I've worked remotely effectively my entire career - save perhaps 18 months of it. That isn't to say I haven't had an office or a desk at a cube though. I've d

I've worked remotely effectively my entire career - save perhaps 18 months of it. That isn't to say I haven't had an office or a desk at a cube though. I've done full time remote, full time office, and a mix of both. I am absolutely happiest when I have an office I can go to, as long as I don't have to. The more convenient the better. Working from home is great and I can do it, and for some of the work I do I absolutely must do it alone. However I also have more "social" work to do, and that I've found I tend to do better around other people - even if those people are not who I'm interacting with via phone/e-mail/whatever. Now I prefer an open office for the time I'm in the office as much of that work is specifically social and team building in nature and I want to be as available for interruptions as possible. I work with a small team that all works remotely, and we typically schedule a time to all be in the office together once every other week or so. I tend to split my time 50/50 or so office/remote depending on the project at hand and general busyness in life. As in all things in life, I've found balance is pretty key. If I spend 4 weeks working 100% remote I tend to go a little batty. Same if I'm stuck in the office 9-5 that same amount of time.