I’ve been doing remote async for five years now. Nothing beats that lifestyle for me. I think it’s only natural to work that way. No alarms, only natural rhythms. Code when it works for you, tackle problems, respond to messages when it suits you best. What’s the point of remote work if everyone’s online at the same time? I don’t see the point as a developer. Business-wise, maybe—if you don’t have everything dumped into txt.
Can you provide some details on the industry and team, and how you found them? This seems to be somewhat rare so I'm curious how to find such roles myself.
I’ve been doing this as a contractor. I started in my home country, where $50/h is a lot—established relationships over time with people who value solid developers and hate handholding as much as I do. Over time progressed and tripled my rate and now do maintenance work primarily and combine personal business projects. I sacrificed corp. Life and lots of money but gained a lot of flexibility and traveled a lot. As a non-US work authorized person, it wasn’t much of an option anyway.
I’d say this: if you’re outside of the US, the best companies for this approach are in the Nordics. If you are US-based, the number of companies who fit this profile are non-tech founders who look for an all-in-one developer who can move the needle and establish everything until there are more funds or traction. Stakeholders have to value the quality of life more than anything esle.
