I don't like that most of these articles present a binary choice: always work from home or always work from the office.
I've learned two things in the past couple of months:
* I really enjoy being at home when doing task work. I can play music without headphones. I can tweak my surroundings to be just the way I like them. I can meander down and see the wife and kids for lunch. Talk a walk around my neighborhood. (I would be able to run an errand or to, normally, but...)
* I hate being at home when doing design or collaborative work. Videoconferencing is better than nothing, but the latency makes me want to claw my eyes out. And I just deeply miss the conviviality and warmth of sharing a physical space with my team.
But I don't need either the former or the latter every day. What I'd really like is a team that worked together a couple of days a week, and from home a couple of days.
I've learned two things in the past couple of months:
* I really enjoy being at home when doing task work. I can play music without headphones. I can tweak my surroundings to be just the way I like them. I can meander down and see the wife and kids for lunch. Talk a walk around my neighborhood. (I would be able to run an errand or to, normally, but...)
* I hate being at home when doing design or collaborative work. Videoconferencing is better than nothing, but the latency makes me want to claw my eyes out. And I just deeply miss the conviviality and warmth of sharing a physical space with my team.
But I don't need either the former or the latter every day. What I'd really like is a team that worked together a couple of days a week, and from home a couple of days.