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It's the usual inability to focus for undisciplined people. I am working almost 5 years from home, created some unique algorithms nobody did before me and recen

by bitL 10y ago

It's the usual inability to focus for undisciplined people. I am working almost 5 years from home, created some unique algorithms nobody did before me and recently being headhunted by companies like Google, Facebook, Apple SPG etc. I always think about the study of pianists in Berlin - the excellent ones and mediocre ones put the same amount of time into practice, but the excellent ones did it in two 100% focused blocks while the mediocre ones did it interleaved with other things. If you need an office, a man-cave, a vacation house on Hawaii, a one-man island, New York during rush hour, noise of Barcelona center, ... to get into the flow, by all means do it!

Arizhel 10y ago
>If you need an office, a man-cave, a vacation house on Hawaii, a one-man island, New York during rush hour, noise of Barcelona center, ... to get into the flow, by all means do it! The problem is, many people can't afford to set up an ideal working environment for themselves if they need one of the quieter venues. A one-man island obviously is unattainable for almost anyone, a vacation house on Hawaii is unaffordable to all but multi-millionaires, and even a decent house with a separate, quiet room is unattainable for many because of family or roommates.
- dasmoth 10y ago
  How much do you think an island costs? Small ones are on the market for less than a modest family home in popular urban areas, e.g. http://www.orkneyproperty.co.uk/content/b7a2dd97-8b71-4b09-9129-4f2e8a1b2c8c.pdf http://www.orkneyproperty.co.uk/content/b7a2dd97-8b71-4b09-9... Much of the issue with housing costs and difficulty getting the property you want are down to people piling into a few hotspots. More remote work seems like the answer to this.
  - Arizhel 10y ago
    300k pounds is roughly USD$600k I think; not exactly a "modest family home" in most of the US outside of a few overpriced metro areas like SV.
    - dasmoth 10y ago
      300k pounds is roughly USD$600k I think; Oh, if only that were true! (It's less that $400k at current exchange rates, and arguably even that overstates the purchasing power). not exactly a "modest family home" in most of the US outside of a few overpriced metro areas like SV. It'll go a long way in the housing market of much of the UK, too. Just not the "overpriced metro areas" (where, sadly, a lot of the software jobs seem to end up...)
hasenj 10y ago
> created some unique algorithms nobody did before me Apparently you are a genius. Which is fine. The point of the article is that this kind of setup doesn't always work, so the rest of us average people should take the time to consider before jumping on the wagon.

by bitL 10y ago

Arizhel 10y ago

>If you need an office, a man-cave, a vacation house on Hawaii, a one-man island, New York during rush hour, noise of Barcelona center, ... to get into the flow, by all means do it! The problem is, many people can't afford to set up an ideal working environment for themselves if they need one of the quieter venues. A one-man island obviously is unattainable for almost anyone, a vacation house on Hawaii is unaffordable to all but multi-millionaires, and even a decent house with a separate, quiet room is unattainable for many because of family or roommates.

dasmoth 10y ago
How much do you think an island costs? Small ones are on the market for less than a modest family home in popular urban areas, e.g. http://www.orkneyproperty.co.uk/content/b7a2dd97-8b71-4b09-9129-4f2e8a1b2c8c.pdf http://www.orkneyproperty.co.uk/content/b7a2dd97-8b71-4b09-9... Much of the issue with housing costs and difficulty getting the property you want are down to people piling into a few hotspots. More remote work seems like the answer to this.
- Arizhel 10y ago
  300k pounds is roughly USD$600k I think; not exactly a "modest family home" in most of the US outside of a few overpriced metro areas like SV.
  - dasmoth 10y ago
    300k pounds is roughly USD$600k I think; Oh, if only that were true! (It's less that $400k at current exchange rates, and arguably even that overstates the purchasing power). not exactly a "modest family home" in most of the US outside of a few overpriced metro areas like SV. It'll go a long way in the housing market of much of the UK, too. Just not the "overpriced metro areas" (where, sadly, a lot of the software jobs seem to end up...)

hasenj 10y ago

> created some unique algorithms nobody did before me Apparently you are a genius. Which is fine. The point of the article is that this kind of setup doesn't always work, so the rest of us average people should take the time to consider before jumping on the wagon.