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Working From Home - Impacts of Coronavirus
coppice:
--- Quote from: Ranayna on March 19, 2020, 03:00:22 pm ---Now I am actually missing something at the moment. The office was always quite busy (which is somewhat of a disadvantage if you need to concentrate), but I am honestly missing the banter... Now the silence makes it difficult to focus. :-//
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There are several key things you need to get used to when you start working from home. The change in social interactions is certainly one. Another is self discipline in time management, as exemplified by
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Ranayna on March 19, 2020, 03:00:22 pm ---I wonder if we (humanity as a whole) will learn from this.
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I kind of doubt it.
And it depends on what kind of lesson you're thinking of. If it means a major change in our economic models - I highly doubt that. If it means getting more prepared to such events, then probably yes, a little bit. Maybe in western countries we'll get to the level they are at in asian countries. I doubt it will be much more than this.
Funnily enough, all the survivalists that used to look like weirdos to most of us now start looking a lot less ridiculous. Will we all prepare like they do though? Nah (and it wouldn't be possible IMO anyway on a large scale.)
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Black Phoenix on March 19, 2020, 03:20:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ranayna on March 19, 2020, 03:00:22 pm ---I wonder if we (humanity as a whole) will learn from this.
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Some will learn, most don't...
I kinda understand what you say, normally the IT and programmer guys are introvertive people. We like our space, if we have the computer we have everything we need to spend a day on, there is always something to do, something to check and something to fix.
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Yeah, many IT guys are like that. And even many engineers in general. But there's a wide gap between just liking your space, being not very social and being isolated. That's when they realize they're not as asocial as they thought.
Being confined looks a lot like home detention. I doubt anyone likes that.
coppice:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 19, 2020, 03:29:05 pm ---Being confined looks a lot like home detention. I doubt anyone likes that.
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That depends who you share your home with. I was working from home when we married, and my wife was a student. The flexibility that gave in how I allocated my time was just wonderful for a newly wed. If you aren't getting along well with the others in your house, or you live alone, you may find the opposite result. As with most things, one size does not fit all.
andy3055:
Working from home needs very strict discipline to keep at it and not get distracted which I could never do. In my case, I could be home alone and still get distracted! For that, I am glad to be retired. :horse:
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