Why Real Estate Startup Side Inc Chose To Build A Distributed Engineering Team With Chris Dzoba Director of Engineering

Hey Pesto Podcast listeners, Today I'm incredibly excited to sit down with Chris Dzoba, Director of Engineering at Side Inc. Side is the only real estate brokerage that transforms agents into businesses and has seen crazy growth in their business over the last 3+ years. Today's interview is full of actionable insights on how to build your distributed engineering team as well as other helpful startup advice. In today's episode how you'll learn: Why a having a distributed team has reduced Chris's recruiting time. How the decision to build a distributed team started as an experiment, and the lessons Side Inc learned. Why Side still wants leadership to be located in SF. The one thing that has been a struggle as the Side Inc Engineering Team has grown as a distributed team. How Side Inc was able to turn one of SF's biggest storms into a positive. The importance of good documentation when working remote. Why focusing less on recruiting has allowed Side to deliver more value to customers. Productivity lessons from having a distributed team. How having a partially remote team allows you to keep employees that otherwise might quit. The main differences between running co-located and remote teams. Side's "watercolor" replacement when having meetings. The biggest surprise from transitioning to remote work, and the future of work in startups and tech. And much more. I hope you enjoy today's interview! Andrew Linfoot Co-founder/Co-CEO @ Pesto