[georgehotz]

That's comma.ai's policy since they make hardware and solve physical problems. The tiny corp has been hybrid (remote-first) since day 1 because it primarily writes open source software, and there's a long track record of success with remote for this kind of task.

We have a few whole-team meetups in Hong Kong each year for 2-4 weeks, and there's a San Diego or Hong Kong office that anyone can work from as they choose. We also have a wide array of fancy multi GPU boxes that everyone on the team gets full access to (known external contributors can get some access also).

I think many companies that were quick to embrace remote have walked it back, not everyone is capable of working productively remotely, nor are all types of work amenable to remote.

[dustbunny]

Why Hong Kong? I guess you have a bunch of contributors near there?

[quux0r]

If I recall correctly, George recently relocated there.

[octoberfranklin]

Have you run into problems with contributors who can't enter the PRC?

[JSR_FDED]

Actually the opposite is the problem:

“International scientists rethink U.S. conference attendance“

https://www.science.org/content/article/international-scient...

[octoberfranklin]

This is not helpful.

[nisegami]

It's not a helpful reply to that particular comment, but I think it's worth recognizing that the US is now in the same camp as HK or mainland China now where there will be some people who just simply cannot enter.

[sampullman]

The mainland and Hong Kong still have significantly different visa policies. I'm not sure if it's changed at all since the handover, except for mainlanders entering HK.

[octoberfranklin]

Yes I know, but HK is still part of the PRC and there are people who cannot travel to the PRC.

It's not about (in)ability to obtain a visa.

[ttul]

An answer from the man himself. Thank you.