Friday Funny: Dude Dad’s 5 Stages of Working from Home

Working from home seems like a great idea at first...

Rob Spiegel

August 7, 2020

As someone who has worked from home for 22 years, the COVID-19 period has been a fun time to watch the travails of amateur remote workers.

For my first few years, I had little kids at home. Even though we had pre-school and kindergarten going on, that was only 3.5 hours per day. Can’t tell you how many meetings and interviews I did with Johnny Bravo or Powerpuff Girls roaring in the background.

So, I feel for workers like Dude Dad, but, mostly, I think it’s a riot watching the new work-from-home generation go cross-eyed.

Rob Spiegel has covered automation and control for 19 years, 17 of them for Design News. Other topics he has covered include supply chain technology, alternative energy, and cyber security. For 10 years, he was owner and publisher of the food magazine Chile Pepper.

About the Author

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer and hired on full-time in 2011. He covers automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to Design News, he worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He has contributed to a wide range of industrial technology publications, including Automation World, Supply Chain Management Review, and Logistics Management. He is the author of six books.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication.

As well as writing for Design News, Rob also participates in IME shows, webinars, and ebooks.

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