In some ways there's a difference between telecommuting and working from home - although most telecommuters do indeed work from home. When I started CF Webtools all my customers were "remote" - so I qualified as a telecommuter... at least I was not an "on-site" worker. But I bartered office space from someone and set up a phone and I kept regular office hours.
Here are my tips? Go to bed at a decent hour. Get up and be online by 8:00. Dress in something decent that makes you feel professional. Keep regular office hours. Get regular exercise. If these tips sound familiar they should. Most of the things that apply to the regular work place can apply to home as well. If you choose to apply them you will generally reap the rewards. But it takes practice and discipline. Regarding Sean's comments that he doesn't run into resistance from customers regarding remote workers any more... we are bidding a variety of vertical spaces, financial, insurance, medical. Many corporate cultures do indeed have a hard time with this issue. You might call them "late adapters". So we strive to demonstrate our cohesion in spite of our disparate locations. But it is an obstacle at times. I would agree that it's a greatly diminished obstacle these days though. -Mark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345578 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
