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Every article about remote work makes it sound harder than it really is, and probably scares a lot of people off. I've been doing it for 3 years now and don't s
by Touche 11y ago
Every article about remote work makes it sound harder than it really is, and probably scares a lot of people off. I've been doing it for 3 years now and don't suffer from these problems. There was some initial shock for the first month or so where home = work = home but once I got past that it became easy. Now I wake up, grab my laptop and sit on the couch and work. When someone wants to talk I go to my office, or if I need heads-down time.
Otherwise I just live my life. I usually sign off around 5 and take my dog for a walk. I do normal hour-ish long lunches. If I need to mow the grass I go do that, no big deal.
- maldinii 11y agoYou are true, being a remote worker is not so complicated, the article was written from an expat/nomad + remote worker experience.
- nxzero 11y agoMost people just like seeing co-workers, getting away from home, etc. Beyond that, some managers have trust or ego issues that drive them to require their staff to be on-site.
- eonw 11y agoi get the lonely feeling some times, ive been working remotely for the majority of the last 6 years. it can be trying at times.
- scribu 11y agoThere are two related but different things that people mean by "remote work": a) working from home (but in the same city) - relatively easy to adjust to b) digital nomadism (moving from city to city every few months) - harder
- haidouk 11y agoOh man, I got a puppy 3 months after starting to work from home and it's been a struggle. I would get interrupted so often and she wants constant attention.. I ended up working poorly for many hours. Some nights I end up in bed at 5 or 6 AM because I don't get to do much during the day.. I hope she'll need me less when she gets a bit older.
- throwaway_java 11y agoShe's a dog. Tie her up.
- sogen 11y agoI put my dog's bed next to my desk at home and he just lays there, sleeping in there next to me :)
- the_cat_kittles 11y agoexact same here. its really great, and i honestly think im much more productive than people who have to go in to an office- insulated from distractions and stress in a mostly good way.