<p>Do Computer Scientists have the option to travel while they work or work from home? And if so, how many hours a day or week do most have to work?</p>
<p>That is very job and company specific. But some companies will let you work out of a satellite office if you want to visit another city, or even remotely.</p>
<p>Yes, it really depends on the company, and sometimes the manager within the company. And sometimes you have to be there for a while before they will allow any flexibility in this. Most jobs are 40 hours per week (although overtime is not uncommon, and if you are salaried you may not be paid extra for it). Again… it can be easier to get reduced hours (if that is what you want) after you have been with the company for a while. </p>
<p>Alright! I’m not afraid of working for quite a decent bit of time, especially when it is a comfortable job. I just don’t prefer a job where I would have to be working on things before I go to work and several hours after I’m off from work, with little-to-no free time on the weekend.</p>
<p>I understand that I cannot pick and choose hours and locations, especially when I am newly employed. Then again, I feel like there’s a lot I do not fully understand or know to expect. I’ve never worked a day in my life (but I’ve tried), and I just finished my Freshman year nearly a month ago. I’m a student at the University of Memphis.</p>
<p>I guess I just need to decide what I want in life: Do I want to live and work in some place that I would enjoy a lot and can see myself living in for the rest of my life, or do I want to do some sort of work where I can travel the world and see new sites constantly.</p>
<p>I kind of feel like I want to help people and be in the middle of important world events, but not everything going on in the world is any of my business, and even though I do want to see new places, I also want to, and would be perfectly content with, staying in one place and making a life for myself there. After all, it’s not like I can be some superhero or something.</p>
<p>It depends on the work. I was allowed to work at home when I worked at a high tech company in Silicon Valley when I requested part-time work, I had to log into work while cooking Xmas dinner. I think it was guilt that makes people who work at home overwork.
Then I also worked at another company that they let me and everybody in my office work at home for 6 years, I missed the office camaraderie. The job paid overtime if I worked over 40 hours so I was able to work long hours because I didn’t have to get ready to work.</p>
<p>That doesn’t sound too bad to me, but then again, I don’t have a good perception on what it must have felt like. It kind of sounds like I’d be better off working at the office instead of at home or on the go.</p>
<p>It depends on the company. I love the job that I worked at home for 6 years but was feeling isolated so that is why I was on CC most of the time.</p>