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I completely agree with your points. But I believe the real cause is not some personal defficiency but the shitty corporte/factory type of work where politics

by raducu 9y ago

I completely agree with your points. But I believe the real cause is not some personal defficiency but the shitty corporte/factory type of work where politics is a huge part of day to day job, where nobody really wants others to do meaningful, deep work, nobody wants to commit and give clear answers and offer personal responsibility. That's why devs need to communicate(read interrupt) so much in person with each others; add in "agile" which in 99% of the cases means nobody really knows or is imaginative enough to know how things should progress, what the requirements are, what resources should be available before the project starts.

sametmax 9y ago
I wish most work were interesting, meaningful and full feeling. That we could be proud of it. That it was well done. Or even useful. But the reality is it's not. We have a lot of shitty things to do, and bosses are part of the machine to make you do those things. Remote bosses have less grip on you. And I'm lucky enough to like my job. I feel like I have 10x more interesting things to do in my day to day activity that the average Joe. But a lot - a lot of a lot - of people don't.
BuckRogers 9y ago
I worked from home for 4 years. It worked for me, only quit the job because I wasn't progressing, they had me pretty pidgeonholed (was consistently billing out half a million a year for them so I guess it made sense). Was going to end up an old man with zero skill progression. I'd definitely work from home again, but it's not worth stunting yourself over IMO. Some people are possibly less ambitious. You're both dead on with your points. Going remote removed a large part of the nonsense from the job. Also agree that it's best for both employer and employee to always start in the office. I like that personal connection, even if I'm socially awkward.

by raducu 9y ago

sametmax 9y ago

I wish most work were interesting, meaningful and full feeling. That we could be proud of it. That it was well done. Or even useful. But the reality is it's not. We have a lot of shitty things to do, and bosses are part of the machine to make you do those things. Remote bosses have less grip on you. And I'm lucky enough to like my job. I feel like I have 10x more interesting things to do in my day to day activity that the average Joe. But a lot - a lot of a lot - of people don't.

BuckRogers 9y ago

I worked from home for 4 years. It worked for me, only quit the job because I wasn't progressing, they had me pretty pidgeonholed (was consistently billing out half a million a year for them so I guess it made sense). Was going to end up an old man with zero skill progression. I'd definitely work from home again, but it's not worth stunting yourself over IMO. Some people are possibly less ambitious. You're both dead on with your points. Going remote removed a large part of the nonsense from the job. Also agree that it's best for both employer and employee to always start in the office. I like that personal connection, even if I'm socially awkward.