Susan PotterAug 3, 2023

I have just been requested to commute three days a week 135 miles away each way from my home (I have not moved) to an office I was never required to attend before the pandemic starting end of September.

If anyone needs remote product/infrastructure/platform engineering or backend developer who has 15 years cloud deployment experience and data center to cloud migration experience, email me on spotter@referentiallabs.com.

#haskell #PureScript #Deno #typescript

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I forgot to also mention the other tags relevant to my expertise:

#nix #nixos #aws #terraform

Aug 3, 2023 at 11:13pmWeb
Show threadSusan PotterAug 3, 2023

I have been working full-time remotely from home since 2012 and part-time since 2006.

I wrote about how I separate work and home lives almost three years ago deep in the pandemic days when people were asking me about it here:

https://www.susanpotter.net/software/work-from-home-work-and-home-separation-tips/

Work-from-Home Work and Home Separation Tips :: product …

Since 2006 I have been working from home (starting part-time) and ever since March (2020) friends have been asking me to write an article …

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I just updated the link at the bottom from my Twitter to Mastodon profile at the end, since this is likely my new active social profile.
Show threadIanhopkinsonAug 4, 2023
@SusanPotter this is great advice! I also change into "office clothes" - white shirt, smart trousers whilst I'm working.
Show threadFlamekebabAug 4, 2023
@ianhopkinson @SusanPotter I am the polar opposite. I had a day last week where I didn't get dressed until after work!
Show threadSusan PotterAug 4, 2023
@Flamekebab @ianhopkinson each to their own. I have maybe one or two days like that a year but those would be days I took off as sick when I used to work in an office, so...
Show threadRichard SiggsAug 6, 2023
@ianhopkinson @SusanPotter That’s just performance art. But I will admit to putting on a T-shirt for video meets in summer.
Show threadJakub KozłowskiAug 4, 2023
@SusanPotter this is very good - not bloated with info, to the point. I'd add an explicit mention of physical exercise (and making it part of the schedule to avoid excuses) :)
Show threadSimon WheatleyAug 4, 2023

@SusanPotter do you stray outside AWS much? Because my company is hiring Systems Engineers and we’re completely distributed: https://automattic.com/work-with-us/job/systems-engineering

Let me know if you’ve got any questions and I can see what answers I can dig up.

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