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> Personally I'd prefer living at a shared-workspace or company campus as long as work and living facilities are clearly separate. May I ask why? I'd prefer li

by dvt 9y ago

> Personally I'd prefer living at a shared-workspace or company campus as long as work and living facilities are clearly separate. May I ask why? I'd prefer living close to my family and friends, many of which may not work for the same company as I work for. I'm trying to see what your motivating factors are because I, for one, could not disagree more.

kuriho 9y ago
A shared-workspace campus for you and your friends would work out then? You can picture it as a shared-workspace town if that is more appealing to you. Living quarters, parks, etc. on one side of the highway. A shared-workspace campus hosting multiple companies/teams on the other. Living and working stays strictly separate, everyone has a short commute and you still have all project members available on-site at the same time to reliably work together and gasp actually meet up when required. To answer your question, I do not want to bring work into my home. BYOD resolves most of the factors that would make me want to provide my own office at home. May I ask how you currently manage to live close to your family and friends and (because I have to assume you are surrounded by like-minded individuals) their families and their friends and so on? Frankly, I find this very unrealistic, but maybe that's because my friends and family are spread out across the globe.
- dasmoth 9y ago
  BYOD resolves most of the factors that would make me want to provide my own office at home. If you’re reasonably happy with open-plan offices, that might be true. If you’re not... there seem to be few alternatives nowadays.
- dvt 9y ago
  > Frankly, I find this very unrealistic, but maybe that's because my friends and family are spread out across the globe. I make very conscious decisions to work and live close to my family (Southern California). It's not unrealistic at all. In fact, having a solid social support system is by far more important (for mental as well as physical health) than making (slightly more) money in the Bay.

by dvt 9y ago

kuriho 9y ago

A shared-workspace campus for you and your friends would work out then? You can picture it as a shared-workspace town if that is more appealing to you. Living quarters, parks, etc. on one side of the highway. A shared-workspace campus hosting multiple companies/teams on the other. Living and working stays strictly separate, everyone has a short commute and you still have all project members available on-site at the same time to reliably work together and gasp actually meet up when required. To answer your question, I do not want to bring work into my home. BYOD resolves most of the factors that would make me want to provide my own office at home. May I ask how you currently manage to live close to your family and friends and (because I have to assume you are surrounded by like-minded individuals) their families and their friends and so on? Frankly, I find this very unrealistic, but maybe that's because my friends and family are spread out across the globe.

dasmoth 9y ago
BYOD resolves most of the factors that would make me want to provide my own office at home. If you’re reasonably happy with open-plan offices, that might be true. If you’re not... there seem to be few alternatives nowadays.
dvt 9y ago
> Frankly, I find this very unrealistic, but maybe that's because my friends and family are spread out across the globe. I make very conscious decisions to work and live close to my family (Southern California). It's not unrealistic at all. In fact, having a solid social support system is by far more important (for mental as well as physical health) than making (slightly more) money in the Bay.