In a world that is dominated by the World Wide Web, I find it amazing that so many companies still want all workers to be confined to some cubicle in a high rise office building in the city. There are supporters of both schools of thought, I suppose. But having been a remote worker for nearly my entire career I couldn’t dream of going back to life in the Concrete Hell known as the City.
Why would I ever want to spend an hour and half or more commuting each way to my office each and every day, only to be forced to be exposed to others that I may or may not work alongside of very well? Sure, I can be friendly with just about anyone, but working alongside someone who likes to talk or chew gum and I think I would take that big plunge from the roof to the concrete below before I ever got my first paycheck. It’s just not me.
I much prefer my little office here in the middle of a very remote part of Texas. Continue reading →