Re:Ask HN: Is remote work beneficial for neurodiverse indivi...
by azdle on Friday October 28, 2022 @01:34PM
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I've got ADHD, working remotely from home is an infinity% improvement over the open office I was working in before.
I'd say it's about equal to, or maybe a slight improvement over, the the "team room" I was in before the open office where it was me and ~10 other engineers all working on generally the same categorical area of a product (in my case the hardware team).
The only thing that I could see possibly being an improvement would be an even smaller, very quiet room that is located within walking distance of my home where only my direct sub-team mates and I sit, they're all people I like, and we all have good "when it's okay to talk" etiquette.
I feel like that would be an incredibly hard thing to arrange. So, fully remote, working from home, seems to me to be the next best option.
I'd say it's about equal to, or maybe a slight improvement over, the the "team room" I was in before the open office where it was me and ~10 other engineers all working on generally the same categorical area of a product (in my case the hardware team).
The only thing that I could see possibly being an improvement would be an even smaller, very quiet room that is located within walking distance of my home where only my direct sub-team mates and I sit, they're all people I like, and we all have good "when it's okay to talk" etiquette.
I feel like that would be an incredibly hard thing to arrange. So, fully remote, working from home, seems to me to be the next best option.