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Considering I am an extrovert, when I started working remotely I thought I would hate it.
Surprisingly to me, I have loved it. I think that I lucked out with a company that knew how to do it right, which made it a lot more enjoyable.
When I hated remote - it was because people didn't have the support or the infrastructure to support remote developers as they needed. Also, the company did it because there was so much demand for it, but executive leadership wasn't really sold on it. They didn't have the technology to support reliable one on one meetings either. Because people were so "face to face," it was also really hard for me to get answers when I was remote to a quick question.
A lot of this changes when the culture is built around remote work. For the most part, my current company has a culture of quickly responding during your work hours. Our conferencing software is reliable. If Slack isn't good enough for collaboration, people are totally willing to jump on a conference call casually. Also, because I am an extrovert who also values (too much) my own productivity, I used to get stressed out working in a billable setting and getting distracted talking at the coffee machine. Losing that hour when I was billable really stressed me out.
Now, as I am starting side hustles, I have seen even more value out of working remote. I am able to focus on those side hustles while still having some semblance of balance in my life since I don't spend 1-3 hours a day commuting.
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Considering I am an extrovert, when I started working remotely I thought I would hate it.
Surprisingly to me, I have loved it. I think that I lucked out with a company that knew how to do it right, which made it a lot more enjoyable.
When I hated remote - it was because people didn't have the support or the infrastructure to support remote developers as they needed. Also, the company did it because there was so much demand for it, but executive leadership wasn't really sold on it. They didn't have the technology to support reliable one on one meetings either. Because people were so "face to face," it was also really hard for me to get answers when I was remote to a quick question.
A lot of this changes when the culture is built around remote work. For the most part, my current company has a culture of quickly responding during your work hours. Our conferencing software is reliable. If Slack isn't good enough for collaboration, people are totally willing to jump on a conference call casually. Also, because I am an extrovert who also values (too much) my own productivity, I used to get stressed out working in a billable setting and getting distracted talking at the coffee machine. Losing that hour when I was billable really stressed me out.
Now, as I am starting side hustles, I have seen even more value out of working remote. I am able to focus on those side hustles while still having some semblance of balance in my life since I don't spend 1-3 hours a day commuting.