"IN A PANDEMIC," not "from home"
Google’s Internal Data Show Engineers Found It Harder to Code from Home
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#42Working from home requires a lot more discipline. For some people that's not a problem, for a lot of people it is. edit: based on responses I didn't communicate clearly. What I mean is that there are way more potential distractions at home. Some people are still able to be productive in spite of that, but a lot of people (including myself!) are less productive. For some people it may even be the case that working fro…
It also requires them to discipline their family, the possibility of which varies hugely and may be somewhat outside the worker’s control.
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#43I've worked from home for about 6 years, with varying levels of success. But I've been surprised by how much I'm thrown off by having my kids home during the school day (remote learning because of covid). Even with a decently soundproof office. It just prevents the house in general from being calm and quiet during my peak work hours.
I am honestly concerned that I may be getting chronic ear issues from wearing noise-cancelling headphones constantly. Knowing that your family is right outside the door (and vice versa) is extremely challenging.
The beauty of noise-cancelling headphones is that you don't need to have the volume as loud to block out the sound. Make sure you're not listening too loudly! Ear damage from sound is no joke.
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#44Can't read the article since it is behind a paywall... but wanted to ask this question anyway: How much is that productivity hit because people are dealing with the fact that this pandemic is lasting longer than expected, more people are getting sick, more people are dying... You know, the amount of brain cycles spent worrying about the COVID-19 pandemic may also account for some of those feelings. I know I feel it.…
My thoughts exactly. It's like asking someone how they like working in a room that's on fire. Is that a fair question to asses how well working from that room goes? Maybe try again when it's not on fire anymore?
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#45So first I can't read the article because there is no way I'm giving them my email so they can spam me later. That having been said, what is the unit of measure? Coding is notoriously difficult to measure and the unit of measure is elusive. We all heard the problems with KLOC, function point, ticket, story, etc, etc. They are all widely variable and seldom reflect the complexity or lack there of.
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#46There's going to be a BIG push to go back to offices soon. I expect some companies will start experimenting with micro-offices (4-5 employees in a medium wework room).
Highly disagree. Most people I know don't want to return to the office. Any company that makes a "BIG" push to force employees back to offices will see a ton of attrition since now practically every company is remote.
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#47Why should we trust these news?
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#48I think the key with working from home is learning to set up and maintain boundaries between home life and work life. I was working from home fulltime for well over a year prior to the pandemic. Prior to that, I went into an open office every day for about 10 years. Overall, if you subtract the time from a 1-hour round-trip commute, distractions from coworkers, and longer lunch breaks I had while going into the offic…
Also the personality type matrix of people who chose to work from home is different from the general population -- of course those people have higher wfh productivity. My wife is the most extroverted person I've ever met, so she's going to have a significantly harder time with remote work than someone who self-selected into it.
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#49Imagine if the future of the FAANG style interview focused on how good you are at working from home. I wonder it the outcome would be frustratingly different for many of those who are not too great at it.
I think we should embrace WFH but not wholly adopt it as the one and only way people are effective at their job.
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#50I've worked from home for about 6 years, with varying levels of success. But I've been surprised by how much I'm thrown off by having my kids home during the school day (remote learning because of covid). Even with a decently soundproof office. It just prevents the house in general from being calm and quiet during my peak work hours.
I am honestly concerned that I may be getting chronic ear issues from wearing noise-cancelling headphones constantly. Knowing that your family is right outside the door (and vice versa) is extremely challenging.
If you’re not listening to anything, try using some regular ear plugs instead of ANC headphones. Not every problem needs to be solved with technology.