Effective Remote Work

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

Alexander Graham Bell

Chapter 2Getting Set Up

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You join the meeting as the familiar ding-dong sound plays out of your speakers. Abigail has already joined the call.

“Hey!”

“Hello,” you reply, increasingly sheepishly.

You begin to notice the drastic difference between your surroundings. There you are, perched in the kitchen, a pile of dishes to your left and some peeling wallpaper to the right.

There Abigail is in what looks like a professional streamer’s gaming den. On either side of the frame, you can see how her desk is truly gigantic; it forms a semicircle around her like the command deck of a starship. On her walls neon lights emit a warm, colorful glow. There’s even a framed ...