My problem is not with offices. My problem is with living near one (let alone dedicating a whole percentage of your life to commute).
Nearly 40% of software engineers will only work remotely
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I never understood why people think time spent travelling is "lost".
Because it is? It's time you can't spend on your hobbies. Of course, if repeatedly driving the same route every day is one of those, then go ahead.
I generally travel at least 40 miles and sometimes a few hundred miles a day to get to work.
When else do I get to sit on my arse for a couple of hours and listen to the radio?
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#43So let them? What's the deal, why can't we have a society where people who want to work from home, do so while those who want to work remotely do so as well? I do know that I am deciding for myself (100% remote).
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I never understood why people think time spent travelling is "lost".
Commutes are often filled to the brink with people, there usually isn't enough space for everyone to move freely, and depending on one's location, you might have nothing but a black tunnel wall outside the windows. Public transport often requires one to switch trains or buses, and traffic jams are a constant worry for drivers. Travelling, as in actually going somewhere, is often a nice and relaxing experience. Taking…
Maybe travel at a different time, then.
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#45Why would I commute (and in doing so lose 2 hours of my time per day)? Focusing in the office is next to impossible, the equipment is sub-par (I have a 3-monitor setup at home)? What is it about software engineering that requires physical presence? Currently we meet once a week in the office and I get almost no work done that day, and I’m not the only one.
"Why would I commute (and in doing so lose 2 hours of my time per day)?" Working remotely has really made me think hard about the enormous part of my life that I've wasted commuting. Never again!
When you hire a plumber to come and fix your sink, they charge a call out fee to cover the time to drive to you place and look at the job.
I think in future people will clock on as soon as they walk out the door at 9, and not clock off till they get home again at 5.
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#46Is anyone tracking whether remote workers get laid off more or promoted less?
Anecdotally saw posts on blind indicating yes
Re: Nearly 40% of software engineers will only work remotely
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
I never understood why people think time spent travelling is "lost".
so what do you call 3 hours a day when you're forced to sit/stand in a carriage? sure, I can find activities to occupy myself, read a book, listen to podcast, etc, but this is not by choice. I'd rather go for a run. So if I cannot do what I want during the time, then the time for me is lost. And don't even get started on "learning new skills" while on a train. Studying requires concentration, at least for me, so no,…
If you need to travel three hours by train every day and you don't like it, you need to get a job that's not three hours away.
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I never understood why anyone would spend hours traveling each day just so they can sit in front of a computer in another place for a while and go back home. Glad the world has caught up with this being complete nonsense!
Some people don't have a home office, or even a basic desk + chair setup that's suitable for long hours of computer work. A colleague of mine prefers going to the office because at home he's constantly distracted by kids. Another has literally injured himself due working from his kitchen in a bad position for a year. It's worse than RSI. He had to rehabilitate for half a year just to get back to 95% health, and even…
> A colleague of mine prefers going to the office because at home he's constantly distracted by kids.
Why aren't they at school?
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#49While everyone has their preferences I find myself hating the office a lot less than I used to these days. (and I was very vocal about hating the office pre-covid[0]) However, some things of note: 1) My "Office" (not home) is not an "Open Office", it's a place where I can reasonably sit in peace and have control of my surroundings (this is something not afforded to most people in offices, and something that work from…
Looking for children under a certain age is more or less a full time job. Trying to mix it with work is, well, simply a bad decision. Over that age, and if the kids themselves can manage it... sure, it's great. You're there for breaks and emergencies - much better than being absent for the whole day.
And yet if we don't want a massive population decline we need to figure out how to raise kids and have a decent standard of living. Even if there's only one parent in the picture.
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Because it is? It's time you can't spend on your hobbies. Of course, if repeatedly driving the same route every day is one of those, then go ahead.
I generally travel at least 40 miles and sometimes a few hundred miles a day to get to work. When else do I get to sit on my arse for a couple of hours and listen to the radio?
Literally ANYTIME else. Nothing prevents you from passively consuming radio content a few hours a day at home.