{"id":12073,"date":"2020-09-27T09:11:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T09:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/my-first-day-working-remote-in-austin-texas\/"},"modified":"2020-09-27T09:11:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T09:11:29","slug":"my-first-day-working-remote-in-austin-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/tech\/my-first-day-working-remote-in-austin-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"My first day working remote in Austin, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PNI26htZ16M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Today is the first day of my new tech job! The company is based out of silicon valley\/the bay, but good ole&#8217; Bryan is chilling here in Austin instead.<\/p>\n<p>Follow along on my journey working for startups and trying to start my own (:<\/p>\n<p>If you want to keep up with me, or learn more, see the links below!<\/p>\n<p>Music by Terry Saige &#8211; Late Night Bar &#8211; https:\/\/thmatc.co\/?l=EB6B41AF<\/p>\n<p>Social<br \/>\n\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsmag-video-container\"><a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"600\" data-height=\"900\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanCaragay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by BryanCaragay<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bryancaragay\/<\/p>\n<p>Gear I use<br \/>\n\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac<br \/>\nCanon 80D: https:\/\/amzn.to\/2YTohL9<br \/>\nRode Videomic Go: https:\/\/amzn.to\/2YWkpJp<br \/>\nMain Macbook: https:\/\/amzn.to\/2W2Hpt4<br \/>\nSigma 18-35: https:\/\/amzn.to\/2YOBcOc<br \/>\nCanon 10-18: https:\/\/amzn.to\/2YS6jsu<br \/>\nPodcast Mic: https:\/\/amzn.to\/2YIXDEu<\/p>\n<p>**These links above are part of the Amazon Affiliate program. Any purchase will have a portion of the money sent to me, for you using my link**<\/p>\n<h3>More info on My first day working remote in Austin, Texas<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=My+first+day+working+remote+in+Austin%2C+Texas&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">My first day working remote in Austin, Texas - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=663d49f00f734601892af84b679e5df1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fmoney%2Fcareers%2Fgen-z-is-lonely-thanks-to-flexible-remote-work-falling-behind%2Far-AA1nLNnJ&amp;c=12466121047809223981&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGen Z Is Lonely Thanks to \u201cFlexible\u201d Remote Work, Falling Behind\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Remote work brings strong emotions from both sides. 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