science has one of the highest unemployment rates across all areas of study.

Computer science ranked seventh amongst undergraduate majors with the highest unemployment at 6.1 percent, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Charissa Cheong | Business Insider

People have come to expect more work-life balance in Europe, as the employment laws differ from the US. For me, there have been perks related to my life as a parent, my working hours, and my professional growth.

Gayathri Vaidyanathan | Rest of World

A funding surge has given rise to technologies to track, analyze and manage workers — often in countries with little regulation.

Catherine Baab | Quartz

A decades-old tax rule helped build America’s tech economy. A quiet change under Trump helped dismantle it.

Claire Ballentine | Bloomberg

As companies freeze hiring and AI makes some less-skilled roles obsolete, the Class of 2025 is finding a lot of doors are closed.

Rahul Pandey | IEEE Spectrum

At the end of the day, time is the only resource that matters. With every minute, you are making a decision about how to spend your life. Most of the ways people spend their time are ineffective. Especially in the tech world, our tasks and tools are constantly changing, so we must be able to adapt. What separates the best engineers from the rest of the pack is that they create systems that allow them to be consistently productive.

Joan Westenberg

A goal is a win condition. Constraints are the rules of the game. But not all games are worth playing. And some of the most powerful forms of progress emerge from people who stopped trying to win and started building new game boards entirely.

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