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Two futures: 1. Every office in the world will buy each employee a separate office room so they can dictate their documents without being disturbed by the othe

Two futures: 1. Every office in the world will buy each employee a separate office room so they can dictate their documents without being disturbed by the other employees. 2. Every office in the world will buy each employee a $10 physical keyboard.

jiggy2011 15y ago
3. Every employee works from a room in their house.
- dinkumthinkum 15y ago
  But we were talking about real scenarios. :) Seriously though, there are practical, life reasons, why that would be unlikely to be the 90% case.
  - adamc 15y ago
    I don't think folks will do all their work from home, but I think it will increase quite a bit for professional workers over the next 20 years -- mostly because space is expensive, and working from home is desirable for many people.
    - jiggy2011 15y ago
      I wonder what this will do to the divorce rate.
    - dinkumthinkum 15y ago
      Surprised I got down-voted. It's kind of naive. Many programmers that have families prefer to go to work instead. Working at home, as a non-bachelor, you're seen as being able to take care of all the domestic issues (dishes, trash, run errands) and many people would just rather strike that balance. Sure, a lot of people like it but I don't think it's going to be that common. Even our industry, supposedly the most forward thinking, and even in SV, many require working on-premise. If working from home is too liberal for SV, it's going to be too much for the rest of the country for much longer than 20 years.
      - adamc 15y ago
        Well, I didn't down-vote you and I have a family, but my wife worked from home for quite a while and liked it. I think it would be tough when the kids are little, but when they are older it would work fine. I don't think most folks would end up working from home 5 days a week -- there are still things that work better face-to-face. But I could see folks _only_ coming in for face-to-face time.

jiggy2011 15y ago

3. Every employee works from a room in their house.

dinkumthinkum 15y ago
But we were talking about real scenarios. :) Seriously though, there are practical, life reasons, why that would be unlikely to be the 90% case.
- adamc 15y ago
  I don't think folks will do all their work from home, but I think it will increase quite a bit for professional workers over the next 20 years -- mostly because space is expensive, and working from home is desirable for many people.
  - jiggy2011 15y ago
    I wonder what this will do to the divorce rate.
  - dinkumthinkum 15y ago
    Surprised I got down-voted. It's kind of naive. Many programmers that have families prefer to go to work instead. Working at home, as a non-bachelor, you're seen as being able to take care of all the domestic issues (dishes, trash, run errands) and many people would just rather strike that balance. Sure, a lot of people like it but I don't think it's going to be that common. Even our industry, supposedly the most forward thinking, and even in SV, many require working on-premise. If working from home is too liberal for SV, it's going to be too much for the rest of the country for much longer than 20 years.
    - adamc 15y ago
      Well, I didn't down-vote you and I have a family, but my wife worked from home for quite a while and liked it. I think it would be tough when the kids are little, but when they are older it would work fine. I don't think most folks would end up working from home 5 days a week -- there are still things that work better face-to-face. But I could see folks _only_ coming in for face-to-face time.