Ask HN: What are the biggest challenges with managing a remote-first career?

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We all know the challenges of being a remote-first employee (communication, over-working, lack of work/life balance), but what are the biggest challenges with building/managing your career?

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One of the biggest challenges IMO is being able to articulate what work you are doing and what the impact was (yes, this is the same as in-office working). Conversations don't "just happen" remotely, you need to be diligent about creating your own buzz.

Whether that's making a few sentence Slack messages to your team company when you hit milestones, sending out quality email summaries along with a presentation you made, you need to be really deliberate.

When people work in the office, their 'professional community' is mostly in the office. Switching to remote, people need to find an alternative community that they can be part of, learn & share that continues to support their career growth

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