kevin_standlee | (Reply)

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One of the ways I've been lucky is how I eased into remote working. It goes clear back to when I lived in Fremont, commuting to the San Mateo highlands. At one point I did a deal with my then manager that I could telecommute on Fridays; then also in case of significant traffic issues on he San Mateo Bridge; then on any Spare the Air days. My work location changed a few times after that as the company moved me around, and for a while no telecommuting was allowed because my manager at the time was someone who wanted to keep an eye on everyone. But then things changed again, I was transferred to a team whose staff was strung out from Fremont to the US Midwest to Atlanta to Ireland and the Netherlands. I bought the house in Fernley along that time and my managers progressively let me spend more and more time working from there, and when my manager transferred to Portland, he said, "You might as well work from home all of the time, then," since he was the last person with whom I was directly working. Thus the current lockdown doesn't change how I work as I've been doing this for years. Almost every day I'm boggled by how fortunate I've been and how technology has changed from twenty-five years ago making it even possible for me to do my job this way.