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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by nostromo on Thursday January 14, 2021 @09:14PM (#25786119)
“I made more money then I spent because I bought this at work!”
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by sharkweek on Thursday January 14, 2021 @09:33PM (#25786257)
To everyone who plays the occasional video game during “wfh hours” - that $60 triple A title steam purchase actually is MAKING you money!
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by eloff on Thursday January 14, 2021 @11:22PM (#25786971)
As someone who has worked from home my whole career - not really. You still have to get your work done because there is no butts in chairs measure of productivity in wfh. You will be judged on your output. In fact you often have to work harder than the people in the office because of this.

Taking time off during work hours usually means making it up in the evening or on the weekend.

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by selestify on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:19AM (#25787974)
As someone who has just started working at home, not really. Instead of sitting at my desk at work browsing the internet while I keep some terminals open to make it look like I’m doing stuff, now I can just explicitly do whatever I want at home.

Of course, it depends on your job and work load. Mine is basically this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21961560