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Been working from home for a year now and I will never go back. My productivity has gone up 2X, mainly because I'm not physically present in an office pretending to work by just being there. I need to push code in to prove I've done work.

Once you're comfortable with your setup, you can pretty much work from anywhere. I've been travelling regularly lately. As long as I have my laptop and a decent internet connection, I'm good to go. Huge benefits for the business and for me.

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Same. My job is fairly low-intensity and does not require a full work day. Honestly I could do my full days work in about 4-5 hours each day, but I have to spread it out over 8 hours. In an office I spent a lot of time looking busy. We certainly had crunch days that were more like 100% of the day's time investment, but those were not as common. It was very stressful being in the office, looking busy when there's no work is tough. When our startup was purchased and my new manager was now two states away, I decided to stop going in. I do like you now, I work from home, or anywhere I am traveling to. I enjoy my job more and feel more aware since I'm not dulling my senses with busy work. My productivity has risen as proven by my stats. Were I to suddenly have to go into an office tomorrow, it would force me to look for a new employer. I just don't think I could do it again.

>As long as I have my laptop and a decent internet connection, I'm good to go.

What about a chair? I've found a good chair is also essential

I had trouble finding a decent chair, so I switched to the IKEA Bekant sit/stand desk. I work standing for about half the day, so if I'm having issues with my chair at least it's not for the whole day.

Do you like the Bekant? I thought about getting one for my home office, but it seemed a bit expensive for IKEA furniture...

It's super cheap compared to other sit/stand desks

I really like it. It's a bit pricey for IKEA, but compared with other adjustable height desks, the price seemed quite good to me. Also, since it looks like what you would expect from an IKEA desk, it blends into the room nicely. It doesn't look as utilitarian as some other desks might.

If you're pushing code just to prove that you're getting something done, I'd suggest your management might be evaluating productivity in a short-sighted way. I encourage the guys on my team to work from home at least once or twice a week (and we have a couple permanently remote folks too) so they can avoid the inherent open floorplan distractions. By far the most important factor to me is that they're available online during normal office hours, actively responding to others and helping out with questions, offering suggestions, etc.

I'd much rather have someone who is communicating well with the rest of the team than someone I see a few commits from per day but isn't actively engaged with others. I don't mean to suggest this is you based on your brief comment - I just firmly believe that having a group that works well together is ultimately much more productive than isolated individual contributors.

Well this is true but ultimately the end result of my work is code and people tend to pay attention to that when you work remote. PS ping me if you need a new dev, my current contract is coming to an end :D

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