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Bandwidth and Latency

Yes, you can work remotely (in fact, you have to, all the user interfaces are online only). But unless you are very high in the corporate hierarchy, you can't afford a good connection from your home (which is, according to the cyberpunk setting, in a high-rise slum). So even if your skills are good enough to get hired by a large corporation, you will be slower to react to changes, unable to keep up with people who are plugged into the corporate network right in the building.

The inside of the corp buildings aren't offices. They are more like the Matrix pods; the analogy is encouraged by the corporations: it is obviously completely safe to stay plugged in long term, rather than go home and waste time with "family", "hobbies" or anything like it. Studies from as early as 20th century found the negative effects of these distractions on the focus time.

Bandwidth

Yes, you can work remotely (in fact, you have to, all the user interfaces are online only). But unless you are very high in the corporate hierarchy, you can't afford a good connection from your home (which is, according to the cyberpunk setting, in a high-rise slum). So even if your skills are good enough to get hired by a large corporation, you will be slower to react to changes, unable to keep up with people who are plugged into the corporate network right in the building.

The inside of the corp buildings aren't offices. They are more like the Matrix pods; the analogy is encouraged by the corporations: it is obviously completely safe to stay plugged in long term, rather than go home and waste time with "family", "hobbies" or anything like it. Studies from as early as 20th century found the negative effects of these distractions on the focus time.

Bandwidth and Latency

Yes, you can work remotely (in fact, you have to, all the user interfaces are online only). But unless you are very high in the corporate hierarchy, you can't afford a good connection from your home (which is, according to the cyberpunk setting, in a high-rise slum). So even if your skills are good enough to get hired by a large corporation, you will be slower to react to changes, unable to keep up with people who are plugged into the corporate network right in the building.

The inside of the corp buildings aren't offices. They are more like the Matrix pods; the analogy is encouraged by the corporations: it is obviously completely safe to stay plugged in long term, rather than go home and waste time with "family", "hobbies" or anything like it. Studies from as early as 20th century found the negative effects of these distractions on the focus time.

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Koterpillar
Koterpillar
  • 243
  • 1
  • 3

Bandwidth

Yes, you can work remotely (in fact, you have to, all the user interfaces are online only). But unless you are very high in the corporate hierarchy, you can't afford a good connection from your home (which is, according to the cyberpunk setting, in a high-rise slum). So even if your skills are good enough to get hired by a large corporation, you will be slower to react to changes, unable to keep up with people who are plugged into the corporate network right in the building.

The inside of the corp buildings aren't offices. They are more like the Matrix pods; the analogy is encouraged by the corporations: it is obviously completely safe to stay plugged in long term, rather than go home and waste time with "family", "hobbies" or anything like it. Studies from as early as 20th century found the negative effects of these distractions on the focus time.