[ThrowMeAwayOkay]

Working 100% remote (software dev) for about a year and a half. 15 years in various offices before that. I can’t imagine having to get up extra early, get ready, drive across town, park, walk into the office, settle into my open office air space, finally get working...then reverse the process at the end of the day.

A recruiter cold called me recently on a local full time dev position at a big bank. He asked “...how do you feel about wearing a tie to work?”

[austhrow743]

Not only is that all dead time but since starting to work for myself I've found that the hours right after I've just woken up, assuming no alarm clock was involved, are the most productive I have.

I wake up, put on pants and a shirt, walk over to my office, and just dive right in. I'm not historically a person that does that. I waffle about and waste a tremendous amount of time. But now it just sets the tone for my whole day as productive. By the time I'm eating breakfast or dealing with another person, I've knocked out a few hours of work. It's just a really good position to be approaching the day from, like no matter whatever happens to it now it at least wasn't a waste.

Turns out my problem isn't so much that I'm just generally not that productive so much as once I start faffing about I struggle to stop.

[PopeDotNinja]

The thing about office jobs these days is you usually have multiple locations and people working from home. Working in the office is still working remote. It's kind of a waste.