I get to work remote! It is also a downside sometimes, but there are a lot of benefits that work to my advantage in my stage of life:
don't have to get someone to take my dog out
have time to make my own meals
no commute!! which means time saved and less stress
don't have to do laundry as much because I wear less clothes π
We also have flexible work schedules, which is great. I generally have a set schedule now, but it lets me do things like take a mid day break to go to the gym or run errands. It's nice to know that I work with people who trust that I will get my work done when I need to.
I'm a friendly, non-dev, cisgender guy from NC who enjoys playing music/making noise, hiking, eating veggies, and hanging out with my best friend/wife + our 3 kitties + 1 greyhound.
As far as the remote work perks go, I feel like I could pretty much duplicate @andy's list with some slight adjustments...
get to chill with my cats all day πΈπΈπΈ
I also love some home cooked meals!
used to have to 40 mile commute into work (about an hour and fifteen minutes drive each way with traffic!)... cutting that out has been so refreshing!
I actually do more laundry than ever because my machine is in the hallway next to me, haha. But clothing wise.. generally, I try not to bum too hard (I think!) but I do have a pretty bummy outfit on right now including drawstring shorts, haha. Woohoo, the perks!
and gotta say +1 to the flexible schedule.
There are totally some negatives of remote work too... but this post is focused on the β€οΈ (haha, saving myself some writing!)
Anyway, outside of WFH, I really enjoy what I'm doing here with DEV! There are two major areas I cover: promoting articles and content posted here on DEV & helping to support the users of the site (voicing technical issues and modding the site). We have an awesome team of mods (dev.to/tag-moderation & dev.to/community-moderation) that really help to keep DEV content on point and spam-free; they're incredibly smart, passionate folks that want the best for the community and I feel lucky to work with them.
Which reminds me... the DEV core team is amazing! Everyone puts in a lot of effort to help support each other with juggling the different tasks we work on, we all enjoy solving problems, and all of us care about providing a welcoming inclusive community for developers. Lots of β€οΈ for the folks I'm working with here.
I get to work remote! It is also a downside sometimes, but there are a lot of benefits that work to my advantage in my stage of life:
We also have flexible work schedules, which is great. I generally have a set schedule now, but it lets me do things like take a mid day break to go to the gym or run errands. It's nice to know that I work with people who trust that I will get my work done when I need to.
I'm sure your coworkers appreciate learning this π
As far as the remote work perks go, I feel like I could pretty much duplicate @andy's list with some slight adjustments...
There are totally some negatives of remote work too... but this post is focused on the β€οΈ (haha, saving myself some writing!)
Anyway, outside of WFH, I really enjoy what I'm doing here with DEV! There are two major areas I cover: promoting articles and content posted here on DEV & helping to support the users of the site (voicing technical issues and modding the site). We have an awesome team of mods (dev.to/tag-moderation & dev.to/community-moderation) that really help to keep DEV content on point and spam-free; they're incredibly smart, passionate folks that want the best for the community and I feel lucky to work with them.
Which reminds me... the DEV core team is amazing! Everyone puts in a lot of effort to help support each other with juggling the different tasks we work on, we all enjoy solving problems, and all of us care about providing a welcoming inclusive community for developers. Lots of β€οΈ for the folks I'm working with here.
Being part of the core team sounds heavenly!