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One reason I rent a two bedroom apartment is so that I can have an office at home.

teacup50 12y ago
I hope Facebook is paying for your at-home office, then.
JohnBooty 12y ago
Having some sort of dedicated home office space is soooooo key. Otherwise there's almost no boundary at all between work life and home life. It becomes hard to mentally get into "work mode" when the work day starts and it's hard to fully out of "work mode" when the work day is over. Over the years I've found that the vast majority of work-from-homers share this opinion. Almost unanimously.
- correctbattery 12y ago
  You are seriously underestimating hoe awesome it is to code in bed under blankets on a cold winter day with a cup of hot chocolate beside you.
  - JohnBooty 12y ago
    That would kill my back! But heck yeah to everything else, and add some pets curled up at my feet. I got so much extra work done this winter when it snowed and I worked from home.
    - MaulingMonkey 12y ago
      I mounted an LCD above my bed so I can lay flat - no back pains. With a wireless mouse & keyboard on the lap I can touch type on. ...razor straight elbows aren't good either though, which eventually puts a crimp in that pose. Good for short runs of coding though!
girvo 12y ago
I rent a one-bedroom on my own, but it has a huge lounge with a desk, power points and cable connection on one side. Works brilliantly for me, though my iMac I have living on the desk is getting so long in the tooth I barely use it anymore. Bit of a shame really, I like having a dedicated desktop. I think I need to get a Mac Pro...
27182818284 12y ago
A two bedroom in Nebraska runs you $500 per month. Timezone is off by 2 hours. Internet is 30 down 5 up for $60 per month. There is a reason why companies like http://www.hudl.com/ http://www.hudl.com/ are killing it here. You can fight for years, or have a ranch with basement when you're a 26-year-old developer.
- marssaxman 12y ago
  And then you finish up your work day only to find yourself stuck in Nebraska, with nothing but cornfields for hundreds of miles in every direction... so that'd better be one hell of an awesome ranch house.
  - 27182818284 12y ago
    If you wanted to, sure! A lot of people dig the peace and quiet, lakes they have a boat for, etc. Most young tech people I know though gravitate toward the cities, though. http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2015/03/12/392136573/silicon-prairie-tech-startups-find-a-welcoming-home-in-the-midwest http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2015/03/12/392136...
bluedino 12y ago
As do I, but since I have a laptop I seem to do most of my work at the kitchen table.

I hope Facebook is paying for your at-home office, then.

Having some sort of dedicated home office space is soooooo key. Otherwise there's almost no boundary at all between work life and home life. It becomes hard to mentally get into "work mode" when the work day starts and it's hard to fully out of "work mode" when the work day is over. Over the years I've found that the vast majority of work-from-homers share this opinion. Almost unanimously.

correctbattery 12y ago
You are seriously underestimating hoe awesome it is to code in bed under blankets on a cold winter day with a cup of hot chocolate beside you.
- JohnBooty 12y ago
  That would kill my back! But heck yeah to everything else, and add some pets curled up at my feet. I got so much extra work done this winter when it snowed and I worked from home.
  - MaulingMonkey 12y ago
    I mounted an LCD above my bed so I can lay flat - no back pains. With a wireless mouse & keyboard on the lap I can touch type on. ...razor straight elbows aren't good either though, which eventually puts a crimp in that pose. Good for short runs of coding though!

girvo 12y ago

I rent a one-bedroom on my own, but it has a huge lounge with a desk, power points and cable connection on one side. Works brilliantly for me, though my iMac I have living on the desk is getting so long in the tooth I barely use it anymore. Bit of a shame really, I like having a dedicated desktop. I think I need to get a Mac Pro...

27182818284 12y ago

A two bedroom in Nebraska runs you $500 per month. Timezone is off by 2 hours. Internet is 30 down 5 up for $60 per month. There is a reason why companies like http://www.hudl.com/ http://www.hudl.com/ are killing it here. You can fight for years, or have a ranch with basement when you're a 26-year-old developer.

marssaxman 12y ago
And then you finish up your work day only to find yourself stuck in Nebraska, with nothing but cornfields for hundreds of miles in every direction... so that'd better be one hell of an awesome ranch house.
- 27182818284 12y ago
  If you wanted to, sure! A lot of people dig the peace and quiet, lakes they have a boat for, etc. Most young tech people I know though gravitate toward the cities, though. http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2015/03/12/392136573/silicon-prairie-tech-startups-find-a-welcoming-home-in-the-midwest http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2015/03/12/392136...

bluedino 12y ago

As do I, but since I have a laptop I seem to do most of my work at the kitchen table.