> Am 12/1/11 9:35 PM, schrieb David Radcliffe: > > Since I like to work and code (I spend 10 hours a day on the computer at the > > office, think about work related stuff in the shower, and often write Perl > > code > > at home to deal with various household tasks) I work quite well at home. > > There are more distractions at the office and my productivity is greater in > > my > > home computer room during those times I have to put in some extra for the > > office. > > The downside of this is that you are not around in the office in case > someone wants to talk to you. I often end up with guys from our > operations team or other teams stopping at my desk and ask questions. Or > guys who want to have a quick chat about a problem and want to ask for > an advice or idea. Or people who want to learn Perl and have a question > that you can answer in 30 seconds. > > Yes, I know, they can call you, or send an Email, but nothing beats the > good old "Let's go for a coffee, I'd like to ask you a question".
Which really stops being practical once you exceed (approx) one building in size. It was interesting during the early days to note that there were certain people who did a lot of their interaction on IRC, even when in the office, even when sitting a few cubes away from each other sometimes. It definitely enabled telepresence - obviously not as good as "being there", but it was funny every now and then when you'd go looking for that person and find out they were out today at a different office, or telecommuting. It seems to me that we've not been as successful as we might at this whole telecommuting thing, because people - especially at small companies - ARE used to being able to grab a coffee, and there's a reluctance to lose that. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.
