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I love it. I spread 8 hours of work each day across more like a 12 hour day (5 AM MST - 5 PM MST), giving me tons of breaks while actually improving my availability to my team worldwide, as I'm not restricted to an 8 hour window. I can be working with someone in NYC at their 7 AM, while still talking to people in Vancouver in the middle of their afternoon. And I still have breakfast with my kids, lunch with my wife, go for a walk each morning, and have as much of a free evening as any office worker. My coding is done on my own schedule, in my own space, with my own music, set up the way I want it.

So I do recommend it, but it depends on who you work for - if they want you to sit at your desk for specific office hours, and be available instantly via Slack... or if they fill your entire day with calls, then you may as well go to an office, as that scenario I just described isn't possible.




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