Why not just create a new user? I feel that this warrants some isolation. This allows having everything just under ~/Projects and having special configs withou

Why not just create a new user? I feel that this warrants some isolation. This allows having everything just under ~/Projects and having special configs without too much hassle IMO, it seems cleaner than using branching configs. You can still symlink the shared bits. To work you just `su $WORK/SCHOOL_USER` to get a simple shell, use ssh+tmux to get a session, and can use editors/browsers/etc configured specifically for that user (purpose). In case you want more uniformity when editing you can use tramp (or something similar).