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I tried it in a previous job and I wasn't strict enough for it too work. I would goof off more in the day and do my work at night.
When the job was more to support the database in working hours I can say that job it didn't last too long.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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My current position also has 1-2 days a week WFH but it can be extended if needed like this week when my kids are out of school for "fall break".
I will be glad to get back to the office next week. WFH is nice but even this misanthrope has found he needs face to face coworker contact.
You do have to be disciplined in your work ethic though, it's very tempting and easy to get distracted but when you get focused you can find yourself working longer than you might if you were in the office.
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StampedePress wrote: I'm rather early in my career,
I urge you to reconsider working from home at this point in your career. While it definitely has its pros, there are downsides to WFH that you should be cognizant of.
- WFH makes you invisible to hallway meetings and impromptu technical decisions (more correctly, potential decisions).
- IMHO, you learn less from your colleagues when not physically in their presence.
- Unless you're an experienced and "indispensable" member of a team, you risk becoming redundant or losing opportunities that would otherwise may be available to you when present at your physical work location.
/ravi
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I'm not going to try to sell you on the merits - the pros outweight the cons, and it sounds like you don't need any convincing.
I've been doing it since September 2007, so 9 years this month. Our group still meets at an office once a week to discuss how things are progressing, whether anyone's stuck on something, project planning that requires face-to-face discussions, etc - although when we're busy putting the final touch on a new release and such, we might skip a week or two (or three).
We have a daily 5-10 (max) minute call over Skype early in the morning, and we all make ourselves available during "normal" office hours (primarily, again, Skype). Email client (fetching email from my work account only) is running all the time--nobody but my coworkers has my work email. That reduces a lot of the noise. We all have a VPN connection back to the office. Something that can do screen sharing is a must (again, Skype's sufficient here most of the time, although it doesn't seem to scale as nicely as GoToMeeting).
The key is self-discipline. I'm not on Twatter or Facebag, so there's a lot of the distraction others suffer from simply gone. Friends and relatives have all been told they should contact me during the workday only if they have something so important that they'd try to reach me just the same at an office if I was working away from home--when you explain it to them from that perspective, most people are smart enough to understand. Those who aren't, by their action aren't worth picking up the phone for.
[Edit]
Ravi brings up some great points - although in my case, we all work from home, boss included, so that levels the playing field, in the sense that nobody's "disadvantaged" by not being there.
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My current position is 100% remote (I am in FL, job is in VA) and I have been at tit for about 6 months. All respondents had good recommendations, and I agree with them. I miss the face-to-face meetings in the halls, and even though we do a standup every morning, I find that I have no faces to names. Slack helps a lot, I find it much better than skype (or Lync - whatever the flavor is now). And knowing when to call it a day can be hard - I recently put in three days of 8AM to midnight runs; but sometimes ya just gotta.
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When I first started working where I am now, I was WFH nearly 100%; I found that it was much harder working from him as I felt honor bound to really stick to it vs., whilst in the office environment, a chat over coffee or stretch-walk is quite OK. Aside from travel, the day goes much quicker when not at home. Also, the snacking is very strongly reduced.
These days, I reserve WFH for when I don't think it's safe or sane to go in (bad storms/hurricanes, piled snow on roadways, etc.).
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With few exceptions, I think working at home arrangements don't work very well. The amount of information you get by chance meetings and/or by overhearing something can be quite extensive. I've also found that it does a disservice to those who don't work at home and need help of some type or another.
Though often a cliche, but synergy can be real, but rarely happens when people aren't interacting.
(I've been at jobs where I figured something out only by overhearing another conversation.)
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Thanks for so many great replies.
Currently my whole team is spread across the country so going into the office is mainly a social event. Unfortunately I don't get that much mentoring as a result but I have been able to work with some great people. Unfortunately my current job won't allow for expanding my time working from home, which leads me to my next question..
Are there any jobs which are more suited for WFH? Or at least have the most openings for the best salary.
I really would like to make the transition into it 100%, or at least 4 out of 5 days. Would trying to transition to more Cloud Engineer or Network Engineer work offer more opportunities? I love working with VM's, Linux and Managing Backups. Any suggestions?
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I prefer the air-conditioning and company at an office, as long as the commute isn't unbearable, which it easily is.
Follow my adventures with .NET Core at my new blog, http://erisia.com/.
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I also have to deal with the Legacy code one too 
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Oh yes, the last one is the story of my life. Lucky I've configured Posh-Git on PowerShell to always use NotePad++, and my Debian and Ubuntu VM's have user friendly (sensible) editors.
Follow my adventures with .NET Core at my new blog, http://erisia.com/.
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But despite my best efforts, Win7 has not pissed me off since I installed it.
(However, Microsoft can still suck my balls.)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
modified 30-Sep-16 9:47am.
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Win is the least offensive of the list.
When I hear the intro to twilight zone I think of Win10...we have taken control of your machine...
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Except with MS, it more like 'do not attempt to adjust your default applications'.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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I'm sure somebody could dig something up.
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Win 7? I don't like that it has recently insisted that I use large icons in Explorer rather than medium icons. 
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The Windows Update service has been disabled.
Came back from having a bit of a sit around the TV with the kids to find my computer had rebooted itself. Stupid c***s at microsoft think asking me for working hours is a valid question. It's not like I work for myself and therefore don't have set hours. It's not like they could ask me to reboot or advise they will at a set time.
No. It's just boom and it's gone. So go get a dead dog up ya, ya curry munching f***! Bring back Ballmer. That fat sweaty f*** was an order of magnitude better than you. And while your at bring back the old pompous microsoft from the 80's. Before they went all Gen Y and so gay that Freddie Mercury looked manly in comparison.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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... and breathe ...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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He's Australian, cursing for him is breathing. It's when he doesn't curse that he starts chocking (not that us Italians are much better in that sense).
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: not that us Italians are much better in that sense
Yeah, but you do it with much more stylish gesticulations! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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