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> Rolling out of bed in my pajamas and getting back to work with things precisely as I left them was the most underestimated superpower that brought me joy, fo

by anonu 6y ago

> Rolling out of bed in my pajamas and getting back to work with things precisely as I left them was the most underestimated superpower that brought me joy, focus, and speed—I had forgotten how much goes into getting ready for work. There will be so much resistance to going back to the office.

paxys 6y ago
While there is some benefit to a physical office space, I can't imagine the 9-6, 5 days a week grind will ever be back for most knowledge workers.
- semi-extrinsic 6y ago
  It's gonna be really hard though for many companies who have invested a lot of time, effort and prestige into new office buildings to show off their growth, if those buildinga are gonna stay mostly empty. I can't help but think that dynamic is going to play out in many places. I also think there are some obvious benefits to physical office space, so I hope I'll be able to combine the two. Like every other week or something would work nicely.
csomar 6y ago
Linux TTYs is how I do it. If you press Ctrl+Alt+2, you can open a new terminal and run a new graphical interface. If you use a tiling Window Manager, you can have different "desktops" for every project. By switching you TTY, you move to that work environment where you have left your editor, tabs open, database editor, servers, etc... It gets you in the zone almost instantly.
jgalt212 6y ago
and the flip side of that coin means that there is no H in WFH only, W.
PragmaticPulp 6y ago
It really depends on the person. The people who naturally focus and can ignore distractions excel at WFH. A second category of worker benefits from the rituals of getting ready in the morning, context switching to office mode, seeing their peers in person (however briefly), and sitting down at a separate workstation that is dedicated to work and nothing else. In my experience managing mixed on-site and remote teams, most people assume they’re in the first category but many people eventually discover they’re actually in the second category. WFH is great for some, but actually quite difficult for many others.
- jolmg 6y ago
  > The people who naturally focus and can ignore distractions excel at WFH. Depends on whether there are more distractions at work or at home. Some live alone and have no distractions at home, but at work must try to ignore some really loud people in an open-office and/or engage in constant, impromptu, relatively unimportant meetings at work. People that can focus instantly on demand and ignore distractions excel at this type of office.
- conductr 6y ago
  Perhaps even contextual. I find as an employee I’m the second and as a founder I’m the first.
- blntechie 6y ago
  Also, people assume everyone in the world have a bare minimum workspace at home to work distraction free - a basement, or home office or at least a small nook. But there are so many wide variety of people in the world who don’t have such luxuries, live with extended families and had to WFH. I doubt they were productive as such.
ecf 6y ago
I’m in the process of leaving a company who has sent half a dozen surveys to employees about how they think return to office should work, but not a single survey about what employees would like to see from a long-term WFH strategy. It seems some hope to bait and switch their employees back into office and then say WFH isn’t allowed anymore.

by anonu 6y ago

paxys 6y ago

While there is some benefit to a physical office space, I can't imagine the 9-6, 5 days a week grind will ever be back for most knowledge workers.

semi-extrinsic 6y ago
It's gonna be really hard though for many companies who have invested a lot of time, effort and prestige into new office buildings to show off their growth, if those buildinga are gonna stay mostly empty. I can't help but think that dynamic is going to play out in many places. I also think there are some obvious benefits to physical office space, so I hope I'll be able to combine the two. Like every other week or something would work nicely.

csomar 6y ago

Linux TTYs is how I do it. If you press Ctrl+Alt+2, you can open a new terminal and run a new graphical interface. If you use a tiling Window Manager, you can have different "desktops" for every project. By switching you TTY, you move to that work environment where you have left your editor, tabs open, database editor, servers, etc... It gets you in the zone almost instantly.

jgalt212 6y ago

and the flip side of that coin means that there is no H in WFH only, W.

PragmaticPulp 6y ago

It really depends on the person. The people who naturally focus and can ignore distractions excel at WFH. A second category of worker benefits from the rituals of getting ready in the morning, context switching to office mode, seeing their peers in person (however briefly), and sitting down at a separate workstation that is dedicated to work and nothing else. In my experience managing mixed on-site and remote teams, most people assume they’re in the first category but many people eventually discover they’re actually in the second category. WFH is great for some, but actually quite difficult for many others.

jolmg 6y ago
> The people who naturally focus and can ignore distractions excel at WFH. Depends on whether there are more distractions at work or at home. Some live alone and have no distractions at home, but at work must try to ignore some really loud people in an open-office and/or engage in constant, impromptu, relatively unimportant meetings at work. People that can focus instantly on demand and ignore distractions excel at this type of office.
conductr 6y ago
Perhaps even contextual. I find as an employee I’m the second and as a founder I’m the first.
blntechie 6y ago
Also, people assume everyone in the world have a bare minimum workspace at home to work distraction free - a basement, or home office or at least a small nook. But there are so many wide variety of people in the world who don’t have such luxuries, live with extended families and had to WFH. I doubt they were productive as such.

ecf 6y ago

I’m in the process of leaving a company who has sent half a dozen surveys to employees about how they think return to office should work, but not a single survey about what employees would like to see from a long-term WFH strategy. It seems some hope to bait and switch their employees back into office and then say WFH isn’t allowed anymore.