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I really hoped that coworking spaces could help with the isolation I feel from working remotely. But they really haven't helped all that much. The challenge is

I really hoped that coworking spaces could help with the isolation I feel from working remotely. But they really haven't helped all that much. The challenge is that you're just going to a slightly more comfortable working space than a coffee shop to be around other people working with headphones in. You're not working with them, just around them. It sort of makes the isolation feel worse for me.

Arizhel 10y ago
I've done some work in coffee shops (but on my own personal projects), so I actually understand firsthand how this is a nice way to do some work. But I don't really understand the coworking space concept. It seems to be worse than the coffee shop, but for a lot more money. With a coffee shop, it's basically free, except you need to buy some drinks and snacks to justify taking up space there for so long. Not a big expense, plus you need to eat anyway. Good coffee shops will even have nice sandwiches, so you can cover your lunch that way. Coworking spaces don't have readily-available food and drinks; you'll have to bring your own. Coffee shops don't have people yakking away on the phone. A bunch of people in this discussion have complained about this being a problem with coworking spaces. Of course, if your job requires you to talk on the phone a lot, coffee shops are out and coworking spaces would make perfect sense, but my job doesn't. So I don't really get it, unless you don't have a good coffee shop around that lets you camp out there for many hours a day.