I've mostly worked at home since my son was born (he's 26 now). I used to go in one day a week, I worked for startups for years and would start full time, drop off to 4->3->2 days a week. These days I never go in (I live 10,000km away at the moment, it's no longer a 1 hour drive in the Valley).
I think there's a few things you have to realise about working at home:
- you get to avoid almost all office politics
- you will eventually lose at office politics
Essentially you need to have a manager who will step up and root for you, and you guys need to talk so he/she knows where your head is at
Yup. We are small enough that we all report directly to the CEO. Though anywhere I've worked remotely or not it is always me looking out for me. Never had a manager help with that.
I've found that having that explicit discussion with every new manager helps a lot, eventually you get a crap one and lose, but then that's probably time to move on
I think there's a few things you have to realise about working at home: - you get to avoid almost all office politics - you will eventually lose at office politics
Essentially you need to have a manager who will step up and root for you, and you guys need to talk so he/she knows where your head is at