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0 pointsdanielrpa6y ago0 comments

I think that you are just generalizing something that can't be easily generalized. I'm not happy with what's happening in the world - as I hope most aren't - but the work from home situation isn't a problem for me. I'm loving it. I have an older kid and both him and my wife, who's a stay-at-home mom, are doing a great job maintaining a quiet environment in the house.

One thing that makes a huge difference is having a dedicated room for work. I'm fortunate to be able to afford an extra room just for myself and I set up a mini office in there. It's so much better than an open office environment, I can't even compare. I really get "in the zone" there and instead of getting interrupted every minute in my sad FAANG open office environment, I can actually get stuff done.

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Lambdanaut6y ago· 3 in thread

I'll chime in there. Same experience. I've got a nice office upstairs away from everyone. I do two things every single day, all day, in that room by myself, and it feels amazing.

I do my work for a few hours, and then I hack on a personal project the rest of the day.

Then before bed I catch up with my wife for a couple hours and we watch something.

I'm in heaven. Introvert heaven.

Communal offices drain my life.

SketchySeaBeast6y ago

> I do my work for a few hours, and then I hack on a personal project the rest of the day.

That does sound like introvert heaven. Your company doesn't hold you accountable to your hours? If I could put in a solid 4 hours of work I would get just as much done as I do in 8, and then have extra time for myself and not the mental anguish of trying and failing to focus that whole time.

Lambdanaut6y ago

I'm a part time contractor so I work fewer hours, but yeah i totally get you. I'm at least as productive working fewer hours from home than more hours in the office.

gspr6y ago

When all of this is over, I hope that work cultures will have more space and acceptance for both our personality types.

(Although the pessimist in me just sees those of us who need the social interactions forced to WFH as managers notice the cost saving potential, while those who like the peace and quiet of WFH are forced to go to the office as managers notice the overall drop of productivity… but this is why you shouldn't listen to me for too long ;-))

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