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I'm nearly 40, and I love working from home. I've got a quiet house in the countryside, with good internet, a dedicated study. I get to see my family a lot more

I'm nearly 40, and I love working from home. I've got a quiet house in the countryside, with good internet, a dedicated study. I get to see my family a lot more. I don't have much of a nightlife because I don't want one. But if I were 18 now, I'd probably be living and working in a small bedroom in a house I share with strangers. We'd argue that someone is bandwidth-hogging or playing loud music while I'm trying to do a code review with my boss. I'd want to be around people more experienced than me - learning the trade from someone is easier in person than through a video call. I'd want to experience city nightlife with my colleagues. As such, there's a bit of tendency for those of us who have already "made it" to want to work from home, while the next generation tends to want to work from an office. And even within those broad brush tendencies, there are lots of subtle differences. The idea that "I want to work from home, so surely everyone else does as well, and anyone that doesn't is an asshat" is stupid.

taylodl 5y ago
There's an interesting conundrum: those who "made it" want to work from home while those who want to "learn the ropes" from those who "made it" want to work at the office. Someone is going to be unhappy with the outcome. My employer is taking a hybrid approach - you have to be onsite once every other week at a minimum or a maximum of twice a week. That allows them to reduce their overall facilities costs, ensure people are meeting face-to-face on a regular basis, and yet are mostly remote. It's been going well so far.