Thoughts on a 4-day workweek experiment
An important trial at a big Hungarian employer ended recently, giving me a good opportunity to think about the concept of 4-day workweeks.
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So, you’ve got your first fully remote engineering leadership job, congratulations! Now, just a few days to start, the realization hits hard: you have no idea how this is different from your previous in-office or hybrid experience, how to make it work without being there physically.
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Hello world!
It’s been ages I’ve done a first post on a new blog! Actually, it was when I started to document my bread-baking adventures, 8 years ago, almost to the day. And many times before that, on various other blogs. Yet, even after more than two decades, the feeling