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I will always prefer to work from home

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Re: I will always prefer to work from home

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Post by ravetcofx »

the_snooze wrote: post #4

I feel these discussions always go the same way. Working at an office sucks because of some combination of {long commute, open office plan, team not being there}. I quite like going to the office myself because my situation is the opposite: I bike to work, where I have my own office, and my team likes to come in too. Hating the office is totally justifiable given that my setup isn't common; most people are forced to…

So maybe many people just really hate car dependency and long commutes which should push us to move away from such a model of urban planning. More offices seamlessly integrated into middle density housing similar to a lot of cities like Stockholm where big towers and suburban detached homes are more rare.

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Post by aplummer »

makeitdouble wrote: post #65
the_snooze wrote: post #4

I feel these discussions always go the same way. Working at an office sucks because of some combination of {long commute, open office plan, team not being there}. I quite like going to the office myself because my situation is the opposite: I bike to work, where I have my own office, and my team likes to come in too. Hating the office is totally justifiable given that my setup isn't common; most people are forced to…

Why office sucks can be for any number of reasons, I think it's more of a long tail phenomenon with a myriad of distincts personal preferences and special needs. For instance office drinks can suck, and someone drinking 3 to 5 cups of warm drinks a day, being able to prepare delicious beverages with specialized equipement is a godsend. Or people who work sitting on their bed. Or want their pet around. Or don't want t…

> Most will just give up on comfort, where WFH is an option to be in a better situation.

It’s also an option to be in a worse situation. My office is all setup for work and has the best perk, I can physically leave work behind each day.

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Post by doubloon »

joshmanders wrote: post #16

I did contracting for Deere & Co, because of how close they are to my home, they requested I be on site. Wanting to be a team player I agreed, it was only a 3 hour round trip, they even agreed to pay me for the commute. My time started the second I left my house and didn't stop until I got home. But here's the thing. The days I was on site, I sat in my own cubicle and didn't converse with any of my colleagues except…

yup, exactly what my situation is and a bunch of my colleagues.

A large percentage of modern physical workplaces are purposely designed to isolate people from each other for security reasons, but they keep pushing Work in Office for the "benefits of non-isolation".

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Post by kspacewalk2 »

the_snooze wrote: post #4

I feel these discussions always go the same way. Working at an office sucks because of some combination of {long commute, open office plan, team not being there}. I quite like going to the office myself because my situation is the opposite: I bike to work, where I have my own office, and my team likes to come in too. Hating the office is totally justifiable given that my setup isn't common; most people are forced to…

I like both pretty much equally. I also bike to work and share an office with another dev, who is very easy to share a workspace with (in terms of habits, noise, distraction, etc). But I also enjoy working at home, going for a 10-minute walk around the block to clear my mind, opening my patio door and listening to birds while I work, etc. Hybrid works perfectly for me: a minimum of 1 day a week WFH, preferably 2, but no more than 3.

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Post by grubbs »

rootusrootus wrote: post #66
grubbs wrote: post #10

I understand why these get posted. But not everyone is in the same situation as the author. I can bike to work, I'm extroverted, and I like free coffee. So I go into the office 2-3 days a week by choice. I have no on-site requirement. I also get quite depressed in winter working in my cold basement office with a space heater :( But that's just me. And I don't feel like I should force my WFH opinion on anyone else.

I feel you on the winter thing. I added an electric heater to my office so I can keep the temperatures a bit higher than the rest of the house (mostly I do this for my fingers, honestly). And through the magic of LEDs I have a fairly ridiculous amount of light I can turn on. Makes winter more bearable when I can make it as bright as high noon in July. I totally get wanting to go into the office. I would go in a few d…

My fingers get SO cold. Literally to the point I'm about to wear gloves.

Every couple hours I'll thaw them out against the space heater..

Any other hacks for this are welcome. Exercises?

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Post by sevagh »

dsugarman wrote: post #63
harryquach wrote: post #2

Agree on all points in the article. One of the most underrated features of WFH is my own private bathroom. This is something I would never have at the office.

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Can you clarify your comment - you're referring to everybody who wants to work from home as "self aggrandizing adult children"?

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Post by Tomte »

Longwelwind wrote: post #43

> Just when I am deep in some twisted train of thought involving a failing JS callback or missing network packets in Kubernetes someone ambles over to my cubicle to ask me some random question about helm that they could have answered in 2 seconds using the search function of their web browser. Train derailed. > Don’t talk to me about collaboration when I sometimes have to turn off slack to be able to hear myself thin…

> Why not communicate to the people that interrupt that they should not come to your cubicle to ask their questions, and should send you a Slack message with their question instead?

Because then you're the weird introvert, and "not a team-player". People will get surprisingly hostile.

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Post by throw555chip »

Longwelwind wrote: post #43

> Just when I am deep in some twisted train of thought involving a failing JS callback or missing network packets in Kubernetes someone ambles over to my cubicle to ask me some random question about helm that they could have answered in 2 seconds using the search function of their web browser. Train derailed. > Don’t talk to me about collaboration when I sometimes have to turn off slack to be able to hear myself thin…

> should send you a Slack message with their question instead?

> you can mute your slack notifications.

These things can be done from home or a remote location, what was the point of forcing them to come into the office in the first place, none.

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Post by oscillonoscope »

bilalmaleq wrote: post #56

Don't you guys think that WHF makes learning for Junior Devs relatively much more difficult?

I have noticed it is harder for getting people straight out of college used to a professional working environment. However, I haven't noticed any difference in getting them up to speed technically.

Re: I will always prefer to work from home

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Post by pojzon »

With current gas prices in many countries you would have to pay me 500$ more for me to even consider driving to work and spending 1h in traffic jam every day.

The times when ppl considered commute time as opportunity cost are long over.

If my work does not require me to be “there” to do my work, no way Im going to waste my time.

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