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Your problem is two-fold: You're not only in a lonely place physically, but you do your work alone as well. Despite being exclusively a remote worker, I still s
by lgbr 13y ago
Your problem is two-fold: You're not only in a lonely place physically, but you do your work alone as well. Despite being exclusively a remote worker, I still socialize constantly throughout the day. My projects are always done in at least pairs, if not entire teams. There are constantly people giving me feedback about my code, and we're always bouncing ideas off of each other.
And outside of work, I have a routine of playing games with friends nearly every night over Skype. This means an hour long session to BS about life and make dirty jokes every day. So even when I don't see another human for a few days, I'm definitely not lonely.
Working remotely, and even from strange places doesn't have to be lonely. There's little value to the face-to-face side of things. Focus on your online networks of friends and this helps the situation a huge amount.
- bemmu 13y agoWhich games are you playing?
- lgbr 13y agoAnything multiplayer, cooperative, and new. When games like Borderlands 2 comes out, my evenings get a lot brighter because we really have something to work together on. Multiplayer RTSes like Starcraft 2 also make for good times because there is a lot of strategy to discuss and coordination to be had. Most shooters don't work as well, such as if we play Counter-Strike, since we don't end up having as much to talk about.
- thoughtpalette 13y agoIf you play CS:GO in competitive mode or find scrims, their is definitely a lot of communication and teamwork involved. Lot's of fun :}
- Vivtek 13y agoYeah, Skype is fantastic. I'm on a different continent from my parents (in Budapest, they're in Indiana) and I think I talk to them more now than while we were right next to them for the previous three years.
- olivier1664 13y agoBeing in Japan, he will have some timezone issue (and lag).