4 ms·

Before my current job I worked from home for 8 of 9 years. Right in the middle I worked in an office in a small start up. We were about 10 people squeezed into

Before my current job I worked from home for 8 of 9 years. Right in the middle I worked in an office in a small start up. We were about 10 people squeezed into a space the size of my living room. I spent more time chatting with them over some form of messenger than I did in my remote jobs! And no, I feel like I get more done, because I don't have someone just turning sideways and interupting me. While it may be quicker for you it may not be for the person got are interupting.

lokedhs 6y ago
That may be the case for you, but for many people, their job requires them to communicate with a lot of people. For these kinds of jobs, being in the office is a lot more efficient. If I was a regular developer, working on a single part of a larger application, I would have zero problems working from home. Once you're in a position where you have to coordinate work with several other people, things are very different. I can imaging that people who manages large teams have a lot of problems dealing with that remotely.
- learc83 6y ago
  I’ve been the principal engineer for my company, remotely for the past 4 years. I’ve never had a problem with it. There are tradeoffs, but just the fact that nearly every single one of our conversations are documented and searchable is worth it alone. You can’t just walk over to talk to someone anytime the notion strikes you, but you shouldn’t have been doing that anyway. I love to talk, and I love to think out loud. But every time I do that, I’m asking someone else to divert there attention to me. Being remote allows people to turn off the majority of the interruptions and get work done when they need to. And it forces me to spend more time thinking about my communications. Instead of just constantly walking over to people the moment an idea pops into my head.

lokedhs 6y ago

That may be the case for you, but for many people, their job requires them to communicate with a lot of people. For these kinds of jobs, being in the office is a lot more efficient. If I was a regular developer, working on a single part of a larger application, I would have zero problems working from home. Once you're in a position where you have to coordinate work with several other people, things are very different. I can imaging that people who manages large teams have a lot of problems dealing with that remotely.

learc83 6y ago
I’ve been the principal engineer for my company, remotely for the past 4 years. I’ve never had a problem with it. There are tradeoffs, but just the fact that nearly every single one of our conversations are documented and searchable is worth it alone. You can’t just walk over to talk to someone anytime the notion strikes you, but you shouldn’t have been doing that anyway. I love to talk, and I love to think out loud. But every time I do that, I’m asking someone else to divert there attention to me. Being remote allows people to turn off the majority of the interruptions and get work done when they need to. And it forces me to spend more time thinking about my communications. Instead of just constantly walking over to people the moment an idea pops into my head.