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Not going back to the office

After working from home for the most part of the year I don't think I could work from the office anymore. The productivity boost and focus I get at home is great. And on top of that the free time saved from commuting is a real luxury.

I believe it's good for the company too. There is always some wasted time at the office socializing and doing other non work related things. 

Standing activity

Since I got my home office fully equipped and been working remote for there 100 percent of the time I have been standing a lot more than before. Now I don't spend 2 or 3 days sitting on a couch anymore.

The adjustable standing desk is great. I can stand, sit on a saddle chair or a regular one altering between different postures. I try to stand as much as possible, but it gets surprisingly heavy on the feet after a while. Especially when not having anything cushioning the soles. When I get tires I sit down for a while on the saddle. It's still better than outright sitting.

Expanding networks

Networking is an important part at today's work world. Unfortunately I'm pretty bad at it. But the most meaningful connections are made between people you have studied or worked with. Changing jobs is one of the best ways to gain a bunch of new people to your network.

Of course I don't want to do that either. I've been at my current job for eight years now which is relatively long in this industry. But I have no intention to leave. So no new networking opportunities either.

More relaxing than vacation

Most of the Finland, especially the IT industry is on vacation throughout the July. I instead opted to have my vacation a bit earlier and have been working most of the month already while others have been gone. Sure there are downsides like being a bit lonely and of course having some on-call duties (voluntarily, as a second tier if needed).

Back to remote work

It's always a bit hard to get back to work mode after vacation. Even for the kinds like me who love their jobs. At least normally the change of environment from home to office can ease this transition. 

Now there isn't even that possibility as our fully remote work recommendations continue. While it's not strictly forbidden to go to the office, during this time of the year it's mostly empty anyway. Feels a bit pointless to visit the empty office just for the sake of getting that context switch done.

The fateful day

Our company co-op negotiations ended yesterday and the people affected should have been notified today. Everybody else needs to wait until tomorrow for the official announcements. Unless, of course, somebody wants to share on their own or asking directly from those who were involved.

Vacation, day 2

It's only the second day of my vacation and I've already done the biggest task I was planning to get done during this time. What shall I do for the rest of the time? At least I'm not yet urging to get back to work. 

Hard times, hard measures

The current pandemic situation didn't seem to affect our industry at first. Only a few of our customers were immediately affected by it.

That didn't last long though. Those customers not directly affected were also starting to scale down their development. To be better prepared for possible recession.

Easiest job ever

Almost half a year into my latest position and I have become into realization that this is probably the easiest job I've ever had. Despite all the responsibility and high level stuff I need to manage it still feels unreasonably easy.

Half a year ago I wouldn't have believed anything like this. It looked like the biggest challenge so far in my career. A lot of new things I had never done before, or at least not much.

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