[adithyassekhar]

It hurts that I relate with this so much. I am wasting my 20s.

I see people who advocate for permanent wfh has plans with their social circle. Either already has a family or friends. Sucks to be the one trying to build a new life.

Btw, I don’t believe them a bit. All I see are rotten people who no longer speaks new things, or is a living instagram bot.

[ryandrake]

Different strokes for different folks at different stages in their lives. If I wrote OP's post 7 years ago before WFH, I'd have said: "on my death bed I'm going to realize I spent my life driving 2.5 hours each way to an office to type into a machine and to maintain physical proximity to people I don't really like or dislike. It's just so gruesomely UNNECESSARY."

[butlike]

I can see your point. Right now, it's really on the opposite spectrum of how it used to be. Forced commute + interaction vs. forced isolation. Sure either side could take steps to mitigate, like renting the "quiet cubicle" on the one side or "working from a coffee shop" on the other, but as it stands, "WFH" is really the downswing of the "commute to office" upswing.

[drchickensalad]

Ok let's be honest 2.5 hours each way is an abomination and I bet most people who hate their WFH situation prefer it over that shit.

[adithyassekhar]

Oh absolutely. I take my comment back.

[abalashov]

I just turned 40 and am right there with you. I speak out of both sides of the mouth, having been a self-employed beneficiary of remote work since _my_ early 20s -- I was doing the digital nomad thing before it got very common. However, when I think about regrets and life choices about occupation, it's the foreclosing on in-person camaraderie and socialisation that tops the list.

[butlike]

It's hard trying to build a new life out there, but we have to keep our heads up. We CAN make it better