(1) Start from where you are, see if your current employer offers telecommuting options
You might have gotten lucky and your management is ahead of the curve. Look around, ask your HR department if telecommuting options are being offered.
If telelcommuting is offered, but not for your position, see what you can do to get a position where at least a few days a week you can work from home. Find out how your company supports telelcommuters — like who pays for phone bills, who maintains equipment if it breaks, will they reimburse for your home office furniture and alike.
If it is not offered, gently discuss this with your boss… Start from “what do you think about telelcommuting” and if she is thinking about it, there is your chance to promote the practice and help set it up. If she is not fond of it and would rather see you in the office, well then start looking for other options… more below.
As one of my friends says “my boss wants to see my alive body in the office everyday”.
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