> remote work makes you vulnerable to outsourcing, reduces your job to a metric, creates frustrating change-averse bureaucracies, and stifles your career growth.
None of these are on the worker, though. They're all on the company.
I personally am far more effective remotely. Simply having a perfectly quiet and controlled environment is such a big plus. Not commuting, such a huge plus. I had the best commutes for most of my non-remote life, I walked to work for years (quite a hike sometimes, but I love to walk - but it was still a drag.
I find the timeframes of remote better. When someone walks into your office, you need to respond intelligently right away. You lose focus.
So many of my bugs could be attributed to being interrupted and forgetting to some detail in the code!
Remotely, you can quickly triage interrupts and give an instant response with a time estimate ("On this, will report back within the hour"), finish what you are working on, and then take the time to really look into their question.
(I am very sympathetic to others who aren't. Considering the great savings in resources and time we get, is there some way we can make it up to you?)
None of these are on the worker, though. They're all on the company.
I personally am far more effective remotely. Simply having a perfectly quiet and controlled environment is such a big plus. Not commuting, such a huge plus. I had the best commutes for most of my non-remote life, I walked to work for years (quite a hike sometimes, but I love to walk - but it was still a drag.
I find the timeframes of remote better. When someone walks into your office, you need to respond intelligently right away. You lose focus.
So many of my bugs could be attributed to being interrupted and forgetting to some detail in the code!
Remotely, you can quickly triage interrupts and give an instant response with a time estimate ("On this, will report back within the hour"), finish what you are working on, and then take the time to really look into their question.
(I am very sympathetic to others who aren't. Considering the great savings in resources and time we get, is there some way we can make it up to you?)