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Or, if you're like me then "if you work from anywhere in your house, then you're never at work."

by jrrv 1mo ago

mjcohen 1mo ago
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- clickety_clack 1mo ago
  I read it as though he’s “working”, like quiet quitting or something.
- satvikpendem 1mo ago
  Or you're never at work, like they said.
  - internet2000 1mo ago
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    - phil21 1mo ago
      For most people, I'd reckon they are never at work. There is a reason we know that remote learning is horrible for most people compared to in-classroom. We proved this decisively during COVID. There is zero reason to believe that most folks magically change overnight from being incapable of remote learning to being highly capable remote workers. It's just not believable. I hired remote workers in the 90's. It was a small fraction of the total candidate base that could successfully self-motivate and have the discipline to become high performers in such an environment over the long haul. Most of my interviewing and candidate vetting had to do with the remote aspect vs. technical skillset. Luckily around that time is when open source became a huge thing, so those projects presented a pool of pre-vetted candidates to hire out of. The rest of the candidate pool was a total crapshoot. Remote working has become easier and the tooling and technology much better. But from where I'm standing - many folks do not take it seriously. Simple stuff like having backup Internet is a filtering question for me even today.
      - switchbak 1mo ago
        “Simple stuff like having backup Internet” that sounds expensive. Who has room to back up the entire Internet? Personally on the 0.2 days a year I have to worry about it, I just head to the coffee shop. Or you know … take a couple hours off (shock!). Also I’ve spent literally decades working with very highly productive people exclusively remotely. None of us find this odd. Not sure why you have that level of suspicion/distrust. Granted, things have changed a lot since the 90s.
      - fHr 1mo ago
        Backup imternet? Everyone has a cellphone to tether from these days no?

Or, if you're like me then "if you work from anywhere in your house, then you're never at work."

by jrrv 1mo ago

Or, if you're like me then "if you work from anywhere in your house, then you're never at work."

mjcohen 1mo ago

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clickety_clack 1mo ago
I read it as though he’s “working”, like quiet quitting or something.
satvikpendem 1mo ago
Or you're never at work, like they said.
- internet2000 1mo ago
  [flagged]
  - phil21 1mo ago
    For most people, I'd reckon they are never at work. There is a reason we know that remote learning is horrible for most people compared to in-classroom. We proved this decisively during COVID. There is zero reason to believe that most folks magically change overnight from being incapable of remote learning to being highly capable remote workers. It's just not believable. I hired remote workers in the 90's. It was a small fraction of the total candidate base that could successfully self-motivate and have the discipline to become high performers in such an environment over the long haul. Most of my interviewing and candidate vetting had to do with the remote aspect vs. technical skillset. Luckily around that time is when open source became a huge thing, so those projects presented a pool of pre-vetted candidates to hire out of. The rest of the candidate pool was a total crapshoot. Remote working has become easier and the tooling and technology much better. But from where I'm standing - many folks do not take it seriously. Simple stuff like having backup Internet is a filtering question for me even today.
    - switchbak 1mo ago
      “Simple stuff like having backup Internet” that sounds expensive. Who has room to back up the entire Internet? Personally on the 0.2 days a year I have to worry about it, I just head to the coffee shop. Or you know … take a couple hours off (shock!). Also I’ve spent literally decades working with very highly productive people exclusively remotely. None of us find this odd. Not sure why you have that level of suspicion/distrust. Granted, things have changed a lot since the 90s.
    - fHr 1mo ago
      Backup imternet? Everyone has a cellphone to tether from these days no?