How about A Guide to Hiring Programmers - The High Cost of Training Low Quality Management. The problem with remote computing today is that it forces management to "do their job". Some 1st & 2nd level (OK 3rd & 4th too) managers simply can't cope with the unseen. Granted, working from home a few days a week, is not the same as working "remotely" (as in out of state) but a lot of the same management biases come into play.
For Example: I'm much more productive at home (less interuptions) than in the office...UNLESS the grandkids come over. However, a good programmer (ie flexible) can adjust his at-home schedule to compensate for the ad-hoc family times. Not so, with his manager. He still expects an 8-5 work day, which defeates the purpose IMHO.
So, we learn Perl at home, demonstrate results, & tell them its 1401 Autocoder, Life goes on. ;-) I'm just too old to train yet another incompetent mgr.
When all esle fails, play dead.
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