I can't believe how a voice in my head is telling me to end my WFH and start going to the office.

Like, when we talk about promotions, surely my boss will give promotions to those people who are physically there, giving the boss a sense of dedication towards the job.

I know the workload isn't going to change, because work is work regardless whether you're home or not.

Also, my WFH job has gotten quite monotonous. It's a little too comfortable, if that makes sense. Another reason to seek a change.

I don't know, Am I just overthinking this?

Chill out, you won't get promoted anyway because that requires social skills, and if you had these, you wouldn't be on devRant.

Another argument this voice is giving me, is there is little to no chance that I will grow as a professional if I just stay locked up inside my house.

People that go outside, and experience things first hand are much more likely to come up with ideas or see how things move in the real world.

@Fast-Nop Let me tell you that I have worked in an office job from 2017 to the start of the pandemic.

@Fast-Nop I tried to find the Shatner bit telling trekkies to get out of their basement. It seems retarded SNL is trying to scrub shit from the net. That is the best bit to show people who live in their parents basement.

@Fast-Nop ooh, I found it!

https://dailymotion.com/video/...

it's unbelievable indeed, just listen to some other voice ;)

l too think it's monotonous at homes and thought office would be better.

But no, since most people are also wfh. the office isn't much better.

We have one day they want us to be in office and since all devs go there the same day we do get the interaction.

You have to decide what's truly important to you and make changes as appropriate to meet the goals.

Some people decide that climbing the corporate ladder isn't worth the effort. They get to a comfortable place, a comfortable level of income, and it's Good Enough. There's nothing wrong with that.

Others decide they want a corner office in the C-suite as quickly as possible and they do everything they can to forward that goal. Nothing wrong with that either.

So, which are you? And once you can answer that, then all the other decisions flow from that.

It probably IS better to be in the office if climbing the ladder is what you want to do. Then again, WFH is pretty much predicated on people being self-starters and finding their own motivation, so if you can't then maybe going into the office is for you.

Either way, base your actions on your real, honest goals, whatever they may be. No two people are the same, so you gotta be introspective and figure YOU out.

Me myself, office worker from 2006 to 2017, full WFH since (yes, that's way before pandemic).

Your motivation is your own. I routinely study new tech stacks of other things that pique my interest.

You can perfectly do that from WFH. It's cool to have people to bounce ideas with in an office, but you can do through meet, teams, whatever.

Then again, sounds like you just want a change. In that case, why not go for hybrid, and then you can decide on a stronger basis?

For me. going to the office wasn't even about the career ladder. It's about having lunch with people that I don't work with.
Learn their perspective. See what they have done that I find interesting. Share what I have learned etc. Basically that's how I learned about many things, whether I find them interesting or not. These don't happen for me when I'm at home because most of these interactions happen randomly. As I bump into people going into the washroom, lining up for microwaves etc. This is how I get exposed to different experiences.

@Sid2006 go outside. Not for work but in general. Meet people.

@ostream I have a s group of close friends. They are mostly in the same field so it's just more of the same. Why would I want to take time out of my day and go somewhere to hang out with acquaintances when I can get it done at work?

@ostream I don't go to cafes. but I found it harder to converse at coworking space because they are all working on their own thing. And no one would have made introductions for you. It's harder to get started.