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I've been working remotely for over 20 years, and last week I accepted a position[^] that requires being on-site (with management discretion on a case by case basis for telecommuting  )
So why did I do this? Because:
- it looks like a great company
- the people I met were smart, articulate, and had themselves been there for many many years, indicating that they really liked working there.
- I'll be working with peers, something I rarely experience as a solo remote worker, and I am really looking forward to that. (That doesn't mean I don't love working with hardware engineers, satellite designers, boat yard managers, or people in the "entertainment" industry, but with regards to the tech itself, it's been 25 years since I've worked together with people whose career is software development.)
- I'll be working with Microsoft tech (C#, SQL Server, etc.) which is my passion. Python is fine, I actually enjoy using Python on single board computers, but I really cringe at the idea of using Python for back-end work. Granted, when I installed Django and played around around with it, I actually found Python/Django a very pleasant experience. But it's still a script language, and runtime debugging of syntax errors still sucks.
- Hopefully the management (and my peers) will be considerably saner than where I have been working.
So, it'll be a 30 to 40 minute (fortunately pleasant, from what I've seen, hardly any traffic, the benefits of living in a rural town and commuting only to the outskirts of the Albany area) commute, listening to liberal biased NPR on the drive (oops, I said this wasn't going to be a political post) or maybe just driving in the silence of my own biased thoughts, haha.
Marc
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Looks like a great company. Best of luck with the position.
"This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedivere. Explain to me again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes"
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Mel Padden wrote: Best of luck with the position.
Thanks! I am going to endeavor this time to keep a daily journal, from day one! Something I've always wanted to do and have never been disciplined enough to do so.
Marc
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Daily Journal? Good luck with that!
Myself? I cannot seem to even keep a daily pocket calendar through to mid-January. I'd like to - it can become a journal, I suppose.
Discipline? For some reason I can't seem to extend it beyond where it turned up on its own.
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Marc Clifton wrote: daily journal
Not that I have any experience or success with keeping a journal, but my immediate thought was "start small, just a few sentences, highlights, ..."
Best of luck with the position!
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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"Copyright © 2010"
Yeah, it looks it 
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I'd only gone about 15 years as a contractor.
My current employer had me on as a contractor (my request, long story) until just short of two years ago. I miss a few things about it: no need to see how much annual leave I've accumulated, short or long days, as needed, billing for when I work. And I'm 'exempt', so there's no overtime.
What I don't miss:
- Filling out an long set of tax forms so I can give myself my own money (as a distribution)- it was easier when I could count as 'sole proprietor' but the tax laws changed.
- Paying double FICA as now I'm the employer, too. Not paying that's like a 6% raise.
- No paid holidays.
Besides being around people, which should help everyone get better ideas, you do get to see a few of the perks (FICA/2, PTO, simplified taxes).
In theory, this should be what they call 'good times'
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W∴ Balboos wrote: In theory, this should be what they call 'good times'
Indeed. My current remote work is W2, which as you said, has been like a pay raise. The new work is contract-to-hire but is W2. The pay rate will actually result in a pay increase, offset by the fact that I'll be paying my own health insurance for now plus the gas / wear&tear on the car, pretty much offsets the pay raise.
Marc
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Talk radio is nice; most of my day at work is spent listening to talk radio instead of music.
(whilst commuting, I listen to music)
I'd rather be phishing!
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I do the same but in reverse... talk radio on the commute, music at work. ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
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Maximilien wrote: most of my day at work is spent listening to talk radio
Ack - I can't listen to people talking on the radio and thinking about programming problems at the same time. 
Marc
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Maximilien wrote: most of my day at work is spent listening to talk radio
That explains a lot...
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Admit it, you just got lonely!
Hopefully you will enjoy the experience. After 20 years away from an office environment you may find many things have changed. Make sure they send you on the new office behaviour courses!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: Admit it, you just got lonely!
There is that. I've been surrounded by anti-Microsoft people for two years now, and it gets tiring.
Forogar wrote: Make sure they send you on the new office behaviour courses!
Yeah, this:
Farm Family's agents and employees adhere to a strict code of ethics
from their website has me worried! 
Marc
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Nelek wrote: You were doing pr0n?
Not the film kind. The "club" kind. Recent project.[^]
Marc
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Congrats and good luck. Hope all goes well for you with this new endeavor.
modified 11-Nov-16 11:07am.
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Slacker007 wrote: Hope all goes will for you with this new endeavor.
You'll know, one way or the other! 
Marc
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Good luck with the new gig, Marc! 
/ravi
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Very appropriate. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif) :poppy:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Five minutes? Is that all of your time I can waste?
And only two escalations? Bah!
I dunno ... time was when a scammer could be kept going to half an hour. I blame the parents, you know.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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They got wise to you, change your tack a bit and half and hour should be achievable again.
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A polar bear?
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