Well, I officially joined the “home owner’s club” (I made up the name) by injuring myself while doing home repair/improvement.
While drilling a hole for a rivit, I continued to drill a little hole in my thumb. Luckily its not too deep. Only blead for a little while. Isn’t owning a home great?
I need to be more careful with my hands as they are indirectly my source of income (without my hands/fingers, I can’t type, therefore I wouldn’t be a very effective tech lead).
Today, I’m working from home.
I’m torn between the convience of working from home and the convience of working with someone. Seems that most everyone is scattered around at different locations so I’m while at work I don’t really see anyone.
Of course my managers want me at work, but why? The point of my physical presense is so I can be part of a team. Well, I only see 2 people from my team, all the rest are: 1. In the building but not on my floor. 2. In meetings all day. 3. In another state. 4. In another country!
I enjoy working with people. My schooling made that ingrained in me. Sometimes its impossible to visualize something over IM or email, so being in the same location is required (I had to visit the customer to review the UI a few times).
Where is the future of corporate life? Telecommuniting? Video conferencing (AHHAHAHAHA)? Remote desktop sharing?