I was on a Zoom call a few minutes ago and my machine was struggling with responsiveness, which I haven’t seen happen - and there’s been a lot of Zoom usage this year. I assumed it was Zoom related but this makes more sense.
Hey y'all! I've been working from home for 10 years now and I can't imagine trading it back for office life. Today I work at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, and WooCommerce and being a fully distributed company we can live wherever we'd like.
My wife and I with our two kids have been calling North Idaho home for the past 9 years. We love it here and I'd love to see more of y'all moving out this way!
I started a side project (https://NorthIdaho.io) to help more folks move to the area. I'm starting out by curating a weekly list of rental properties. It's free, with no catch. I'm also offering a premium version for those in a hurry and looking for a bit of extra help.
I'd love to know what y'all think and also happy to answer any questions you have about North Idaho living.
Do you have any specific list of ISPs, mobile carriers (average hotspot performance, 5G availability, LTE speeds), etc that would work best? I'd imagine this is critical for many WFHers/remote.
I'd need a minimum of 2 Gbps symmetrical to be able to do any work remotely (video, encoding, large binary files, Perforce, etc.) and a promise of "maybe Starlink in the future" would make it a catastrophic bankrupting move.
Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely keep it in mind. The upsells are a bit troubling to me, though. Mom doesn't need SSL and certainly no website creation tools or hosting (WordPress all the way). I'd like to recommend a registrar that really just focuses on domains.
I've been building businesses since I was 13. At 26, with 10 years of web development experience, and 7+ years working with WordPress, I'm looking for extra work on Sundays to pay off a few debts and save for our second baby (they're expensive).
During the week, I work at a startup building paywalls for the newspaper industry (pigeonpaywall.com).
When it comes to working with WordPress, I can do just about anything. On top of my technical skillsets and experience, my specialty is communication and training. I am highly responsible and efficient.
I'm a match for:
- Someone looking to turn over responsibility for getting a website done (even down to copyediting and content orgnanization).
- Someone looking for a competent developer to take a design over to WordPress.
I'm not a match for:
- Someone looking for a low bidder - I'm not desperate for work, just looking for new opportunities and ways to accelerate cashflow.
- Someone who feels a need to micromanage - As a first-born recovering-perfectionist, I am highly detail oriented.
Interested? See my email in profile. Write or send me your number and I'll give you a call.
