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seganddr | 5 years ago

Those issues you described can be resolved with $300 in retail purchases: noise canceling headphones, a wifi router, and an Ikea style desk. Add $100 for a decent office chair. It is not an unreasonable amount of money in most of the USA.

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JadeNB|5 years ago

"Not an unreasonable amount" various heavily, not just from location to location, but from person to person and circumstance to circumstance. With all the other barriers to employment in skilled disciplines, should it now be a requirement for employment that you have enough liquid cash to pay for setting up your own office?

jachee|5 years ago

> should it now be a requirement for employment that you have enough liquid cash to pay for setting up your own office?

Any firm worth working for will have this as either a stipend, or otherwise handled as part of hiring remote workers. Any one that doesn't make it easy and cheap to be comfortable and productive remotely will miss out on talent because of that.

foogazi|5 years ago

That’s like a carpenter showing up for work without tools

Is it really impossible to invest in the tools of your trade?