Welcome to SEEK Bytes, a podcast FOR Software Engineers BY Software Engineers

Love the freedom of working from home but worried about what it’s doing to your growth and team culture? In this first episode of SEEK Bytes, engineers Elliott Millar, Bridget Barnes and Nik Skoufis get real about remote, hybrid and office life at SEEK – from pre‑pandemic experiments to fully remote roles and everything in between. They talk about the upsides (no commute, more time with pets and kids, flexible schedules) and the trade‑offs: missing out on incidental learning, cross‑team connections and those random hallway chats that turn into career‑shaping insights – and how they’ve learned to deliberately recreate that online. In this episode, we explore: • How SEEK engineers were already experimenting with WFH before the pandemic – and what changed when offices suddenly shut • Practical ways to keep incidental learning, mentoring and cross‑team serendipity alive in a remote‑first world • Why communication, internal tools and informal time are the glue for effective remote teams – and how SEEK structures in‑office days and “forced fun” so they actually work If you’re a software engineer, early‑career dev or tech lead trying to figure out what great remote/hybrid work really looks like, this episode is for you. 🔔 Follow the SEEK Bytes podcast so you never miss a new episode