Inside Remote

Episode 4: Matt Wondra on building new tools for distributed teams

Episode Summary

Matt Wondra shares with us story on how Happy Tools was born and how tools they are building help remote teams operate more efficiently.

Episode Notes

This time I was talking with Matt Wondra.

Matt is a Product Lead at Happy Tools, company of Automattic. Matt started his career in tech as a developer and after while switched to the role of Product Lead.
This episode Matt shares a lot of interesting things regarding remote work and how they are planning to help other companies operate in distributed way with new set of remote tools.

In this episode we talk about:

• How Happy Tools started
• How to discuss new work
• Learning on how to operate remotely
• What can onsite teams learn from remote teams
• Optimizing remote work
• How to approach hiring

Notes and links:

• Happy Tools
• Automattic
• Happy Schedule
• Communication is key
• Champaign, Illionois
• Campfire
• Zoom
• Drafts
• Trello

Matt Wondra

• Website
• Twitter

Credits:

• Jan Jenko for header photo
• Gramatik for intro music