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Remote Work lessons people learned the hard way

Real stories about remote work, gathered to help you recognise the trade-offs, avoid familiar mistakes, and make a wiser next choice.

Stories about remote work

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HNDSYT OriginalJul 23, 2026
Career

Took a remote job and forgot how to talk to humans

The first few months were genuinely good. No commute, no open plan noise. I thought I was thriving. Then at some point I noticed I was responding to everything with a thumbs up emoji and I could not remember the last time I had said something out loud before noon.

Remote / PortugalWhen it happened: 30-39#remote-work#burnout
The takeaway

You can optimise your environment until you've removed everything that was annoying, and then keep going until you've removed everything else too.

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