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by ariofrio 2388 days ago
Why do you think it particularly undesirable to work from home during the early years of a career (as opposed to later years)? Genuinely curious.
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Some of the reasons:

You're probably coming out of an environment where you spent lots of time with lots of different people. Played sports with them, partied with them, studied with them, etc. Now you're going to spend your days in a possibly cramped apartment communicating over chat.

You're less likely to have the discipline or the experience to work on your own.

You may not have much of a separate social group where you're now living.

Obviously, everyone is a bit different. But I know I'm pretty happy to sit at home these days. I'm sure I would have hated it when I was starting out--and wouldn't have been nearly as effective.