Have you ever coded from a strange, remote, or unusual location? A mountaintop, a beach, a hot air balloon…the room where you grandma stores her antique doll collection? 👶🔪 Share your unique coding spot with us in the comments. Let's see who’s had the most creative workspace!
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from the beach!
Remote working for 6+ years, including:
Aeroplane
Carpark
My parents' conservatory in January 🥶
Many hotels
Kids' football lesson
Car garage
The pub
Butlins
Bed
Cafes
Tescos 🤷
And once I even went into the office to code
Locked in an underground military facility.
Where did you say you’re from? 😅
I designed (and coded) a big database in a pub with a beer on the table. The database is still in use as backend system of a shop. (Probably the bartender was thinking I was a weird guy)
Not coding but I remember writing a personal choice statement for applying to a research position in college in the car on a road trip, while my friend copy edited verbally for me while driving. We finished it by the time we got to our destination and I submitted it and got in and everything!
Probably the most mundane, but I've coded in a cab before.
Not developing but debugging from inside a yacht during the end of its construction
I coded before at (warning):
For me I’d say on a boat on the Celtic Sea between Ireland and France a few years ago. One of those crossings that takes like 20 hours so decided to get some work on a side project done whilst kids went to bed.
Next to that, my car parked in the hospital carpark whilst my wife was on the labour ward but I couldn’t join her due to Covid restrictions