From working remotely to out of an office.
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From working remotely to out of an office.
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#2"The first week I was in our new office, I was more productive than the previous month altogether."
Good article but the author recently just started working from an office so everything is new and interesting. He should do a follow up after six months.
I think this article illustrates the importance of having a good routine while working at home. The author would just roll out of bed and get to work. It is important to do things in the morning that you would normally do if you were going to work. Also, it sounds like he just worked till nightfall and had no life. While working at home, I make sure to get out of the house in the evening and usually do social activities at least a few times a week. This helps as I don't like socialising at work when I am working in an office.
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#3`Working out of x' to mean `working in x' is such a strange and potentially confusing idiom.
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#4"The first week I was in our new office, I was more productive than the previous month altogether." Good article but the author recently just started working from an office so everything is new and interesting. He should do a follow up after six months. I think this article illustrates the importance of having a good routine while working at home. The author would just roll out of bed and get to work. It is important…
Anecdotally, this dovetails with another HN story "How to achieve greater productivity of teams (lostgarden.com)"
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=971708
He went from massive overtime (75-100 hours/week?) to a lot less (50 hours/week?) and got a substantial productivity improvement - same output at half the time spent.
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#5To the author: I'm new to NYC and would like a mentor to show me the ropes of the NY startup scene. What do ya say?
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#6To the author: I'm new to NYC and would like a mentor to show me the ropes of the NY startup scene. What do ya say?
Certainly! Drop me an e-mail at email[at]spencerfry.com.
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#7`Working out of x' to mean `working in x' is such a strange and potentially confusing idiom.
I felt the same way about "ordering off menu" and "ordering off the menu" (the former, you're asking the chef for something special; the later, you're making a choice from what's printed). It's even worse when people announce their availability with "out of office". The idiom seems to be based on intimate knowledge of how the person normally works, where they expect to be, and how much of the sentence is implied ("I'll be out..." vs "I'll be working..."). Idioms are funny that way.
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#8The best way to avoid working long hours is to be passionate about something besides your work.
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#9The best way to avoid working long hours is to be passionate about something besides your work.
I understand what you're saying, and potentially agree with you, but why do you feel that that's the "best" way? Best with regards to what measure? What objective?
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#10"The first week I was in our new office, I was more productive than the previous month altogether." Good article but the author recently just started working from an office so everything is new and interesting. He should do a follow up after six months. I think this article illustrates the importance of having a good routine while working at home. The author would just roll out of bed and get to work. It is important…
A friend of mine did tech support for Amex from home for years. She would take her purse downstairs to her office everyday as part of her going to work ritual.