my office is a tent that my employer purchased for me
If you look up on Instagram, you'll see jaw-dropping pictures under the hashtag #vanlife. It's true. The big blue world is freaking beautiful, but beauty comes at a cost.
👋 I'm Geoff. I work at Gitpod, a product (and open-source project) that provides ephemeral software dev environments in the cloud. It's pretty rad software - each new browser window is a CI/CD generated environment that enables hopping between pull-requests with a single click with no waiting because the pull-request has already been pre-compiled.
Anyway, I'm not here to pitch you on Gitpod. This post is about sharing with you insights about my unique office setup. Is there anyone else out there doing this‽ I have many lessons to share...
In January 2021, the founders of Gitpod approached me about joining them, and the offer contained an exciting line item...
The timing of the offer was perfect in the scheme of things because the story arc of rebuilding myself during the majority of 2020 was nearing a point of closure. The van was nearing a stage where it could be a fully functional office on wheels (sans cladding and sans aesthetics!).
The van was already setup as an office at this stage...
