Currently, I’m looking for opportunities to produce content for organizations, events, etc. I think my work in new media speaks for itself.

Congratulations on building your website to the point where it supports you — that’s an impressive achievement that many people only dream about instead of putting in the hard work to make it happen.

Here’s our job posting seeking a Ruby on Rails developer. We’re in quiet mode right now because we’re getting ready to launch our first product at DEMOfall, but you can read a little about our company at batchblue.com.

Check out the job post and drop us a line if it seems like a good fit.

The problem I see is that it takes a lot of time, effort and determination to make it happen and people today seem to want an easy way to work from home. Rarely is there an easy way to make this happen…

Just yesterday I asked my boss to let me work from home that day, using one of Tim’s ideas.

Tim says to find reasons you need to be away, Family Illness, Travel Plans, etc ( I was not feeling well yesterday, thus I gave it a shot ). Then, talk with your boss telling them you want to work while you’re away. ( This should also score you some loyalty and hard worker points with the boss ).

Tell them the work-from-home arrangement is strictly temporary, and the boss is more than welcome to eliminate it at any time IF your prove less productive. If they allow it, GREAT! Make your out of office work days the most productive of any.

My boss turned me down saying they did not have a policy in place to allow this, so I will be compiling information ( like Tim says to do ) proving working from home is a great way for the company to save money (on offices, computers, electricity, furniture, etc… ) and to make their workers more productive (enjoying their jobs more… you all know these reasons! ).

I hope to be publishing my findings, and an aggregate of several articles, for ammunition PRO remote work agreement, on my blog soon.

Until then, Good Luck To All!

A caveat from my experience: I’m not making as much doing freelance work from home as I could if I returned to a full-time-with-benefits job (likely in an office). I may eventually reproduce that income, but in general I see that I’m trading off a lot of flexibility and the ability to work on what I want when I want for better pay. That might not be everyone’s experience though.

C.C.: good advice to start small with your employer and show them how well it can work.

And I have the same productive time, right when most people are commuting. That’s a good thing to note when working on convincing an employer to let you give a remote arrangement a go.

With previous employers I found that it worked best to start small. A couple days here and there to show them that it can be done. It’s crucial to be productive during those days so that they SEE you are working.

With thing such as Skype’s video chat it has made it much easier to stay connected. Even if it’s a five minute “how you doing call” with people back in the office it keeps it so that they know you are out there and still connected. It’s more of a perception thing then anything else. For some reasons many companies think that if they can’t physically see you then you must not be working. It’s a mental hurdle that managers have got to break.

My most productive time is between 7 – 9 am when most people are dealing with a commute. THAT is a big selling point I’ve found.

But you’ve given me something with a simple turn of phrase: a headquarters in Cyberspace. Being that I’m not so SL (waiting for the Sheep to make a better front-end), I might make me a blog-faced office. Hmmm. Nice, Anne.