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My first experience at working from home
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Re: My first experience at working from home
#12Agree with many of these points. I've worked from home for the last 3 years and I love it, but it definitely has it's downsides. I think the worst for me is not being able to switch off at 5pm. Without the journey home to empty my mind a little, I do find myself thinking about work for the rest of the night.
One thing that helps me (other than.my wife and kids asking when I'm done) is to go for a short walk. My wife knows that its part of my routine and is usually pretty supportive.
Re: My first experience at working from home
#13Agree with many of these points. I've worked from home for the last 3 years and I love it, but it definitely has it's downsides. I think the worst for me is not being able to switch off at 5pm. Without the journey home to empty my mind a little, I do find myself thinking about work for the rest of the night.
I've been working from home for going on 6 years. I have the same problem. It doesn't help that I also have a young child at home as well. He's only known me to work from home, so every few hours I get forced breaks, which is sometimes very nice to have.
I am with the other commenter that having some sort of activity to transition yourself from work to home is important. Sometimes a jog, or walk is enough. Most days I don't have anything to transition with beyond cooking the family dinner.
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#14I've also been working from home for the last 10 months, and while I love the freedom, I do also miss the times when you can cheer with your co-workers over an accomplishment and the general chit-chat over small breaks and lunch break.
I also agree with the author that a bad day working from home is worse than at a job. Since I'm a solo-founder it means I'll not get paid on a bad day, but at a job you typically get at least something done – and get paid.
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#15I found this article really interesting. I've really enjoyed my recent experiences telecommuting. The main difference in my life, though, is that I'm close to the office. This allows me to go in part of the week and work from home another part.
I love being able to talk to my coworkers and go in for meetings, but when it comes down to it, it's really nice to be able to sit in the silence and comfort of my house and work when I need to get stuff done.
Both working in the office and at home have their pros/cons. It's all about preference.
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#16I work from home two days a week and the issue I have is actually switching off so I typically start early and then keep going with less breaks than in the office. Maybe this feels easier because it is more comfortable at home and not an abrasive environment like an office. Pros vs cons also depends on both the home and office environment e.g. if you have dedicated working space at home vs a very noisy office or vice versa.
Also, just to say I love Lagos and the western Algarve - it's such a beautiful place
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#17Really agree with the point of pressure, that having a bad day whilst working from home feels way more terrible than having one while at the office (production-wise)
It is in a sense more honest. If you didn’t get anything done, it doesn’t matter where you were.
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#18I am on my first month working from home. While I am not a huge fan of it, either I work from home, or I lose my job.
My biggest gripes about telecommuting is that I have a hard drive focusing. Something about the process of getting up and getting ready and LEAVING the house, puts my brain into this mode of "time to work!" While telecommuting I can get up and get ready, but there's nothing there that convinces my brain I'm going to work.
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#19Simple solution to the loneliness thing: get a webcam. You can see the office, they can see you. I saw a business that ran like that. Seemed okay. It wasn't a dev who was remote though, and that may matter.
Also some people don't like the feeling of being watched.
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#20Coming up on my 3rd year now working from home and running my own company. I agree with most of this article. The lack of social interaction is probably what I miss the most. Overall it has been a positive change for me though. I had serious issues concentrating while coding at my last job. Working from home has mostly solved that. I've found in the last year it is easy to stop working at 4:30-5 since we have had our first child, before that I was doing 10-12 hour days because I could.