Coworking Ireland

The New York Post talks to Elliot Winard, a software engineer who worked from home for a time after moving from San Francisco to New York City. That was until the novelty wore off and he discovered the downsides of being a free agent -

“Distractions ranged from cleaning the house to playing with the cat to talking on the phone,” he says. “And it was hard to set up borders between work time and play time. I started feeling guilty about not working all the time.”

So what did Elliot do to solve the problem? He started coworking of course -

“Winard had come to the same conclusion some others have started to arrive at in a free-agent era when working outside a traditional office is increasingly common. While the freedom of such an arrangement holds an undeniable appeal, the downside is the lack of any work community. The coworking solution: Build your own.”

Build it and they will come! That’s all well and good but what I found most interesting in this article was a tip for funding independent coworking spaces -

“Socializing is such a part of coworking culture that some spaces rely on parties and shows to pay the bills. In the first several months 3rdward was open, the organizers kept the space afloat with money they earned from hosting parties.”

Hey, I bet that could work here in Ireland