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For background on this topic without getting too specific, I'm an engineer and I typically work in an office. I'm younger and haven't been in the work force for long but working in office spaces is driving me insane.

Now I understand that work isn't supposed to be super fun, but I'd like to at least be able to tolerate it. So far I've spent a couple years in offices and it's been miserable. I enjoy what I do as far as engineering. I like the topics, I like the productive parts of what I do. But I cannot stand office spaces. They're uncomfortable and depressing environments for me.

I feel like spending time working from home would be ideal, but I'd like to hear people's thoughts and if anyone else has had this experience. Is it something you just get used to?

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[-] AnonymousDeity@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

I did 6 months using my electrical engineering degree working for a provincial power utility. Every day felt like Office Space, and I could feel myself aging with every day. Soul crushing experience categorized by florescent lights and grey quarter cubicles.

I no longer use my electrical engineering degree and my life is much better.

[-] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Welp, EE student here.

Wish me luck.

[-] AnonymousDeity@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

The important part is the company, tbh. I'd be using my degree if I lived somewhere I could do electronics work.

[-] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Do you live somewhere very rural?

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