I'm looking for suggestions of good ways to keep telecommuting software developers fully involved in the team. Recommendations for technical solutions or morale-related ones are equally welcome. [more inside]
posted by SomePerlGeek on Oct 5, 2009 - 7 answers

I am an experienced software engineer and was laid off recently. I'm currently applying for positions. My ideal would be a telecommuting gig, which is the type of position I had most recently. A certain job mailing list I subscribe to has a lot of promising positions, but many of them are marked "onsite". Here's my question: shall I apply for some of these "onsite" positions in the hope that my qualifications will impress the hiring person enough to consider hiring me as a telecommuter? Or would this just be a waste of time for everyone concerned? [more inside]
posted by SomePerlGeek on Sep 5, 2006 - 7 answers