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Today, everyone must master distributed work. Currently the Covid-19 pandemic shows the advantages of distributed work: efficiency, flexibility, lower costs, less overhead and less travel and thus ecologic behavior. Yet many companies are not achieving their desires. Productivity drops by a third in the home office. Half of sourcing projects are abandoned before completion. This article provides a practical overview of the opportunities and risks of distributed working. Based on a worldwide survey with IEEE Software, trends following the Covid-19 pandemic and initial experiences are explored in depth. An initial conclusion: distributed working is a massive transformation. Build the skills needed for it step by step: Culture, soft skills, processes, and lots of patience.