Coworking passes were a scam to me until Bali broke me

I spent 2 years working from hostels and cafes thinking coworking spaces were just overpriced Insta traps. Then I landed in Canggu where the wifi at my guesthouse capped at 5 Mbps and the coffee shop next door had a 1 drink per hour rule. After 3 days of Zoom calls dropping every 20 minutes I caved and paid $150 for a month pass at Dojo Bali. Turns out the desk was solid, the internet actually hit 50 Mbps, and I got more work done in one week than the previous month combined. What finally sold me was the backup generator during a 4 hour blackout while everyone else panicked. So yeah, I was wrong. Anyone else think these places are pointless until you hit a real dead zone?

3 comments

3 Comments

julia_carter702mo ago

Right? The backup generator part is what gets me. You don't realize how much you need that safety net until you're literally watching your income disappear during a powercut. Those places feel like a waste until you actually see what bad wifi does to your workday.

derekward2mo ago

Is it really that bad without one?

phoenix_carter13d ago

Wait, is that really the part that gets you though...? I mean yeah the generator is important but the wifi thing is kind of separate from that. Bad wifi is a whole different problem than losing power completely. Like you can have great fiber internet but if the power goes out your modem and router are just expensive paperweights unless you've got that backup. And a generator won't fix bad wifi if the ISP is just slow or spotty in your area. It's two different headaches that feel the same when you're trying to work but they need totally different fixes.