https://blog.vnykmshr.com/writing/tags/remote-work/Recent content in Remote-Work on vnykmshrHugoenMon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.vnykmshr.com/writing/building-from-zero-twice/Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.vnykmshr.com/writing/building-from-zero-twice/<p>I&rsquo;ve built remote engineering centers from scratch twice now. The first one grew to over two hundred people over several years. The second is eight, and it&rsquo;s not clear yet whether it&rsquo;ll get bigger. Different companies, different products, different scales. The process is more similar than I expected.</p> <h2 id="starting-from-one">Starting from one</h2> <p>The first time, I helped set up the remote center while still at headquarters, then moved there as it grew. The second time, I was the first hire. Both times, the main engineering team was somewhere else &ndash; a team that had been working together for years.</p>