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This fits the startup way of thinking but not the real way of thinking. If you can't draw a line between your work and personal life you'll burn out a lot soone

This fits the startup way of thinking but not the real way of thinking. If you can't draw a line between your work and personal life you'll burn out a lot sooner.

corin_ 15y ago
Plenty of people nothing to do with startups work from home, whether because they are self-employed, or aren't willing to relocate, or their company doesn't have a physical location. Some people may have trouble with it and find themselves working too hard, others may find it hard to focus and are instead too lazy. Neither of these, however, are a requirement of working from home, plenty of people manage it fine.
- citricsquid 15y ago
  My point is that those that do work from home and do it successfully (at least in my experience) have a separate work area for work that is not considered "home" but considered work, this is a concious decision people make to deal with working from home and not being distracted. If someone has an office to go to but also works from home they will often not consider creating another workspace at home and that will result in their home life and work life "merging". For a startup having your home life and work life being one and the same is relatively normal (again in my experience at least) but with a "normal" job most people don't want that. They go to work, they come home, work is done. If the line between home and work is merged as much as the article proposes without people making sure to create a separate work environment at home they'll have problems.
  - Loic 15y ago
    I have been working from home for the past 6 years. I have a dedicated room for my office. Work can be done only in my office, not even on the kitchen table. This is a hard rule and it is really good. You can enjoy a nice evening with wife and kids without thinking about working because work is only in the office. If you start to allow yourself to work here and there with the kids playing on the side, you totally blur the lines between your activities and you end up being inefficient. You cannot fully focus on work and you cannot fully enjoy your time with your family and friends. Note that this is only my personal experience.

This fits the startup way of thinking but not the real way of thinking. If you can't draw a line between your work and personal life you'll burn out a lot sooner.

corin_ 15y ago

Plenty of people nothing to do with startups work from home, whether because they are self-employed, or aren't willing to relocate, or their company doesn't have a physical location. Some people may have trouble with it and find themselves working too hard, others may find it hard to focus and are instead too lazy. Neither of these, however, are a requirement of working from home, plenty of people manage it fine.

citricsquid 15y ago
My point is that those that do work from home and do it successfully (at least in my experience) have a separate work area for work that is not considered "home" but considered work, this is a concious decision people make to deal with working from home and not being distracted. If someone has an office to go to but also works from home they will often not consider creating another workspace at home and that will result in their home life and work life "merging". For a startup having your home life and work life being one and the same is relatively normal (again in my experience at least) but with a "normal" job most people don't want that. They go to work, they come home, work is done. If the line between home and work is merged as much as the article proposes without people making sure to create a separate work environment at home they'll have problems.
- Loic 15y ago
  I have been working from home for the past 6 years. I have a dedicated room for my office. Work can be done only in my office, not even on the kitchen table. This is a hard rule and it is really good. You can enjoy a nice evening with wife and kids without thinking about working because work is only in the office. If you start to allow yourself to work here and there with the kids playing on the side, you totally blur the lines between your activities and you end up being inefficient. You cannot fully focus on work and you cannot fully enjoy your time with your family and friends. Note that this is only my personal experience.