Remote Work Transforms You Into Your Best Version.
And why you should keep working remotely.
Being a software developer, remote work has been an attractive perk in my career decisions. It gives you the chance to work from different places, maybe different countries, helping you to better exploit your time.
Pause. This sounds amazing, I know. But I’d like to reflect a second on the real matter: how is this going change my work quality?
I never thought about it before the COVID-19, because I never spent more than a month constantly working from home. Even if during the time spent working at Codeworks I learned some techniques to be an efficient remote worker (which they’re now utilizing themselves, as all their boot camps are remote during Covid-19), I never faced a so long period of remote work. And it brought out some interesting lessons which help me to move on as a professional developer, to realize what really matters while working.
What’s your space?
On the table of your kitchen or under the sun on your terrace, this is the most personal aspect. Everyone has a different posture preference, light condition, and environmental sounds which increase (or reduce) the focus while working, and it is our duty to experiment and find the right spot.
For me, the perfect place results to be my kitchen, because there is a combination of natural light and natural sounds which make me feel focused on my tasks.
Find a good time
Last week, I was challenged with a refactor involving performance-sensitive operations at my current job. It was difficult, and I spent the first half of the week struggling with it with poor results.
Also last week, I spent awake the night waiting for news from the hospital while my sister was giving birth to her son, and I found working a couple of hours could have helped me stay awake.
Absurdly, maybe because of the late hours or the I’ll take it easy mood, all the missing pieces of the puzzle to solve that problem started to come…
