| Tools of the trade: - Logitech BRIO - Spend a lot of money on a good monitor (whatever you think is the limit, double it) - Spend even more money on an awesome desk chair (Herman Miller Aereon for me) - If you don't already have one, get a big big desk. Simple, no drawers, but one that you can have a little bit of clutter without it becoming impossible to work on. A simple $50 ikea desk will do. - Decent over-ear headphones (I'm rocking some Audio Technica whatever whatevers) Audio recording is good through the Brio, visual quality is great. Decent over-ears means you aren't disturbing people around you (if they exist).
Overall I would recommend developing the mental discipline to work out of your own place. Its just so much better than awkwardly sitting at some random coffee shop with some horrible little seat that hurts after 45 minutes. Social/behavior: - Always be online/available during your hours of work, i.e. don't fuck around. Seriously. Don't necessarily always be online on chat things (Slack, Rocket.Chat, whatever...) but actually be doing work most of the time when you're either working from home/working remotely. - Early on, develop a reputation for being very quick at 1) building new stuff, 2) debugging problems, and 3) iterating on existing code. Usually people have some kind of niche, and unusually people are good at all 3. Be that unusual person that is good at everything, if possible. - Raise concerns early on, don't feel shy because you're behind a monitor. This will earn you respect of your higher-ups that kind of expect to be informed of whats going on. Just for fun:
Here's 2 pics that show my setup. Works for me, might not work for you: https://imgur.com/a/vD8Toge Anyways have fun & get work done! :) |