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I've worked remotely for the past year and it has by far been the most productive year of my career as a software engineer. I'm not sure if I will ever want to
by shawnps 11y ago
I've worked remotely for the past year and it has by far been the most productive year of my career as a software engineer. I'm not sure if I will ever want to work in an office again. In my experience, when working in an office environment, people will interrupt you while you're in the middle of writing code. You'll be asked to attend meetings that are ultimately pointless. You'll feel bad about wanting to work from home or from a cafe. The amount of freedom and the feeling of finally being treated like a responsible adult that comes with working remotely is addictive to someone like me who just wants to code all day.
- lucaspiller 11y agoI started working onsite a couple of months ago, after working remotely for two years, and yes it is as bad as you remember. As I'm a contractor I don't even have proper equipment, so I'm stuck with and old broken chair, an old broken table and my 13" laptop vs my setup at home. I understand how for some people remote just doesn't work, but I think that's mainly because the company doesn't know how to work with remote engineers. The best company I've worked with in terms of remoteness had teams in India (+5.5), Greece (+2), London (+0) and LA (-8).