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Welcome to Lifestyle and Leisure! A place that provides a space for members to engage in discussions about aspects that go beyond our technical expertise and shared tech interest.

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hobbies
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personal development
time management strategies
philosophy, in technology or otherwise

A place to seek advice and share accomplishments regarding:

finding motivation
dealing with burnout
work-life balance
improving relationships
seeking personal fulfillment
managing stress caused by our association and interest in technology

Also delve into topics like:

remote work
freelancing
entrepreneurship
career growth and advice
and general lifestyle discussions.

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What are some advantages and challenges you've experienced while working remotely? (self.lifestyle)

submitted 1 year ago by varsock to c/lifestyle

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If you didn't get a choice to work remote, how come?

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[–] varsock 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've clawed back 1.5 hours a day and save roughly $100 a week on commuting costs. As for challenges, I've had much more friction when needing to access work resources remotely. A pet peeve of mine is the lag when needing to access VMs on prem. I know, I know, a first world problem. But if you had to debug and sift through logs as much as I have to, you'd rage too. :)

I am also mildly stressed because this is not a permanent arrangement and it can change at a moments notice.

[–] firelizzard 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This might not be feasible for you, but Visual Studio Code supports remote development. It more or less runs the GUI on your local PC and runs all the language services, debuggers, etc on the remote machine. That doesn't eliminate lag, but it certainly can improve it.

[–] varsock 2 points 1 year ago

thanks for the tip! Yes i use the remote development features of my IDE or work out of a terminal - when I learned about this it changed my world. Input lag still blows but is much better. I, unfortunately, sometimes have to look at dashboards and navigate them. In those instances I port forward so the UI elements are loaded locally by my machine, and the only lag is server response time. But keeping track of all ports i've forwarded, plus makng sure the tunnels don't die - these things are like pebbles in your shoe.