I worked for more than 10 years from home in the mountains above SV with a client in Chicago. I had a wife and 3 school age kids. We had rules and a disciplin

I worked for more than 10 years from home in the mountains above SV with a client in Chicago. I had a wife and 3 school age kids. We had rules and a discipline: when I was in my office, I was not available for chatting, discipline, or other home things. I worked mainly 8 to 5 and the personalities of the family members were such that it worked. If I wanted a hacker fix, I would go to some meeting in the valley, I was the last survivor of a 30 person development office. That in itself was eerie.