COVID-19 如何高效的WFH
How to effectively work from home as a software engineer (during COVID-19?)
截至03/14/2020 （It seems nobody gives a damn about Pi Day now ?）大部分湾区，西雅图，洛杉矶， 纽约和其他地区的科技公司基本上都strongly recommend员工Work From Home (WFH), 如果目前你的公司还没有，包子君诚挚的觉得你可以考虑换一个厂子了。。。
根据国内的经验加上美国政府“风驰电掣”的效率和老美憨傻的相信自身有强大免疫系统的豪横，这种WFH的日子可能会持续一段时间。资本主义可以让你WFH，但是OKR, KPI, expectation 都没有变，那么我们无产主义者就需要高(搞)效(笑)的去面对，按照下文去搞，被Fire了请不要联系包子君，谢谢！
- Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbziWiQKfII
- B站 https://www.bilibili.com/video/av95391407/
- Medium https://medium.com/@shixiaoyu/how-to-effectively-work-from-home-as-a-software-engineer-during-covid-19-989b619648cc
Most bay area and Seattle tech companies have already allowed employees to Work From Home (WFH). It is a very common topic on how to effectively work from home. Here I quickly summarized a few quick tips for particularly software engineers.
Tip 1: Keep in mind that WFH is a privilege
Not everyone in the US or around the world can wfh. It's a privilege and we should not take it for granted. Assuming people in those roles are professionals that have a clear goal and career aspiration, with solid self-discipline and would not abuse it. Don't slack off, too much. Ultimately you only work for yourself.
Tip 2: Get dressed & Keep a normal schedule
Do that normal thing you do when you go to office. You can wear your PJs with Xmas socks, but keep your upper body dressed normally for online meetings. Moreover, keep your normal working schedules and take breaks as well (especially if you are coding and super focused, now nobody bugs you and you could sit for a long time, take breaks). You might actually be more productive since you now are able to potentially save lots of commute time.
Tip 3: Stay available & Make online meeting fun
Presumably we still need to join meetings or communicate with each via chats. Stay available, especially now everyone is remote.
Online meetings for a while could be dry, to make things fun, this is how you can set up zoom or any online video conferencing with face filters and lenses
- Download snap camera: https://snapcamera.snapchat.com/
- Open your video conferencing software, and choose video camera: snap camera
- Open snap camera and choose lenses
Happy zooming!
Tip 4: Maintain a work life harmony
You can choose to balance work and life, but I would rather maintain a work life harmony, it's a circle, said by a wise and definitely wealthy guy. (It's Jeff B if you are still wondering)
References
- https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/09/what-jeff-bezos-does-instead-of-work-life-balance.html
- https://hbr.org/2014/10/5-ways-to-work-from-home-more-effectively