Working alone
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.netman wrote:
take it outside
Maybe we need a 'beer garden' forum.
Simon
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Oakman wrote:
It's called ethics, Norm.
Ith that the plathe outthide London?
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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I work alone from home, and a few times a month I am at a customers site. I develop and maintain some projects for three different companies. I like the freedom it gives me, especially technologically, but at times it can be lonesome work. Luckily I don't live alone, but in a household of five - otherwise I'd go crazy and end up as a loon. I'm considering renting a small office/desk in some shared office space instead of sitting at home. If you're also a lone contractor - how do you cope with working alone?
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn RandI loved working alone. I sucked at getting contracts so gave that up. Besides, for the last eight years I've lived in two places which don't have a private office and I have a hard time working with my kids arguing and making noise (which is strange since I can handle interruptions and noise at work--though at my last job there was one guy whose voice drove me crazy.)
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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I work alone from home, and a few times a month I am at a customers site. I develop and maintain some projects for three different companies. I like the freedom it gives me, especially technologically, but at times it can be lonesome work. Luckily I don't live alone, but in a household of five - otherwise I'd go crazy and end up as a loon. I'm considering renting a small office/desk in some shared office space instead of sitting at home. If you're also a lone contractor - how do you cope with working alone?
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn RandHeavy metal.
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I work alone from home, and a few times a month I am at a customers site. I develop and maintain some projects for three different companies. I like the freedom it gives me, especially technologically, but at times it can be lonesome work. Luckily I don't live alone, but in a household of five - otherwise I'd go crazy and end up as a loon. I'm considering renting a small office/desk in some shared office space instead of sitting at home. If you're also a lone contractor - how do you cope with working alone?
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand1. Get a cat 2. Loads of music 3. Get to know staff at Taco Bell Outside office is just going to be a drain on your bottom line with very little commercial benefit. I think you'll find it is quite expensive. You can pick your own working hours for the most part so just make sure you spend some of the off hours interacting with people -- coffee shop, book store, PC store, local park, that sort of thing.
Rohde wrote:
Luckily I don't live alone, but in a household of five
Sounds like you've got kids. This is best part of working out of the house for me. I get to spend loads more time with them than the average parent.
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I work alone from home, and a few times a month I am at a customers site. I develop and maintain some projects for three different companies. I like the freedom it gives me, especially technologically, but at times it can be lonesome work. Luckily I don't live alone, but in a household of five - otherwise I'd go crazy and end up as a loon. I'm considering renting a small office/desk in some shared office space instead of sitting at home. If you're also a lone contractor - how do you cope with working alone?
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn RandWhen I did that I made a point of getting up at the same time every day, showering, getting properly dressed and going for a coffee at a coffee shop before starting work. Otherwise you end up in a few months all smelly sitting in a housecoat or less all day with wild hair unmoving except for your shadow around the house as the sun rises and sets. I think renting an office when you have a perfectly good place to work for free is a very bad idea. On the other hand I've heard that there are some enterprising people who have created offices in suburban and rural areas for telecommuters to go to and work at so they get to socialize with other people, share resources etc.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
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When I did that I made a point of getting up at the same time every day, showering, getting properly dressed and going for a coffee at a coffee shop before starting work. Otherwise you end up in a few months all smelly sitting in a housecoat or less all day with wild hair unmoving except for your shadow around the house as the sun rises and sets. I think renting an office when you have a perfectly good place to work for free is a very bad idea. On the other hand I've heard that there are some enterprising people who have created offices in suburban and rural areas for telecommuters to go to and work at so they get to socialize with other people, share resources etc.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
John C wrote:
When I did that I made a point of getting up at the same time every day, showering, getting properly dressed and going for a coffee at a coffee shop before starting work. Otherwise you end up in a few months all smelly sitting in a housecoat or less all day with wild hair unmoving except for your shadow around the house as the sun rises and sets.
Yeah. I pretty much do that. It is impossible for me to start the day without showering, shaving etc. So I do that every day. I also usually take a small walk outside to get some fresh air (well as fresh as it can be in a big city), before starting to work. So yeah I agree that is essential.
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I work alone from home, and a few times a month I am at a customers site. I develop and maintain some projects for three different companies. I like the freedom it gives me, especially technologically, but at times it can be lonesome work. Luckily I don't live alone, but in a household of five - otherwise I'd go crazy and end up as a loon. I'm considering renting a small office/desk in some shared office space instead of sitting at home. If you're also a lone contractor - how do you cope with working alone?
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn RandRohde wrote:
If you're also a lone contractor - how do you cope with working alone?
When I was alone working in the desert, I would talk to the mice and rattlesnakes. They kept me company in the desert. I was never out there long enough that they started talking back. :)
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Rohde wrote:
If you're also a lone contractor - how do you cope with working alone?
When I was alone working in the desert, I would talk to the mice and rattlesnakes. They kept me company in the desert. I was never out there long enough that they started talking back. :)
Uhm. Ok. Well I could try to talk to spiders, flies and the like. :):) But I sure hope I don't see a rattlesnake here where I live. :):)
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand