How Programmers REALLY WFH
This is what they really do
Working from home as gone on for a long while. Covid sent workers to their bedrooms in droves.
Some of us still stay in the ether between our bed and the fridge, and others will stay slaving at the keyboard.
Here are some WFH archetypes, any seem familiar?
Secret Eaters
How do you fill your day, each long stretch of 8 hours.

Are you solving problems, or is it that you are able to work only with a sugar rush?
Caffeine Bombs
In the coffee shop? All day?

At least you’ve got that great salary to pay for the that caffeine fuel. Go you!
Gym
Some of you nip off to the gym during the working day. Your lunch is slightly longer than might be expected, but at least you’re working on your “guns”.
The pros have a setup that allows them to become out of breath while giving their status update to the rest of the team.

These people, focus cannot.
Movie Addicts
Catching up with the same bang-crash Marvel mess? Can you fit the director’s cut into to that game between meetings?

Just don’t watch that snoozefest, with Benadict cumberfunch
Gamerz
I mean you know you have an RGB keyboard and a edge-lord attitude.
I hope you are 7 years old, if you’ve Minecraft on one screen and your supermarket delivery App you’re coding on the other.
See this image, that’s you:

Second job
Rather than being focussed on your job, you’ve probably got another machine that you’re working on your side-hustle even while in meetings. Get you priorities sorted.
What do you mean, this is being written in a status meeting?

Raise a family
You’re spending your time with you family rather than coding.
You monster

That’s another monster
Conclusion
In effect, none of you are working while WFH.
Says your manager
Get on with it, people
About The Author
Professional Software Developer “The Secret Developer” can be found on Twitter @TheSDeveloper and regularly publishes articles through Medium.com





