[HN Gopher] Coworking from Home
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Coworking from Home
Author : ubac
Score : 36 points
Date : 2023-04-17 19:34 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| theodpHN wrote:
| Airbnb meets WeWork: The next YCombinator unicorn? :-)
| frouge wrote:
| In France a small startup named Cohome has tested the concept
| several years ago. It unfortunately didn't last long but the
| idea is great. I've had the chance to use it and it was very
| nice. The issue is that freelancers can't pay much on these
| kind of services as they often have limited means. The other
| issue I believe is that there are more people willing to go to
| someone's place than people willing to share their place.
| vhodges wrote:
| It's a jelly! Casual/adhoc coworking at someone home...
| http://workatjelly.com/
| catchmeifyoucan wrote:
| This looks cool! But also doesn't seem to be up to date anymore
| (at least for SF)
| cameroncf wrote:
| I feel this article 100%.
|
| Too many people think that remote work means "working from home"
| or that co-working means "working from WeWork". There are tons of
| different variations that let you get out and be around other
| people while working remote. I have long wanted to start a small
| fun workspace with space for 5 or so people that's really just a
| place for us all to do work together without being in a
| traditional office or our houses. A space we can define ourselves
| (or I define and invite others) that is not my house and also not
| a stuffy office.
|
| IMHO - This is the future of work.
| sinistersnare wrote:
| My partner and I regularly work physically next to each-other,
| even though we both have separate office spaces. It does help
| stay focused and it's a great change of pace.
|
| It is an interesting idea to invite friends over to work with! I
| will have to try it.
| ozim wrote:
| Quite hard with the meetings and all.
|
| But managed to have close friends come over to stay for a week at
| our place and we plan do go visit them for a week.
|
| Great benefit of remote work. I don't have to take time off to
| visit long distance friends or align vacation time with them
| which seemed earlier impossible because everyone has different
| commitments and well we would have to align a lot of people to
| agree on single destination...
| freeplay wrote:
| If you get enough friends to come over, eventually you can all
| pitch in and rent a small property that is centrally located
| between all of you. You could stock the kitchen with coffee and
| healthy snacks. Maybe you could even get a whiteboard and a ping
| pong table!
|
| Wait a minute...
| fatfox wrote:
| I see what you did there!
| karaterobot wrote:
| You joke, but this would be a good idea (I think: I could never
| get anyone to do it with me). The difference between this and
| an office would be that you'd only have to go in when you
| wanted, and it would be located in a place convenient to the
| people involved, rather than just downtown, or in an office
| park. You'd also have more control over how it was arranged.
| Plenty of downsides too of course.
| lcnPylGDnU4H9OF wrote:
| > Plenty of downsides too of course.
|
| Managing the rental (or ownership) comes to mind first. The
| rest of the logistics surrounding "stock the kitchen with
| coffee and healthy snacks" comes next. The "have more control
| over how it was arranged" part also comes with "need to make
| a bunch of decisions you didn't have to before".
|
| (Essentially just playing devil's advocate; not trying to
| argue for or against the idea. I'm sure many people would
| prefer such a set up and many others would not.)
| throwway120385 wrote:
| You'd just start a partnership or corporation, assign
| shares, receive stakes from people, and go in using that
| entity on an office space.
| nicolashahn wrote:
| It's a joke but a huge difference between this and an office is
| you only have to be around the coworkers you like
| saurik wrote:
| And you don't have to work for the same company, which means
| if you change jobs you don't suddenly lose your social
| network.
| VLM wrote:
| Why can't they use the library? Ours are very nice.
| philipkglass wrote:
| Libraries are very nice for focused solo work, but all the ones
| I have been to are supposed to be quiet places. If you need to
| join meetings and talk they don't work very well.
| LesZedCB wrote:
| my local libaries (king county, WA) have dedicated meeting
| rooms you can book online ahead of time!
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