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I work at home and have for a long time. Right now I'm in our basement in a room that used to be a bedroom for our sons who've now moved out. It's a pretty big
by oblib 8y ago
I work at home and have for a long time.
Right now I'm in our basement in a room that used to be a bedroom for our sons who've now moved out. It's a pretty big room, about 12' x 20' but I don't take up near all that space for work.
My desk is just a cheap 30" x 6' table with fold up legs. I have a Mac connected to two monitors on it (18" and 24") and a Raspberry Pi connected to another 16" monitor, and a USB switch for the keyboard/mouse to switch between the Mac and Pi.
You do really want a good chair. I don't have any recommendations for that except to say you need to find one that's comfortable for you.
Personally, I love working from home. I'm way more productive at home. When I'm coding I really don't like distractions so I don't want anyone popping in on me.
After a long session of coding, or when I hit a wall, I need to take a break. I generally go to Facebook or come here to give my head a rest. I imagine that would be really hard to do working in an office, especially if breaks were scheduled.
Having to stop coding based on a scheduled time would be tough for me. Once I dive into it several hours can go by in what feels like no time at all and I get a lot of work done when I immerse myself in it like that.
I can imagine that some people might not do well working like this. They'd miss the routine of going to an office and working with others and even not having anyone looking over their shoulder making sure they're working.
For me, learning to code was motivated by the concept of "telecommuting to work". I think that's a phrase from the mid-80s that was trending in Los Angeles where I lived and other big urban areas at the time. It took me about 10 years to make the transition but I've been doing it since the mid-90s and working solely on web base projects since `99.
Other than getting some face to face time, which is a good thing, I don't see a real need for coders to drive someplace to work. If I were you I'd be thinking about how I could get them to let me work from home more, or entirely.