I've changed my mind about office work

If you don't know, I've recently switched my job place. And now I'm officially a member of the CodePilots team. I still do develop cross-platform mobile apps using the Flutter framework, though.

I always thought that working from home was the best thing mankind had invented. I've never understood my friends who prefer office work. My main argument was that I didn't want to spend several hours in a traffic jam daily. So I was looking for a fully remote job. I even declined one job offer right after I knew that I would have to show up in an office at least three times a week*. By the way, the office was just about 15 minutes away from my place.

My new company allows me to work remotely as long as I want to, though there is an office in my city. This means that now I have an opportunity to work in an office while nobody is forcing me to do it.

Given this freedom of choice, I've decided to try to work a couple of days in the office. And it was a game-changer.

Here are a few advantages of working in the office compared to working remotely I've noticed so far:
- You're not sitting at home all alone all day long, letting your social skills slowly degrade. You go out. You meet a lot of new cool people with the same interests as yours in person. So, you can chat with them during the launch time.
- An office is a place where you don't need to gather all your willpower to get things done. You sit down - you work, just like everybody else in the room.
- Some people have small devils at home that don't allow them to concentrate on something besides their cry. Probably, an office is their "lifeboat."

The problem with transportation remains. Despite this, I started working in the office 3-4 days a week without noticing it.

The conclusion is that it's best when the company takes your interests into account and allows you to pick an option that works out best for you.

*people call it a hybrid work

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