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title: "#22: Ryan L'Italien - Remote Work, The power of Emojis, Megacorp [and] Finding Your Jive — TechniQ"
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August 20, 2018

# #22: Ryan L'Italien - Remote Work, The power of Emojis, Megacorp \[and\] Finding Your Jive — TechniQ

[Justin Wissman](https://www.techniq.io/podcasts/author/justin-wissman)

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Let us just say, this was the best outdoor podcast we've ever done.. (also might be our first, but shh.. nobody knows!) Where else, but in Ryan L'Italien's backyard can you find birds tweeting, \[light\] airplane traffic, the sweet sound of sprinklers in the afternoon, and a whole bunch of real-life examples of how to build and sustain a high-performance engineering culture via the remote work medium. We hit everything - Star Wars quotes for personality conveyance, the power of emojis (who knew!), bedroom standups (not kidding), and life lessons taken from tattoos. We arrived, we listened, we learned. You should probably do the same.

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