Whenever I was asked to do something hard, I answered that I needed to work from home in order to avoid distractions and focus on the problem. For I couple of

Whenever I was asked to do something hard, I answered that I needed to work from home in order to avoid distractions and focus on the problem. For I couple of years I did all the actual coding from home, and then I spent a few weeks in the office, relaxing, being social and drinking free coffee :)