I ended up on the website of Expat Software and my first thought was how come they managed to hide from me this far. They have some cool applications like twiddla but the main point is that these guys are location independent. They seem to be doing fine having a branch at Chamonix for example. That sounds much better than a cubicle, right?

This is not the first company being location independent but this one is distributed over continents. Previously I have blogged about Artlogic but in their case they seem to be located just all over North America. Both companies have in common that they employ senior level developers only. They also utilize collaboration software to keep people on the map.

But what remains somewhat unclear is how these two companies find their customers. Artlogic has most likely achieved strong reputation among its customers and that will keep them busy. At least they have bunch of big names as their references. On the blog of Expat Software they mention high value of meeting people in real life instead of online resources. My own experience is that having a beer with right people might lead to a job interview so I could imagine that works with customers as well.