[pmiller2]

That's interesting. I also find it pretty miserable, mostly due to the isolation. I kind of feel like a microservice that takes JIRA tickets as input and outputs code these days.

My home office is great: nice desk, chair, good lighting, extra monitor, more than enough space. The literal work facilities are certainly better here for me than at the office. I just miss seeing coworkers, and I even miss my train ride a bit (that used to be my reading time).

And, yes, I live by myself (with my dog, fortunately).

[civilized]

I'm married with kids and, pandemic or no, I perpetually feel like a microservice that receives child demands and outputs dining and entertainment services.

[Roritharr]

Perfectly described. Had a good laugh, thanks from someone in your situation.

[ALittleLight]

>I kind of feel like a microservice that takes JIRA tickets as input and outputs code

Dream job in my opinion. I personally hate interacting with coworkers and meetings.

[solipsism]

Yep. Just like I don't want my life insurance to be dependent on my job, I also don't want my social life to be. It's not healthy, it works in favor of the employer by making people more attached to their jobs, and we shouldn't optimize for it.

[Consultant32452]

I'm sorry this is happening to you. This isn't what remote work is really like. Before covid you could easily make the rounds to a few local cafes to work at from time to time and also you could hang out with friends after work. All of that was taken away at once and we won't fully understand the mental health ramifications for years, if ever.

[tikhonj]

> I kind of feel like a microservice that takes JIRA tickets as input and outputs code these days.

That sounds like a symptom of a deeper problem—insufficient autonomy? no "seat at the table"?—that is, at most, being exacerbated by remote work. What specifically about your culture makes you feel this way? What makes you feel this way more now than previously?

[pmiller2]

Well, that wasn't a literal description of my job. I was exaggerating a bit for effect, to emphasize the isolation bit.

Like many of us, I have wide latitude in exactly how I go about meeting the requirements of the project I'm on, and I have some amount of freedom in choosing those projects. My manager is not looking over my shoulder at how many LOC I commit.

What's causing me to feel this way is a combination of isolation, every fucking thing that's happened in 2020, and my deteriorating mental health as a result. I may not last another year in a remote work + COVID environment.

[solipsism]

This seems to be lumping a lot of things into remote work that really shouldn't be. There is universal isolation now, for most of us. But post-COVID you presumably won't be so isolated, even if you were working from home.

[BossingAround]

> I kind of feel like a microservice that takes JIRA tickets as input and outputs code these days.

What made it feel any different in the past?