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Office Life · Jul 1, 02:34 PM
So it has been almost one month since we move into the office.
I’m happy to be back with the office life, abandoning the much gutsy Indie™ life altogether. The reasons being:
1. Contact with real people – jokes are thrown around in between lines of code in the room, not looked up from Al Lowe’s Cyberjoke 3000™ or AskMen.com. Resident game designer Kiki’s chuckles in the next room would pass through the internet cable hole into the programmers room, reminding us that game development is well alive and fun!
2. Direct communication – most of our communication back while developing Exocubes were made using instant messengers. While I’m still intrigued with the endless possibilities of working remotely, lets just say not everyone is well suited to this kind of communication. Discussing matters in real life cut down miscommunications and arguments by a large percentage.
3. Good working condition – I went through last winter working on a shaky chair and a not so comfortable table. I also work near a bed and a refrigerator that may or may not be stuffed with food. A self brain storming session would involve me lying on bed, but I must not look like I’m sleeping! The future mom-in-law walks around.
And the bad:
1. Two hours, up to two and a half hours of commuting a day – the only consolation being all the pretty girls are hardworking and commute early. But more than 10 hours a week wasted on commuting? I’m so tempted to get one of those iThingies to pass time.
2. Bye bye to hobbies – As a result of the above, I no longer have time for running and music practice. I still want to do a half-marathon this year and I’m not able to put in enough training.
3. Spend spend spend – Getting my ass outside the door also means I need to spend more. Transport costs money, I’m more tempted to eat well while outside, and also exposed to those iThingies adverts. And they said the first rule of indie life is to downsize your life.
All in all, I’m still happy to go back to a 9-6 life at this stage of life, as long as we are working on games that we love to make, and we still have this very enjoyable energy of a startup.
Doorbell, thats my Dell laptop arriving at my doorstep, see ya!
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