Myths About Working From Home

Rob Sanheim lists out five common myths about working from home (via Blogging Pro). I qualify to agree with them because these days I am truly working from home. I would add one more that a lot of my friends think of - no need of discipline and process. I say they are more important while working from home, since you do not have your colleagues to motivate you and keep you focused. It is easy to sway between extremes of only work and only home and this balance is extremely important to be productive. This has given me a good chance to experiment with processes and develop my own. It is mostly eXtreme Programming (XP), but customized for my work and my preferences. And yes, I do keep timesheets, for myself. They turn into a real treasure to dig into some months later. They help you realise patterns in your work and help create reusable solutions. Process design is really interesting, and if done right it is pretty powerful too.