Working alone
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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 RandThe only thing I miss is interacting with others. I would learn more if I had people to bounce ideas off of or point me in a direction. Working from home it's just me, books, online and email (which is the reason I'm on CP). Shared space sounds like a good idea but it depends on who else is occupying the space. If there's a good number of techs, that might work well. Just remember that they don't work with you so you're cutting into their time if you walk over to chat or bs around.
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You should know, and I'd rather you not bother speaking to me - that's ever. So why don't you hold your breath whilst I get back to you and just in case you've forgotten how to hold your breath, let me remind you: Put your lips together, and stop sucking. ;P
modified on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 8:52 AM
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The only thing I miss is interacting with others. I would learn more if I had people to bounce ideas off of or point me in a direction. Working from home it's just me, books, online and email (which is the reason I'm on CP). Shared space sounds like a good idea but it depends on who else is occupying the space. If there's a good number of techs, that might work well. Just remember that they don't work with you so you're cutting into their time if you walk over to chat or bs around.
Bert delaVega wrote:
The only thing I miss is interacting with others. I would learn more if I had people to bounce ideas off of or point me in a direction. Working from home it's just me, books, online and email (which is the reason I'm on CP).
Exactly. That is undoubtedly the thing I like the least about working alone. Sometimes I really, really miss other programmers to bounce ideas off of. On other hand that means I do a LOT of research when I'm in doubt about something.
"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 -
You should know, and I'd rather you not bother speaking to me - that's ever. So why don't you hold your breath whilst I get back to you and just in case you've forgotten how to hold your breath, let me remind you: Put your lips together, and stop sucking. ;P
modified on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 8:52 AM
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Norm .net wrote:
Put your lips together, and stop sucking.
How sad. You even cut and paste my brushoff. Do you do that with CP code, too?
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is there some history between you two, if so take it outside (metaphorically speaking of course) :)
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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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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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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
The bakery is making my mouth water. And it's not yet 8:00am.
The bakery is awesome! Fresh baked breads, the cinammon buns are to die for, as are the cakes, cookies, etc. Next door, they make their own cheeses, pickles, yoghurts, etc. It's amazing. Marc
Damn, you! Now you've gone and made hungry, as well as drool on my keyboard!
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is there some history between you two, if so take it outside (metaphorically speaking of course) :)
.netman wrote:
take it outside
Maybe we need a 'beer garden' forum.
Simon
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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.