Re:Working from home may hurt your career
by adjwilli on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @11:08AM
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It definitely requires a change in your mental state at home. It goes from "my place of relaxation" to constant anxiety about whether you should be working. Unless you start with the mindset that you will now always be working, you won't be as productive from home. Maybe once you get some experience you can lighten up a bit, and you should always keep some off-time scheduled for the weekend, but as they say, you can't go home again. And good for some people for not wanting to trade that (along with typically a lower salary and opportunity) for having to show up 8~6.
Re:Working from home may hurt your career
by benji-york on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @11:59AM
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This is not a universal truth: I have worked remotely for nearly a decade and have no issues separating work from personal. When I type "/me → EOD" into IRC or slack, that's it. My focus shifts to personal tasks.
Distractions exist at work too, but when everyone around you is working, you can't help but work as well.
When you're home, your mental state it's "I'm home, I should not be doing work". At least that's how it was for me.
I can be productive working on a personal project when I'm home, but that's because I can work on it whenever and however I want. I can work in bursts of energy. But that's not how professional work is done.