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I wouldn't work remotely even if you gave me 25% more salary to do it. My ideal work context would be a six hour day at an office in the city that I can walk to

I wouldn't work remotely even if you gave me 25% more salary to do it. My ideal work context would be a six hour day at an office in the city that I can walk to from my condo. Sit-stand desks, balance-ball chairs, decent coffee, but no catered lunch / dinner. I want to take coworkers or dates out. Preferably with a nearby park that I can take walks in. Sit at home with a computer all day? Sounds too much like solitary confinement for my taste.

imaginenore 11y ago
I'm the opposite, I turned down $300K in LA to keep my remote job at a lot less. I move around the world freely, I don't need to commute, i can work in my underwear or while sitting on a beach, and I generally don't even have to be available during the office hours as long as I do my job and respond to emails reasonably quickly.
- err4nt 11y ago
  Living the dream! I have also telecommuted from the tropics, though on a fraction of your less-than-300k I bet. What has your favorite work location been so far?
  - imaginenore 11y ago
    I really like Hawaiʻi. It's expensive though. Like more than Manhattan expensive. But you can't beat clean air, clean water, mild temperatures, all kinds of water sports, beautiful nature, lack of trash everywhere (unlike many Asian tropical destinations). And if you want to stay away from the tourists, there's a bunch of islands to choose from.
- vinceguidry 11y ago
  I've traveled enough to realize I'd rather stay in one place. Other places are good to take vacations to. But I always end up looking forward to getting home.
stephenr 11y ago
... You realise that working remotely could mean working at a co-working space walking distance from your home, allowing you to live/work where you like...?
- vinceguidry 11y ago
  Sure, but I'd rather work with my coworkers.
  - mikekchar 11y ago
    Although I posted about the difficulties of working remotely, it is not impossible to work with your coworkers remotely. I actually pair program with my coworkers in the UK (I am in Japan) daily. It's hard on the sleep schedule, but that's about it. In fact, the physical set up for doing remote pair programming is so much nicer than being side by side, that I tend to do it even when I'm in the same room. Basically, we use tmux and any editor that uses a terminal (tends to be vim, but sometimes emacs on our team). If you have good bandwidth and latency then you can use screen sharing tools for the same purpose. For audio, you can use mumble, which is really low bandwidth and low latency. It is really easy to set up the audio so that it is exceptionally good. You've got different channels (basically rooms) so you can chat all day, just like you were in the same office and move to a private room to shut out chatter. If you are in the same city then you can meet after work for real face time. There are definitely some people who do not like working remotely, so I'm not trying to convince you that you should do it. I just want to point out that working remotely does not equal working alone.
    - vinceguidry 11y ago
      Oh I know that it's possible. Technology makes most anything possible. Just not being in a room physically with other people. Once it can do that I'll consider working remotely.
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imaginenore 11y ago

I'm the opposite, I turned down $300K in LA to keep my remote job at a lot less. I move around the world freely, I don't need to commute, i can work in my underwear or while sitting on a beach, and I generally don't even have to be available during the office hours as long as I do my job and respond to emails reasonably quickly.

err4nt 11y ago
Living the dream! I have also telecommuted from the tropics, though on a fraction of your less-than-300k I bet. What has your favorite work location been so far?
- imaginenore 11y ago
  I really like Hawaiʻi. It's expensive though. Like more than Manhattan expensive. But you can't beat clean air, clean water, mild temperatures, all kinds of water sports, beautiful nature, lack of trash everywhere (unlike many Asian tropical destinations). And if you want to stay away from the tourists, there's a bunch of islands to choose from.
vinceguidry 11y ago
I've traveled enough to realize I'd rather stay in one place. Other places are good to take vacations to. But I always end up looking forward to getting home.

stephenr 11y ago

... You realise that working remotely could mean working at a co-working space walking distance from your home, allowing you to live/work where you like...?

vinceguidry 11y ago
Sure, but I'd rather work with my coworkers.
- mikekchar 11y ago
  Although I posted about the difficulties of working remotely, it is not impossible to work with your coworkers remotely. I actually pair program with my coworkers in the UK (I am in Japan) daily. It's hard on the sleep schedule, but that's about it. In fact, the physical set up for doing remote pair programming is so much nicer than being side by side, that I tend to do it even when I'm in the same room. Basically, we use tmux and any editor that uses a terminal (tends to be vim, but sometimes emacs on our team). If you have good bandwidth and latency then you can use screen sharing tools for the same purpose. For audio, you can use mumble, which is really low bandwidth and low latency. It is really easy to set up the audio so that it is exceptionally good. You've got different channels (basically rooms) so you can chat all day, just like you were in the same office and move to a private room to shut out chatter. If you are in the same city then you can meet after work for real face time. There are definitely some people who do not like working remotely, so I'm not trying to convince you that you should do it. I just want to point out that working remotely does not equal working alone.
  - vinceguidry 11y ago
    Oh I know that it's possible. Technology makes most anything possible. Just not being in a room physically with other people. Once it can do that I'll consider working remotely.

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