I worked for a university. I worked remotely half of one day without asking permission and was essentially scolded for not sending an arbitrary email request t

I worked for a university. I worked remotely half of one day without asking permission and was essentially scolded for not sending an arbitrary email request that would have been approved. During that scolding I stated that if I really couldn't do what I thought was best for my productivity, for the good of the organization, that I would have to have a think about the environment. My boss couldn't hold back sneering laughter when I said that. ... I had been working part time 1099 for a company for a few weeks and formed a great working relationship with the guy who hired me. The same day as the scolding I asked if there was enough work for me to come on full-time, naturally there was, and I put in my two weeks the next day. I started out as a remote Clojure engineer and never looked back. The only other interesting part of this story is that I was a PeopleSoft developer at the university for the fun of it, my heart was obviously with more modern technology the entire time.