Ask Slashdot: What Are Your Tips For Working From Home? 480
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ichard writes "In a couple of months I'm going to start working from home full-time. I've been thinking about the obvious things like workspace ergonomics, but I'm sure there are more subtle considerations involved in a zero-minute commute. What are other Slashdot readers' experiences and recommendations for working from home? How do you stay focused and motivated?"
Get past the wanking stage (Score:5, Funny)
Don't (Score:5, Funny)
Your wife and/or kids will not be able to understand that working hours mean you are unavailable. You will have to be a jerk to try to enforce your working hours, leading to the dumbest fights you've ever been in. Like the classic - "Why didn't you fold some laundry when you were on the phone?" That you were trying to concentrate on your biggest client is not an acceptable excuse.
Rent yourself a storage closet up the block, steal some wifi, and build yourself an office 3 minutes from home. AND DON'T TELL THEM WHERE YOU ARE.
I work from home and make $$$$$$$$$$ (Score:5, Funny)
First, I get up and fuck my wife.
Then I drink a bottle of scotch.
Then I program.
Then
I say Fuck you. I'm getting my work done.
Kiss my ass.
Re:Close the door. (Score:4, Funny)
Kim Dotcom, is that you?
Re:Have a morning routine (Score:4, Funny)
My brother-in-law has almost the very same routine. He gets up at the same time every day (about 10:45), thinks about showering for about three seconds, changes t-shirts, eats breakfast in front of the tv, eats lunch in front of the tv, has a massive dump, has a Red Bull at 3 to keep his strength up, goes outside to yell at the kids walking home from the bus stop, walks up to the packie for beer, starts drinking on the couch on his front porch, moves back inside before sunset and turns the tv back on, drinks himself stupider, and then calls it a good day's work.
He claims it's the transitions from home mode to work mode and back again that makes it doable.
Re:Close the door. (Score:2, Funny)
and ... padlock the fridge!!!
Re:Close the door. (Score:1, Funny)
Try to eat a couple of blotters of LSD and you *too* will understand why your mind needs silence to do *serious* work.
Re:Close the door. (Score:3, Funny)
Full service coffee shop? Clients LOVE it? I guess that means you give them happy ending...