It's not that unpopular of an opinion, just maybe it's unpopular within the HN demographic.
I work remote. I rent an office about 3 miles from my home. If I continue to work remotely for 10 years, my total cost in rent (which includes heating/cooling/electric/etc) will still be less than my family expected to pay to put an office-sized addition onto our house. My office also has fiber internet now which I cannot get at my home.
But the biggest benefit is that when I'm at the office, it's a separate place from home, so I do office things at the office and home things at home. The separate physical places really help my brain to context switch. Plus, trying to do work at home when the kids are also home, before/after school or on school breaks, is very difficult for me.
Its interesting to see all the comments about work/family separation. I am definitely not a role model in terms of maintaining a good split but I’m also not sure how possible it is for me as a nursing mum. Back when I was pumping, I had to think about that constantly through the day. And now I’m done with that but still nurse in the afternoons. Maybe once I’m done with pregnancy and nursing and all that, I’ll be able to have a clean switch.
I work remote. I rent an office about 3 miles from my home. If I continue to work remotely for 10 years, my total cost in rent (which includes heating/cooling/electric/etc) will still be less than my family expected to pay to put an office-sized addition onto our house. My office also has fiber internet now which I cannot get at my home.
But the biggest benefit is that when I'm at the office, it's a separate place from home, so I do office things at the office and home things at home. The separate physical places really help my brain to context switch. Plus, trying to do work at home when the kids are also home, before/after school or on school breaks, is very difficult for me.