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Remote work has it's ups and downs. I have been remote for about 18 months now as a senior software engineer. On the plus side you are way more productive. Wor
by jpgvm 12y ago
Remote work has it's ups and downs. I have been remote for about 18 months now as a senior software engineer.
On the plus side you are way more productive. Working from home also means no time is lost in commute and depending on your team you can generally work whatever hours work well for you.
However there are some downsides.. specifically it can be a little lonely at times if there is no-one else at home. This isn't a problem short term but it can become one. Physically it can not be good as if you work from home there suddenly is very few reasons to leave, resulting in less exercise if you are not careful. etc.
That being said, I think overall it's important to be flexible , remote employees can be many times more productive than their 9-5 counterparts.
- ggchappell 12y ago> However there are some downsides.. specifically it can be a little lonely at times if there is no-one else at home. I imagine so. But note that this isn't really a problem with remote work per se; it's a problem with working in a way that is different from what the vast majority of people do. Once upon a time (before the Industrial Revolution) most people worked at home. The kind of loneliness you describe was rare, because home and its environs were where the people were. Maybe there is a societal "hump" we need to get over. If more people worked remotely, then working remotely would become a more pleasant thing.