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Re:Tech workers consider escaping Silicon Valley’s sky-high ... by cortesoft on Thursday May 14, 2020 @01:30PM (#23182532)
Who is taking care of the kids when the 'door is closed'? I guess it depends on how old your kids are... I have a 4 year old and a 1 year old, so someone has to be watching them all the time.

Also, my house only has 3 bedrooms, and the kids take two of them. My office is in the corner of the living room with no walls. I can't lock anyone out of it.

Your house has to be large enough to support a home office to work from home full time.

Although if I wasn't living in this city I could probably afford a bigger house... we pay a premium to live within 10 minutes of work, so we don't have to face that 'two hour commute' you speak of.

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Re:Tech workers consider escaping Silicon Valley’s sky-high ... by iso1631 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @01:37PM (#23182679)
> Who is taking care of the kids when the 'door is closed'?

Same person taking care of them when you're at work. Except for 3 hours a day less

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Re:Tech workers consider escaping Silicon Valley’s sky-high ... by nradov on Thursday May 14, 2020 @03:17PM (#23184078)
Most day care centers are still closed.
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Re:Tech workers consider escaping Silicon Valley’s sky-high ... by iso1631 on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:27AM (#23190363)
You miss the point -- if you send your kids off to school/daycare/whatever while you commute an hour to an office, spend 8 hours there, plus socialising, then an hour back, you can send your kids off to school/daycare/whatever for 8 hours.
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