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"The first week I was in our new office, I was more productive than the previous month altogether." Good article but the author recently just started working f
by mattm 17y ago
"The first week I was in our new office, I was more productive than the previous month altogether."
Good article but the author recently just started working from an office so everything is new and interesting. He should do a follow up after six months.
I think this article illustrates the importance of having a good routine while working at home. The author would just roll out of bed and get to work. It is important to do things in the morning that you would normally do if you were going to work. Also, it sounds like he just worked till nightfall and had no life. While working at home, I make sure to get out of the house in the evening and usually do social activities at least a few times a week. This helps as I don't like socialising at work when I am working in an office.
- gvb 17y agoAnecdotally, this dovetails with another HN story "How to achieve greater productivity of teams (lostgarden.com)" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=971708 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=971708 He went from massive overtime (75-100 hours/week?) to a lot less (50 hours/week?) and got a substantial productivity improvement - same output at half the time spent.
- graywh 17y agoA friend of mine did tech support for Amex from home for years. She would take her purse downstairs to her office everyday as part of her going to work ritual.