This week there was a company event, that I could not attend. I was part of the team "holding the fort" while others were lucky enough to meet and socialize together.
I wasn't the only one "Holding the fort", I wanted to celebrate that and ask the colleague if he was interested in us meeting at a coworking nearby. As he was ok, we agreed on a date and booked each a day using our company's tool for that.
I've been working remotely since 2009. I've moved from one country to another one while working remote. Not only that, but I've change jobs twice, staying *full* remote. The only time I needed to use a coworking space was when I was waiting for my ISP to install fiber, or when my second son got born, and I needed to focus.
So here we go, I need to pack my laptop - good for me that I never have used external keyboards or mice, nor do I use an external monitor. I take the power strip. I buy my train ticket and off I'm walking to the train station. My kids have to be autonomous, and they were.
First impression is the crowd in the train, it feels weird, and I've worked in lived in a big city like Paris. Then I walked, many people, most of them not looking very happy. At least it wasn't raining. But for the time it took me to go to an office, there was nothing about it that would make me want to do the travel again.
Once in the office I did enjoy the company of a co-worker, we worked together, and it was nice, asking questions to your neighbor, is *so* much better than other slack for instance. But I didn't enjoy the open space where just quietly singing was not possible.
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