I&#x27;m the CTO of 17hats. The entire engineering team works remotely. It&#x27;s not as challenging as you seem to suggest. Right now is the best time ever to be remote.<p>Excellent tools like Slack and Speak really help comms. We pair program very often by sshing into a tmux session which makes any lag close to nil. We use Trello for sprints. And Invision for product work. It&#x27;s extremely efficient.<p>We have our usual retrospectives and watercooler talk and it feels natural.<p>Every 6 months we get together for fun.<p>------<p>The advantages of being remote far outweigh the disadvantages. Rather than listing all the advantages. What are the disadvantages?<p>..I&#x27;m thinking.