3 years working from home. There are pros and cons, but the pros for myself and my company easily win the day. When I think of all the time - productive and per

3 years working from home. There are pros and cons, but the pros for myself and my company easily win the day. When I think of all the time - productive and personal - that I and other people have wasted commuting, it hurts my head. Generally I think of working from home in terms of collaborative work and execution. About 10% of what I do is collaborative while 90% is pure execution. For collaborative work, there's no substitute for being in the same room with other people. But when it comes to executing, which is most of what we do, being in a private office at home allows me so much more productivity than I ever have in a typical office. The social isolation that people mention does occur occasionally, but there are ways to mitigate it. Another thing to consider is that many teams or organizations are naturally distributed across offices or companies already, including teams that work on open source efforts. When it comes to this kind of work, collaboration must be electronic and where you sit doesn't really matter. You may as well get some more out of your day by skipping the commute.