69 percent choosing to work at home and be able spend more quality time w their partners eh?
Who says HN doesn’t have a sense of humor!
Remote work on HN: Who is hiring? – 69% jobs in 2023 are remote
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blind
Can't you only post to blind if you created your account while still employed? IIRC, I was able to create some kind of limited account after I was laid off, but I couldn't fully participate.
yes, it might be challenging to gain access once you are unemployed, in that case try Reddit?
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I have been working full time remote since Sept 2021 (correction, 2020, just before pandemic). It's not even that I don't value the face-to-face conversations and human interaction, I absolutely do. It just doesn't come close to the immense value I gain by WFH. A side benefit: I was able to move closer to my church community, so my "human interaction" need is being fulfilled richer than ever now. (One of the most fru…
I have a question for people here. I absolutely value the time with my daughter and I actually enjoy working for home, I had been for the last couple of years, but it's becoming increasingly unbearable to do that with a nagging and micromanaging partner by my side who's life is COMPLETELY unstructured. So I find myself longing for office time, not because I like office time, but rather because I feel like it might br…
I'm in a similiar boat, and I finally got a co-working space. Do it for your mental and relatinship health. If we want to be incredibly over-reductionist, $300 per month is a lot cheaper than a divorce :-D
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#104Not only do I despise remote working, I'm leaving the industry entirely as a direct result of working remotely, in favor of getting a law degree.
I'm just beyond sick and tired of my default mode being, "Stare at screen to solve problems."
I want to work with people, solve problems with people, help people. None of that is what most engineers in software prefer, and I'm tired of trying to force it on them for the apparently insignificant reason that it's highly effective.
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> Turns out to my surprise I like going into the office, but definitely not every day. Bingo. There is relationship building and other interactions that are simply not possible in any other way that I have found. I go in 3 days most weeks, and that makes a huge difference in lifestyle and flexibility. Since I work in robotics, 100% remote is never going to be a thing for me. Zoom meeting and software days, remote. Wr…
Lucky you live anywhere close to any kind of interesting work.
> Lucky
Where you live is a choice, there's nothing lucky about it.
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Without data this is just fearmongering.
A trite statement like this has very little meaning. You don't need a double-blind placebo study to observe the shifting market.
> You don't need a double-blind placebo study to observe the shifting market.
Is your data based on just a few of your friends? How is that considered a "shifting market"? My friends and I do not experience what you are arguing. In fact, we experience the opposite of what you are saying.
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Companies are being cheap. Software engineers are only providing 200k dollars worth of value? I find that hard to believe.
Compensation isn't proportional to the value you produce. It never was. The hiring market is a market. Prices in a market are set by supply and demand. The value you produce only sets an upper limit on your compensation because companies don't want to lose money by employing people.
yeah sure its a market, the money is there though to get. that doesn't change companies are being cheap. nothing wrong trying to extract as much as you can. companies that pay low are signaling they don't value their workers.
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#108I've been working remotely for nearly seven years now. I've been able to enjoy all of the typical "firsts" for my youngest two, saved immense amounts of time with no commute, and have been able to pitch in more regarding domestic tasks. I understand and empathize with those that value face-to-face conversations in the office, but for those that don't, remote work is an incredible boon.
I've been remote for a similar amount of time. Likewise, I've enjoyed the time saved on commutes. Since COVID I've felt like the dynamic of my remote work experience has changed. I've worked with two remote companies since then and both were struggling with a lot of inexperienced or absent remote workers. Dealing with them on a case-by-case basis is the right call, of course, but it takes a toll on management's trust…
> Apparently they had so many problems with remote employees (and their managers!) barely getting any work done
This was most likely also happening in the office, it was just masked with the appearance of work in the form of in-person meetings and people zoning out at their desks. When you have a bunch of people in a room together progress grinds to a halt because it becomes completely about performance.
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> Am I the only one in that situation? What do you do? What I did (decades ago) was realize that when I was working from home, I needed to treat it the same as working in an office. What that meant was: I need a room that is exclusively "the office". When I'm in there, I'm working. When I'm not working, I'm not in there. And everyone else in the household has to adhere to one rule -- if my office door is closed, they…
I did this as well. It took a little time, and a few rebukes, for my kids to understand it as a hard rule. But after that it's been smooth sailing. It also helps that I majorly soundproofed my home office. Even well-intentioned kids will won't be silent for the entire work day.
I should try the soundproofing. 10 years in and the kids still don't leave me alone, and the rebukes were taking a real toll on the relationship. I work part time in a coworking space which has helped a bit, but it's a real struggle.
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#110Not only do I despise remote working, I'm leaving the industry entirely as a direct result of working remotely, in favor of getting a law degree. I'm just beyond sick and tired of my default mode being, "Stare at screen to solve problems." I want to work with people, solve problems with people, help people. None of that is what most engineers in software prefer, and I'm tired of trying to force it on them for the app…
Don't let the door hit you on the way out?