How Working From Home Changed My Life
How Working From Home Changed My Life
In the profession of software development, the transition to remote work has been a significant shift for many, including myself. My journey into the world of working from home began well before COVID-19. It started as an experiment with flexibility, gradually transforming from a couple of days a we...
This guy was commuting three hours per day?! Yeah, no wonder his quality of life improved after he stopped doing that. Unfortunately, I don’t think his experience is going to be very generalizable because most people don’t have a commute length that extreme.
I have a 12-15 minute commute and it made a huge difference to me.
I have an extra 90 minutes each day because at lunch time I'm already where I want to be.
Hrm, mine was already two hours. Sadly rather common tbh.
I have a personal theory that a lot of complaints about working in-person go away when you remove very long commutes, in particular by car.
A bit like how most complaints about pull requests go away if you make it a priority to get them done as fast as possible.
My personal theory is that a lot of advocacy for working in-person goes away when you remove:
- People that financially benefit from office culture (office land lords, restaurants near office buildings, janitorial services, etc.)
- Social vampires that view the office as the best place to gossip and share their boring personal lives with a captive audience
- Managers and executives with poor leadership skills and low self esteem
I had a 20-30 minute commute each way on transit or a 1 hour walk. Still love working from home more.
Commute time of an hour each way is pretty common in London and also for those commuting to London. Hour and a half each way not uncommon also.
There are other aspects of working remote that go beyond the extra time gained from not commuting. Like not getting interrupted with useless conversations, or distracted by the noise when you need to concentrate or being more comfortable in your own space.
Also what's the point of going to work in the office if you are just going to have a bunch of meetings online anyway?
Yeah, my commute was 10 minutes by car or 15 by bike. Working from home saves me very little time and money. I even have to wake up earlier to make sure I get coffee, since I can no longer get a cup at work.
Just use a timer for you coffee