Yeah, but the ultimate WFH experience I've ever had was consulting for someone who needed a UI to control a large motion system. I lived about 300 miles away, so we set up a remote PC connected to the system, along with a camera and Teamviewer.
That way I could code from the comfort of my home and watch the axes (this was for a CAT scanner big enough for a horse) move and make sure I didn't ram anything against the physical stops. Plus it was helpful to make sure no one had their hands in the mechanism before I started telling large servomotors to move around.
It worked really well as long as they remembered to leave the lights on before they went home for the day.
The fun I had almost made up for my ridiculously low bid!
Can confirm- hw trying to move to software. Sw is easier/convenient to tinker and debug, no restrictions on lab and hw access and sadly also pays better :(
@ both parents - sounds like a challenge to create a robot to be remotely controlled from home to allow you guys move electronics in the real lab in order to do your job.
Eager to read about it here on HN top in a few months Dmitry!
