I’ve been working at home for a couple years now, for two different companies. It’s been great; the “road construction” and “first snowfall of the year” and “thunderstorms” that make Twin Cities commuting such a nightmare are pretty much non-factors for me.
Knock wood.
In the previous couple of jobs, I worked in a combination of “Open Offices” – the “airplane hangar”-style office layout so in vogue these days, which is really just a throwback to the 1940s-stylie institutional office – and, worse, the “war room” concept that’s become the fad among those subscribing to this year’s model for software development, the creaky, plodding, dinosaur called with whimisical irony “Agile”.
The only thing I miss about working in an office is…well, people, The right people, at the right time, anyway. And even that’s OK. I’ve had to get a lot more diligent about organizing a social life, which is also good.
Anyway – I’m very much hoping the trend continues. And while any trend will get to Minnesota years after the coast, there is hope.
It would really be a hoot if, due to telecommuting, people once again got to spend their workday in close proximity to their families and in close-knit neighborhoods. Not everybody gets to do it, especially those who deal with hardware, but wow, it would be cool.
the “war room” concept that’s become the fad among those subscribing to this year’s model for software development, the creaky, plodding, dinosaur called with whimisical irony “Agile”.
Heh, the dev team I work with (doing QA/testing….please kill me now) absolutely swears by Agile. They said it was uncomfortable going from a waterfall mindset to an Agile mindset, but they all would scream bloody murder if Optum switched back to waterfall mode.