Where are you most productive at?

SirKonstantine

SirKonstantine

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I was working from my apartment but realized that my apartment was filled with my favorite distractions. Working at the library is a good place since everyone around you is working so goofing off is now socially unacceptable. Coffee shops are so-so for me especially since I don't drink coffee.

My new go to place is IHOP. Open 24/7 since I'm a night owl and, in addition to unlimited drinks, I can get food :D. I'm thinking about going to a co-working place but a day pass costs $15. For $15, I can just go to IHOP and get a meal, drink, and the environment.
 


IHOP? Fuck that, Waffle house is clearly a better work environment. Get some dingle berries in your food, some pubes, educate some crack addicts about SE1, much more productive.
 
I once vented into Starbucks to do some client work. My mission: to look and feel like one of the cool kids while working: sipping a mocha-latte-grande-low-fat-whatever, copywriting ads for the 'net, and typing on the sleekest laptop on the market. I was petrified that I'd spill this concoction onto my expensive Macbook Air, and the music was a bit too loud. I freaked when somebody bumped into my table with the drink uncovered.

I work best at home alone at the old wooden desk, using my PC, a HP tower workhorse.
 
lol I live in a 95% white college town so IHOP is not as ghetto as you guys think here.

Has anyone tried Co-working btw?
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le0dfcG_jVw]Coworking - How coworking is changing how and where we work - YouTube[/ame]
 
Public libraries are the best. When you start going there regularly you start to notice others working there too frequently. Probably several startups in any public library. Starbucks isn't a good place to work, but they do have the advantage of comfortable chairs.
 
Co-working is great, you can find lots of new network connections at such places.

You may be able to find people to grab drinks with after the workday is done.
 
Start looking around on Craigslist for an office. There are a lot of choices for small offices in the $200-500/month range.
 
I need a quiet office. I like my home office, but it makes me feel like I never get away. So I have other offices that I usually work out of.

I need total silence. I can't have people around me. Even the library, and especially coffee shops, etc have way too many distractions for me. A lot of my work involves talking on the phone/skype, so I can't be in a place where I have to be quiet too.

I'm pretty anal about it.

I also hate working without dual monitors. Anytime I'm stuck somewhere with just a laptop I feel crippled.
 
cpauser said:
whaa? isn't the point of IM to work at home? defeats the whole purpose
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No..

#2: IM means I am self-employed can work in my pajamas and don’t have to be at an office 9-5, it’s awesome. Yep, and it’s precisely why 90%+ of us are broke or make less than we would with an entry-level IT job. If you aren’t self-motivated to get up earlier, stay later, and work harder than the average wage-slave who at least has the security of someone else’s success and drive paying their salary, what makes you think you deserve all you want by being self-employed? Yes, you can take the day off to play Call of Duty if you want, no boss is going to yell at you, and can spend every Wednesday smoking weed in your underwear while watching Breaking Bad reruns. This freedom is debilitating though, it becomes a crutch and an excuse to be “lazy” just because you can. Don’t do it, in fact do everything in your power to run from it. If your personality is such, you are better off having a full-time job where you answer to someone and do IM in the after-hours and your lunch break, only the truly motivated get up and work hard because they actually want to reach their goals, not because a boss is cracking the whip.


What I Do: I have an office, in a different state than where I live in. I get up every day, get dressed every day, and drive into work for at least 10 hours a day/ 6-7 days a week. While I don’t recommend 70 hour workweeks for most people, I do recommend making yourself have to go work at a place outside your home, so that your work is not just a secondary option besides watching TV on your couch. If you have never had a real job, I think you have a minimal chance of success as a self-employed person, so you should be working at this even harder. Home offices should supplement what you do, it should not be an excuse to not shower for three days and spend 60% of your time surfing forums and watching funny shark videos on Youtube. Go do it, nobody is going to do it for you.
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I say "I can work from anywhere!" but really I'm only productive at my desk in my office. I can get things done elsewhere, it's just at 10% of my normal productivity rate.

Which thinking about it, isn't that bad and is probably still more than most cubicle dwellers.
 
If you're an employee for an IM company you may have to go to work assuming there is a HQ, although some companies allow telecommuting if you live far away. But if you're an affiliate/publisher (like I am) or building websites I would rather work at home than shuffle back and forth from an office, in addition to the expenses of renting the office, configuring it, transportation, etc. Having never had a 'real' job, I don't think this has hurt my chances of success, being that I've achieved more success at IM than I could have ever dreamed of. Having an office won't prevent distractions if you're constantly going to youtube or checking sports stats.
 
It depends if you're dealing with clients or not...

If you have to make/take phone calls during the day, you can't beat a home-office, since you are free to talk as loud as you want and you don't have that feeling that people around you are listening.

That said, I'm also looking into co-working spaces just to force myself to be more social and meet new people in the industry. Working at home murders your social skills with an axe.
 
When I was studying marketing the most I goofed around was in the library (talking with other people, going on breaks etc). And on the other hand I did most work in the quiet of my room.

Nowadays as long as I sit behind the table with an intention to work I'll get into the "zone" and work easy 8-10 hours. I guess it's different from person to person
 
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