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Are you an extrovert or introvert? If the former, then yeah, being in a crowd is a win. If the latter, however, you have a commute and a crowd, both of which
by jleyank 3y ago
Are you an extrovert or introvert? If the former, then yeah, being in a crowd is a win. If the latter, however, you have a commute and a crowd, both of which take time and effort away from work. Unless your commute is on foot and your office is old-school with those doors and walls thingies.
I assume you're in the first half of your career. In the second half, looking where you can settle, or settle kids (if you have them) becomes important. Can't kick back or enter retirement with a living-space debt. So unless you can safely move to a lower-cost area with a lot of equity, you have to factor in picking a place you can pay off.
- qumpis 3y agoI'm an introvert but completely isolating from the team and having professional-only meetings is draining too draining for me.
- jleyank 3y agoI'm (mostly?) introverted, and I find remote work very rewarding. I can do what is necessary without most distractions and without spending time in a car/bus/train. Enforced collegiality is bearable in small quantities, but my interests != their interests. I also welcomed the removal of relocation risk. I don't think developing technically complex software is something that is driven by lots of interaction. The design might be, but its implementation requires patience and concentration. Rands and others talked about maintaining flow or state and interruptions take time to recover from.
- wetwater 3y agoThese are two very extreme categories to box someone in. Everyone has a trait from both ends of the spectrum in different regards.