with a lot of code to write, little to test on hardware and not needing a lot of one-on-one time with other engineers, combined with the ailing back and riding painkillers the last few weeks, i've worked at home a lot lately. of course, with approval from the ol' boss.
there's obviously pros & cons. i can't really complain about working from home on a nice 70 degree friday afternoon. i've got a nice setup with work running on one computer, and fun stuff like IM and iTunes on the other. windows (that would be like real windows, y'know made out of glass?) open, and i've got an iTunes smart playlist shuffling what i call "AltRock Middle School" which for me means only playing alternative rock from 1993-1995. now and then i'll have a song come on that instantly takes me back to riding the bus in 8th grade, heh.
the screenshot from my yahoo! traffic dashboard widget you see included with this post reminded me of one of the definite perks of working from home -- not having to drive. i only live 15-minutes-on-a-bad-day away from work, so traffic doesn't impact me that much. still, traffic sucks, and i'm glad i'm not dealing with it. i guess all in all, i'd take a pain-free back and 15 minutes of traffic over what i've got at the moment, but eh, whatever.
happy weekend.
--j
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