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I've worked 100% remote for 7+ years, and it is awesome. - I've had the opportunity to see my kids grow up (they're 6 and 9 now). - I get to see my wife for lunch and a coffee break every single day (she also works from home) - As a developer, the amount of focus I'm able to achieve in my home office is incredible. It isn't for everyone, though. Here's some things I've learned: - If you're any sort of extrovert, you'…
What's GTD?
Ever since I have converted to my own set schedule (5:30 am and finished by early afternoon), I've never been more productive. Long story short, find a way to be productive that works for YOU. This may mean working early, working late, or working in chunks from morning until you go to bed. The author's experience didn't parallel mine, and it may or may not parallel yours.
I've worked 100% remote for 7+ years, and it is awesome. - I've had the opportunity to see my kids grow up (they're 6 and 9 now). - I get to see my wife for lunch and a coffee break every single day (she also works from home) - As a developer, the amount of focus I'm able to achieve in my home office is incredible. It isn't for everyone, though. Here's some things I've learned: - If you're any sort of extrovert, you'…
What's GTD?
It's a popular book [1] discussing a system of how to be more productive.
Nice article. As someone who has never worked at a normal office, I'm glad that you're finding remote work better. I'm in my mid 20s, I do contract work and has several personal projects that I have high hopes for. But there are moments when I'm bored/stuck when I think having a coworker nearby whom you could instantly talk to would be better.
My remote working friends and I have a slack group where we hangout and chat about stuff, it is great you never feel alone.
I've worked 100% remote for 7+ years, and it is awesome. - I've had the opportunity to see my kids grow up (they're 6 and 9 now). - I get to see my wife for lunch and a coffee break every single day (she also works from home) - As a developer, the amount of focus I'm able to achieve in my home office is incredible. It isn't for everyone, though. Here's some things I've learned: - If you're any sort of extrovert, you'…
> You absolutely need to set yourself up for success. I have a home office in the basement, and it is _the_ office, not another room. This is the most important piece of advice. You need to have a space that is for work and for work only. When you enter that space, it puts you in a work mindset. If you work wherever, you will never be able to focus. > it is critical you jump on the phone a few times a week to touch b…
Yes and no for my part, I have different places for different kind of work I do like I wrote in my post. Desk = coding, dining table = writing. It works for me but will probably not work for everyone.
> In my experience, it is critical for you to jump on the phone every day, once a day. Like clockwork. The meeting shouldn't last more than 5 minutes.
When working with a team or simply more people than yourself, then yes!
After years of working remotely, I find I'm very different than the author when it comes to being flexible with my day. While initially it was great to be able to head out for an hour here and there when I was feeling burnt or losing focus, I realized that I often made excuses just to get out of the house. It also meant that I was working "all day" and late into the night in order to make up for the lost hours from t…
After years of working remotely, I find I'm very different than the author when it comes to being flexible with my day. While initially it was great to be able to head out for an hour here and there when I was feeling burnt or losing focus, I realized that I often made excuses just to get out of the house. It also meant that I was working "all day" and late into the night in order to make up for the lost hours from t…
Exactly. I am so tired of all these "Open offices are great", "Open offices suck", "Remote work is great", "Remote work sucks", posts. If it works, keep it, if it doesn't work, change it.
Nice article. As someone who has never worked at a normal office, I'm glad that you're finding remote work better. I'm in my mid 20s, I do contract work and has several personal projects that I have high hopes for. But there are moments when I'm bored/stuck when I think having a coworker nearby whom you could instantly talk to would be better.
Just because you are remote doesn't mean you can't instantly talk to coworkers. Just call them by phone/skype/hangouts/screenhero. My remote working friends and I have a slack group where we hangout and chat about stuff, it is great you never feel alone.
I find on-site has high-bandwidth communications but limited productivity because of distractions.
Remote is the opposite.
However - it's usually easier to find ways to increase bandwidth than to remove distractions in a shared space.
Nice article. As someone who has never worked at a normal office, I'm glad that you're finding remote work better. I'm in my mid 20s, I do contract work and has several personal projects that I have high hopes for. But there are moments when I'm bored/stuck when I think having a coworker nearby whom you could instantly talk to would be better.
Just because you are remote doesn't mean you can't instantly talk to coworkers. Just call them by phone/skype/hangouts/screenhero. My remote working friends and I have a slack group where we hangout and chat about stuff, it is great you never feel alone.
That said, I still don't consider going to a regular office. Should try a coworking space.
I've worked 100% remote for 7+ years, and it is awesome. - I've had the opportunity to see my kids grow up (they're 6 and 9 now). - I get to see my wife for lunch and a coffee break every single day (she also works from home) - As a developer, the amount of focus I'm able to achieve in my home office is incredible. It isn't for everyone, though. Here's some things I've learned: - If you're any sort of extrovert, you'…
This is still the biggest hurdle I’ve had to get over after freelancing for a year.
I lived alone when I started but it was easy enough to meet friends for lunch or after work and go to meetups to recharge, in the summer. Once Canadian winter hit the meetups happen less frequently and people are less likely to brave the winter for a cup of coffee.
Depending on where you live you may be able to keep a year-long routine of getting your social needs in order after work. But for me I’ve also had to change my mindset and appreciate times when I have no choice but to embrace solitude.