Back to the office after 2+ years of working from from
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Management disagree with the numbers? They don't like the data? I once had a boss who hired me to run testing to prove his theories, and when the data was not to his liking, he asked me to delete the bits he didn't agree with. I told him that that is not the way data works. You'd think someone with a PhD would know that.
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(my choice). 2+ years ago, we were all "forced" to work from home. I decided to go back the office, at least for the summer Main reason is that I needed a break from being at home, I have a small apartment and I don't have an office, so my work area was also my living area. Cons : It's dirty and dusty, and grey and beige (it needs a lot of love and new colors on the walls) and the watercooler is probably a cesspool of bacteria after 2 years; I have to bring a lunch; there's no good monitor at the office (compared to mine at home) Pros : I can cycle to and from the office (30 minutes leisurely ride), I will probably eat less and have less distractions; there's also the espresso machine (which I just spent some time clean it up) anyone else moved back to their office ?
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
I'll be going to the office next Wednesday for the first time since March 2022. I'm picking up a new laptop. And then I'll scurry back home to my little (but big enough) office, to work on the new laptop, dog sleeping with his head on my feet, coffee machine ready to make coffee the way *I* like it, stereo cranked with music *I* like, and no need to listen to any other people's inane telephone calls... Suffice to say, I'll only go back to the office for as little time as I can get away with...
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
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(my choice). 2+ years ago, we were all "forced" to work from home. I decided to go back the office, at least for the summer Main reason is that I needed a break from being at home, I have a small apartment and I don't have an office, so my work area was also my living area. Cons : It's dirty and dusty, and grey and beige (it needs a lot of love and new colors on the walls) and the watercooler is probably a cesspool of bacteria after 2 years; I have to bring a lunch; there's no good monitor at the office (compared to mine at home) Pros : I can cycle to and from the office (30 minutes leisurely ride), I will probably eat less and have less distractions; there's also the espresso machine (which I just spent some time clean it up) anyone else moved back to their office ?
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
No thanks I do have a reasonable office space now at home, so that helps, and reasonable internet too. I have zero desire to go back into an office again. Interestingly, we started WFH a little before the whole mess started (it was optional) and then it became "take whatever you need from the office and go home" and now I believe we're going to give up on having an office at all because it's mostly empty, but costs monthly rent. I like the "cycle to/from work" idea, but have no love for the drab surroundings or the time wasted in traffic driving to and from work, let alone the fuel cost. I recognise it's "courses for horses", but this hoss is happier in a home office where I can properly disconnect from the noise of people - silence my notifications and get down to getting it done.
------------------------------------------------ If you say that getting the money is the most important thing You will spend your life completely wasting your time You will be doing things you don't like doing In order to go on living That is, to go on doing things you don't like doing Which is stupid. - Alan Watts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gXTZM\_uPMY
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(my choice). 2+ years ago, we were all "forced" to work from home. I decided to go back the office, at least for the summer Main reason is that I needed a break from being at home, I have a small apartment and I don't have an office, so my work area was also my living area. Cons : It's dirty and dusty, and grey and beige (it needs a lot of love and new colors on the walls) and the watercooler is probably a cesspool of bacteria after 2 years; I have to bring a lunch; there's no good monitor at the office (compared to mine at home) Pros : I can cycle to and from the office (30 minutes leisurely ride), I will probably eat less and have less distractions; there's also the espresso machine (which I just spent some time clean it up) anyone else moved back to their office ?
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair