From: utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!smb
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: Working at home
Article-I.D.: unc.3773
Posted: Sun Aug  1 13:51:26 1982
Received: Mon Aug  2 01:38:48 1982


I don't find working at home to be an unmixed blessing.  For one thing,
it's often too easy to get distracted by things like my SF collection.
If I'm not in the mood to work on something that *must* be done, being
at home can be the worst thing for the project.

More importantly, when I'm working at home constantly I get lonely.  I
don't find 'mail' to be a subsitute for face-to-face conversation, either
professionally or socially.  I need the informal personal interactions to
keep me functional, and a terminal just doesn't cut it.  (To be sure, when
the net is down for a few days I miss my contacts with all you folks out
there in network land as well.)


		--Steve