“Do You Need an Office?” My Mother-in-Law Wants to Know

My mother-in-law was recently in town visiting. When the conversation turned to work, I filled her in on how things were going with Aha! and how our fully distributed team is rapidly growing. She looked at me quizzically and asked, “Do you need an office?”

She is not the only one — I hear it so often that I can recognize the question before it is fully formed. And my answer is always the same, “Nope.”

This response usually throws people off. They often fire back, “Sure, that might have work...