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I just read your edit. I agree walking is probably the best possible commute type. And having lots of little decentralized places of work you can walk to is ide
by krashidov 4y ago
I just read your edit. I agree walking is probably the best possible commute type. And having lots of little decentralized places of work you can walk to is ideal. But it’s probably not scalable. Eventually you’re gonna have people who want to live in the suburbs and work downtown.
The idea of work has definitely changed but at the core, it’s about working with others to achieve a common goal. It used to be that sustenance and surviving the winter was the common goal. I’m not sure how it’s going to play out but I do think there are some advantages to being with your coworkers IRL.
> And I’m saying all commutes are both terrible and optional, and only management policy makes them necessary.
All software engineering commutes are probably optional. I’m not sure how you expect a janitor to work from home though
> Btw, I commuted for 10 years by train. It was awful. I’d rather commute by car and moved so I could.
This is an interesting data point for sure. Is traveling by train just inherently bad or can it be improved ?
- actually_a_dog 4y agoI know you said "probably," but, in fact, not all SWE commutes are optional. I once had a job programming a $50k test rig for a $75k piece of hardware, neither of which existed outside of my company's test lab. You could SSH into the test rig, but there were other logistical issues that made that a painful way to work, and not something you'd want to do often. I didn't mind my commute, anyway, because it was a 5 minute bike ride or a 20 minute walk at a leisurely pace.