What I’ve learned after half a year of working remote

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I've been working from home for the last 12 months. There was a very nice tweet about it [1] :

STAGES OF WORKING FROM HOME

- Yay I get to work from home

- It would be nice to talk to people

- I hope that pigeon sits in the window today

1 : https://twitter.com/MarkAgee/status/620990471720992768

Isolation was the biggest problem for me switching to remote work. Even if I'm working on something that requires me to be head-down on it, I'm pretty extroverted and like at least having people around me. I started going to a coffee shop with noise cancelling headphones from 9a-12p just to have a structured (and humanized) start to my day. Slack helps with keeping up your visibility among the team.

it's repeatedly surprising to me how many people equate "remote work" to "work at home". leave your house. go to the cafe. go to the library. go to the bar. the only requirement I see for a productive workspace is a flat surface on which to place your laptop, and maybe some holes in the wall if your battery isn't up to snuff.

sitting at home by yourself all day is a great recipe for depression, I think.

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