[ikeda]

I find I'm much more productive outside of the home. At home it's too easy to interrupt yourself with non-work related chores. In the same respect I don't exercise at home, I go to the gym and get the workout done without distraction.

Since I don't work for a company per-se, everyday of the week I go to a different place to work -- libraries, cafes, and coworking spaces. Occasionally I meet with a friend who has the ability to work remotely -- we work together at cafes with wifi. Luckily, he's a programmer and we can share ideas like this article suggests.

At a regular office your forced to be with certain coworkers regardless of how valuable their ideas might be to you, or how pleasant they are to be around. I feel fortunate to be a part of the remote workforce in this way and feel it provides worthwhile benefits over the traditional workplace.

[icc97]

You're not completely forced, you can choose to move companies. So unless financially constrained, either you enjoy the company of the people you work with enough to stay there or you should move.

Also sometimes it takes a while to get to know people and you don't necessarily know ahead of time who that will be. Saying that I've had maybe one friend who I would still speak to 5 years after leaving a company.