Well from what I've seen in the office I wouldn't trust a lot of those people to do any work outside of the office either.
I worked at home once for a few months...didn't like it & went back. Then I quit and started freelancing...you get used to your own schedule it just takes a while. At first I thought I was going to go crazy, now I am okay with it, but I work way too much, and I need a maid but I can't stand maids coming in and stealing God knows what, so my house is this big mess all the time.
But seriously there are a lot of people at work, who don't work unless someone is telling them what to do constantly, I was a manager (wasn't my idea) for a couple years and finding people that actually worked without being asked, "Are you working? How long have you been sending out personal emails? I told you this morning I needed, X,Y&Z done...have you worked on it yet?" is not as easy as you think it would be. I mean some of these people are just unbelievably, arrogant and lazy. When they get a big head, they think you can't fire them so they just turn into total a-holes. Personally if I had had my choice I would have fired all of them, but it wasn't up to me.
I think techies (that are self starters) should work from home or some other isolated place, they get more work done and can learn more...etc. on their own. But they have to be able to have some kind of discipline within themselves. Not everyone does.
You know that is really insulting.
The problem with a lot of men, and I don't just say geeks because in my experience geeks are nicer than average men. Is that they don't think women are people too.
Well we are. Just like you. And I find your hooker and concubine etc...postings very sexist. If you think it is "safe" to talk about women like this here...you are wrong, there are women here reading this too.
But that's probably why women don't like this industry, there are quite q few men out there that don't like women and think women are stupid. Not based on any actual facts of course. But as a woman I can tell you right now that most women think men are the ones that are stupid, pretty much as a rule. I mean you guys are supposed to be so friggin smart and you act like 11 year olds. Maybe you are...?
I mean face it, men just don't have the two halves of their brains connected like we women do, that's why we are smarter and you guys are just clueless most of the time.
And if I had to deal with people like the ones posting here...I think it would be worth 5 grand a week and would actually be EASIER BEING A HOOKER! At least a hooker wouldn't have to act like she respected you in any way.
Well as one of the very few women in the tech field I think I have an advantage because we are supposed to be better at that sort of thing.
And I've noticed many, many of my fellow workers are REALLY a mess when it comes to organizing and they seem to decide what to work on first, by who might be yelling the loudest at that particular moment.
At one point in my life I simply did not work until I was orgainized. Well, no more. My desk looks like a tornado hit it and my files are piles!
But the one thing I still do that saves my butt every time is I sit down first thing (usually when I feel overwhelmed and am not sure what to do) and write a list of every single thing I want to do that day. Usually this list is longer than the day but I write it all down anyway. And you have to write everything..even if it isn't work, like making a doctor appt or anything.
Then I number each thing. Sometimes I have to renumber as I remember various things I forgot to add, but the numbering is what saves me. So that is what I recommend because it is easy and fast and works really well. You can even do it with a messy desk.
Then you simply work on #1, cross it off, #2, cross it off...etc.
Also if you lose this paper later, you can just create your list again.
Another thing I had to do was stop checking my email so often. If you just check a few times a day you might save a lot of time too. Some of my fellow techies have gotten so disorganized that they stopped checking their E-mail and that really was a disaster, so you should check it at least once a day.
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Well from what I've seen in the office I wouldn't trust a lot of those people to do any work outside of the office either. I worked at home once for a few months...didn't like it & went back. Then I quit and started freelancing...you get used to your own schedule it just takes a while. At first I thought I was going to go crazy, now I am okay with it, but I work way too much, and I need a maid but I can't stand maids coming in and stealing God knows what, so my house is this big mess all the time. But seriously there are a lot of people at work, who don't work unless someone is telling them what to do constantly, I was a manager (wasn't my idea) for a couple years and finding people that actually worked without being asked, "Are you working? How long have you been sending out personal emails? I told you this morning I needed, X,Y&Z done...have you worked on it yet?" is not as easy as you think it would be. I mean some of these people are just unbelievably, arrogant and lazy. When they get a big head, they think you can't fire them so they just turn into total a-holes. Personally if I had had my choice I would have fired all of them, but it wasn't up to me. I think techies (that are self starters) should work from home or some other isolated place, they get more work done and can learn more...etc. on their own. But they have to be able to have some kind of discipline within themselves. Not everyone does.
You know that is really insulting. The problem with a lot of men, and I don't just say geeks because in my experience geeks are nicer than average men. Is that they don't think women are people too. Well we are. Just like you. And I find your hooker and concubine etc...postings very sexist. If you think it is "safe" to talk about women like this here...you are wrong, there are women here reading this too. But that's probably why women don't like this industry, there are quite q few men out there that don't like women and think women are stupid. Not based on any actual facts of course. But as a woman I can tell you right now that most women think men are the ones that are stupid, pretty much as a rule. I mean you guys are supposed to be so friggin smart and you act like 11 year olds. Maybe you are...? I mean face it, men just don't have the two halves of their brains connected like we women do, that's why we are smarter and you guys are just clueless most of the time. And if I had to deal with people like the ones posting here...I think it would be worth 5 grand a week and would actually be EASIER BEING A HOOKER! At least a hooker wouldn't have to act like she respected you in any way.
Well as one of the very few women in the tech field I think I have an advantage because we are supposed to be better at that sort of thing. And I've noticed many, many of my fellow workers are REALLY a mess when it comes to organizing and they seem to decide what to work on first, by who might be yelling the loudest at that particular moment. At one point in my life I simply did not work until I was orgainized. Well, no more. My desk looks like a tornado hit it and my files are piles! But the one thing I still do that saves my butt every time is I sit down first thing (usually when I feel overwhelmed and am not sure what to do) and write a list of every single thing I want to do that day. Usually this list is longer than the day but I write it all down anyway. And you have to write everything..even if it isn't work, like making a doctor appt or anything. Then I number each thing. Sometimes I have to renumber as I remember various things I forgot to add, but the numbering is what saves me. So that is what I recommend because it is easy and fast and works really well. You can even do it with a messy desk. Then you simply work on #1, cross it off, #2, cross it off...etc. Also if you lose this paper later, you can just create your list again. Another thing I had to do was stop checking my email so often. If you just check a few times a day you might save a lot of time too. Some of my fellow techies have gotten so disorganized that they stopped checking their E-mail and that really was a disaster, so you should check it at least once a day.