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[quote=Anonymous]For the past 6.5 years, I've been working from home 4 out of 5 days a week (commuting one day) and on a 90% PT schedule. Here are my thoughts on the arrangement:

- It has been fantastic for my family. I'm available in the morning and afternoon for my kids and so much less worn out than the one day a week I go into the office. Life is a lot more relaxed for our family than it would be otherwise.
- I work at an organization where telecommuting is common (though I am an extreme case - most people only do so 1-3 days/wk). This has been important for minimizing the professional disadvantages of not being present in person.
- That said, after a few years on this schedule, in order to really grow professionally, I've felt it is important to increase my visibility, so have been going in more often and am back on a full-time schedule. It was relatively easy for me to ramp back up and be taken seriously in doing so.
- The main trade-off for me has been a much lower salary than I could earn elsewhere, but we've decided that for the meantime, that's okay. 
- Personally, I miss the in-person interaction. If I had less of a commute, I would go into the office 2-3 days a week. I'm much more energized professionally with in-person contact, and I've found that even casual in-person interactions are valuable for advancing my career and project work.
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