Marissa Goldberg

Question the default. Founded @remoteworkprep in 2018. Author of the Remotely Interesting and @IdeaKitchenAI newsletters

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

The top 5 things every remote worker should have (but most don't) ⬇

[signüll @signulll]

what a fucking tragedy for nyc.

the same dumb resistance happened during the uber saga & now you’re watching the same shit play out again with autonomous cars.

the reality is that humans should not be operating metal death machines forever. esp in a city where taxis have spent decades gaming routes, ignoring pickups, driving like maniacs, & treating the meter like a side quest. uber fixed some of that, then slowly became expensive as hell, degraded, & unreliable in its own stupid way.

collective decision making of humans is often so so damn stupid.

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

@nwilliams030 Not in nyc, but created a site with Claude/Codex with all the summer kids activities for my city. Easier to make than I thought

[˗ˏˋ Jesse Hanley ˎˊ˗ @jessethanley]

Whenever I watch videos like this, I try to lean in and listen for what’s being whispered, not what’s being yelled.

From 2015–2019, there was so much work/grind mindset content everywhere.

But underneath it, the quiet whisper was:

“You don’t actually have to grind forever. There are people working, living happily, and doing it affordably abroad. Why couldn’t that be you?”

At the time, the whole @tferriss lifestyle design thing felt like the counterculture move.

That whisper was enough for me to sign up for @levelsio’s Nomad List, pack my bags, and move to Thailand.

That kicked off one crazy adventure I’m still incredibly thankful I lived.

Then, at some point, remote work became normal.

Now, with agents, I think some of us are starting to hear a new whisper:

“What if you don’t use this to work more? What if you use it to work less?”

More time with family.

More time on health.

Less stress.

Still highly effective. Still capable. Still doing great work.

But now trading tokens for time back.

That feels like the current arbitrage.

Yes, there are people working 16 hours a day and not sleeping.

Yes, companies want people back in offices so they can monitor, manage, and squeeze more grind out of them.

But there are also people working under an hour a day, augmenting themselves with agents, and trying to figure out what this new way of working looks like.

I’d rather join those people.

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

@johndsaunders 5 min unless they message a heads up

[claire vo 🖤 @clairevo]

On this topic: I think more CEOs should get comfortable just saying “this is the way I’m personally most effective, and since I’m the CEO and need to run the company, we’re going to organize around my preferences.”

I’ve seen leaders who are garbage at remote management thrive as in person leaders, but they try to justify it through absolute statements about effectiveness vs just saying sorry homies this is how I roll and I’m king of the castle.

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

@RobertJBye @Flighty @letterboxd @zillow @tweethue My main one is just being able to add multiple email inboxes

[Amir Salihefendić @amix3k]

I’ve worked from home for years, and it’s wonderful, including the occasional distraction from my kids 😄

This fraud narrative is such a wrong take. I also bet he spends most of his time in meaningless meetings.

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

This one recurring prompt has taught me more than every AI course I've taken:

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

@clairevo Beyond bored of this outdated take on remote work.

Currently working from home with a two year old and still getting way more done than I ever did in an office.

[claire vo 🖤 @clairevo]

I’ve been on a webinar breastfeeding a 10 week old, ran an all hands with a four year old literally climbing my shoulders, shipped code with a baby in a carrier, podcasted w a quiet 9 year old in the corner, approve PRs while doing the sleep lady shuffle (iykyk), skill issue.

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

@MediaKing Using both is the best of both worlds

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

Everyone loves to pit OpenClaw and Hermes against each other, but having both feels like the best option.

Especially when they break.

They’ve yet to both break at the same time, so I can always use one to fix the other via Telegram rather than having to get into my Mac mini.

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

@toddsaunders Set up the connectors for him and build his first live artifact daily dashboard in Cowork to let him see what’s possible.

Also, share the recipe box from @IdeaKitchenAI to help him with more ideas on what to use it for.

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

@amorriscode @petergyang Biggest annoyances right now:

• App freezes every time you click a desktop notification on windows

• Steering was removed

• Going from Fable back to the old models just accentuated the lack of proactiveness. Hope the next model release fixes this

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

@petergyang @screenstudio Check out @TellaHQ

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

@zarazhangrui The only reason I still use ChatGPT is for image gen

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

@KristyT I work with people all over the world so scheduled send would be pure chaos.

Instead, I focus on creating the environment and expectation that they shouldn’t immediately respond.

And then trust they’re adult enough to set their own virtual boundaries.

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

@petergyang My favorite little touch from Codex that really won me over was it finishing the task even when it ran out of tokens.

Still use both but that’s what tipped the scale on where I default.

[Marissa Goldberg @mar15sa]

@shreyas Always hated these type of offsites. So when I started doing the event planning, they were the first to go.

Eight years later, activities that allow team members to explore a new city together still ranks far above anything else.

https://t.co/b8CsoljcEC

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Many such cases.

Team building events and offsites optimize solely for one specific personality type.

Rare is the leader who designs team events in ways that work for the multitude of personalities that exist on every team.

[Cate Hall @catehall]

The thing no one tells you about 80-hour weeks is that your work quality turns to shit.

It's easy to think more hours = more productivity, but if your work quality declines -- and it will, if you're human -- you're not getting anywhere good faster.