Hello all! First post here. I've been a lurker for a long time and have enjoyed all the content.

I start a new gig working remote on Monday (second remote gig) I'm hoping it's better than the last one. How is everyone?

Great! Good luck on your gig! Looking forward to reading your experiences there.

May I ask how you find remote work? I don't want to sound like a snowflake but the 9-5 office life just isn't for me and I'm really interested in working remotely but haven't put much time into looking. Thanks.

Nice to meet you

@Braed hey! I think a lot of factors play into it. For instance my last job I really disliked the setup and day to day work. I was never included on emails or meetings so I felt really out of the loop. Onboarding is interesting too - my last job they didn't send me a machine for almost two months so I had to use my own for a while. They ended up sending me a desktop so I basically could only work from my house.

Getting out of the house was/is important to me since it's easy to work the whole day then get stuck on one of my weekly 3 hour long meetings till 8pm+.

All in all I like it but I felt like the last job sort of made it harder than it had to be.

@kzisme thanks for the insight, it's good that you are happier with your current job. My question was misinterpreted though as I was literally asking how you go about finding remote job opportunities haha

@Braed heh sorry about that I'm just excited :) - I found a posting online for the industry I worked in and applied. Nothing crazy or special. I did however disliked my 60+ minute drive each way so I was happy to take a remote job.

@kzisme I see! Awesome! Hope its going well!

@Braed it's actually going really well. Refreshing to say the least :)