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Whenever the discussion of commuting comes up, the discussion revolves around worst case scenarios. We are software engineers! There is no reason for us to put

Whenever the discussion of commuting comes up, the discussion revolves around worst case scenarios. We are software engineers! There is no reason for us to put up with a worst case or even an average case commute. If we want to go into the office, it's easy for us to move house or move job. Its not worth agonizing over a few bucks an hour, especially when going into the office has its own monetary benefits as OP mentioned. It would be a non-issue for most people here to just pay for an Uber back and forth to work, and not have to worry about driving at all.

FuckButtons 5y ago
Except of course if where we live is a compromise between minimizing distance to other places like our spouses place of work or our kids school.
thrwyoilarticle 5y ago
Live close to work? No! Move further away so you can create more emissions travelling there and have a bigger house to heat/cool. Then complain when politicians don't put your needs over the quality of life of the people who actually live and pay tax on your route. Finally, sleep soundly at night knowing the brake dust you make them breathe comes from a Tesla.
heavyset_go 5y ago
> Whenever the discussion of commuting comes up, the discussion revolves around worst case scenarios. The median and average commutes are not the worst case scenarios. > Its not worth agonizing over a few bucks an hour 10% of a software engineer's yearly salary is nothing to balk at. A year or two of that is easily the down payment amount for a modest home, and is more than what many people make in a year. > It would be a non-issue for most people here to just pay for an Uber back and forth to work, and not have to worry about driving at all. I just checked Uber, and a one way trip to my last employer is $40 without surge pricing, and to another employer, it would be over $60. Assuming there's about 260 work days per year, that's at least $20k - $31k a year on Uber rides alone. And it's not just about cost. It's also about time. Based on my last commute, I'd spend about two weeks straight just driving to work and back each year.

FuckButtons 5y ago

Except of course if where we live is a compromise between minimizing distance to other places like our spouses place of work or our kids school.

thrwyoilarticle 5y ago

Live close to work? No! Move further away so you can create more emissions travelling there and have a bigger house to heat/cool. Then complain when politicians don't put your needs over the quality of life of the people who actually live and pay tax on your route. Finally, sleep soundly at night knowing the brake dust you make them breathe comes from a Tesla.

heavyset_go 5y ago

> Whenever the discussion of commuting comes up, the discussion revolves around worst case scenarios. The median and average commutes are not the worst case scenarios. > Its not worth agonizing over a few bucks an hour 10% of a software engineer's yearly salary is nothing to balk at. A year or two of that is easily the down payment amount for a modest home, and is more than what many people make in a year. > It would be a non-issue for most people here to just pay for an Uber back and forth to work, and not have to worry about driving at all. I just checked Uber, and a one way trip to my last employer is $40 without surge pricing, and to another employer, it would be over $60. Assuming there's about 260 work days per year, that's at least $20k - $31k a year on Uber rides alone. And it's not just about cost. It's also about time. Based on my last commute, I'd spend about two weeks straight just driving to work and back each year.