Well, I never going to try that again. Christian had to work on his research project today on the Centennial Campus at NCSU. My plan was to work in the Hill Library on the main campus at NCSU and wait for him. That did not work out because, even though NCSU is on fall break, so there was no place to park. So, I decided I would run over to the Cameron Village Library. The things I learned there include the following:
- It is quite and attractive library
- You can drink coffee in the stacks (unlike the Holly Springs Library)
- The wireless is free, but not so good
- The coffee is expensive, but bad
- The environment really is not so bad if you do not need internet access
- It is not so easy to talk to the people at work in a library setting
I am going to need to avoid libraries as a regular places to work. Early in my career, I thought work from home would be an awesome thing. The first time I had an opportunity to work from home, I realized I am not really a work from home kind of guy. I like to be in the same building with at least some of the people with whom I am working. There are some limited things I can do better when I am completely isolated, but they are out-weighed by the benefits of working at work. I think it is a personality thing.
The upshot, then, is that I will try to work from home when I cannot go to the office and I will only go to the library when I have a compelling reason like when I need some isolation for a week or so of coding.
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