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I bet the cost/benefit for the company is positive, and as long the clients are happy and paying, how this guy works is irrelevant. he was rewriting a huffman compression algorithm by himself because he's bored and he wants to learn and experiment. I bet is not a good life he's living. There's a great disorder in working from your home at odd hours, it's not healthy. He would be happier working normal, fixed hours, and with a manager to guide him.

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> There's a great disorder in working from your home at odd hours, it's not healthy

I'd be curious in hearing you elaborate on this. I've been in a WFH setup like this for about 4 months, and while I enjoy it right now I do wonder if it'll be something I might regret after 2-3 years on this schedule.

My primary reasons for working like this are that: 1. I hate being in the corporate office environment, it feels very artificial and constraining 2. I tend to have my most productive coding sessions very late at night anyway

I did the WFH for a year, and while the freedom is enjoyable it is very easy to slip into working very late going into 'hermit mode'. You have to be very diligent in training yourself to be productive during normal hours so you can be social in the evening.

My new situation is categorized as flexible office hours. I go into the office 2-3 days a week, enjoy good rapport with the people I work with, then WFH on Mondays and Fridays (typically). I find this to be a good balance - I have enough structure Tuesday to Thursday that I can continue this trend Monday and Friday.

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