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Nah, I just prefer the office.

I find working from home sad and depressing.

My home is great. I like going outside of it. I like to meet my colleagues in person. I need the seperation. I find video calls dystopian.

I am in a minority, it seems.

So it goes. I moved on from professional software development two years ago now.

edit, my replies are limited: Being in my home is great! But it's designed for leisure, not for fake sugar-free social interactions through a screen. I leave my work at work, and I use my home as a base to explore from, not as some sort of tortoiseshell to retreat into.

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It's worth keeping in mind a lot of people (myself included) like WFH exactly because we go to the office to sit doing video calls all day.

I totally understand wanting to be in the office when your whole team is there and your work lets you brainstorm with them all the time. My work environment was like that before and I totally understand preferring the office in that situation.

But most places aren't like that, most places half your colleagues are in india.

Maybe this is anecdotal, but all the people I've seen who love working at the office are either single, or have something at home they don't want to be around (whether that's partner, kids, neighbor, parents, etc).

All the people I see at my (current and previous) jobs complaining about WFH and wanting to be in the office are the people who I'd see there still working at 10pm.

If being in your home is "sad and depressing", perhaps that is a "your home" problem?

I have kids.

The amount of time saved by not having to commute is easily less dystopian than any video calls if I can spend it with my family instead of sitting alone in a huge metal box for (unpaid) hours every week.

I too prefer full time office. Worked from home for 4 years cumitively and I will never go back. In person human interaction is really underrated these days.

Most people have friends or hobbies for their in person human interactions.

Sure, this is always used as a counter argument to people who like working in the office. Both can be true. I personally would also like my 8 hours a day spent working to be with other people in person. Even meeting people after work regularly when I was working remotely wasn't enough - and I consider myself an introvert.

I fully understand that some people prefer wfh, and I think it's cool that they can do it. But on the other hand, I think many people have fell into the trap of working from home all the time since the pandemic, and I think the social isolation will catch up to them.

I don't bisect my time in that way.

This is like saying that you have holidays for your nature. I still like to have flowers in the garden or go to the park as well.

Personally, I don’t think you’re in the minority at all. I suspect many people prefer working in an office collaborating with their peers (myself included).

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