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Telecommuting
Just curious, have any other entry-level workers out there approached their bosses about telecommuting? I just recently took a position as a Techincal Writer, and the position is great. However, my husband and I (we're newly married) live one hour from where I work and my car is not the most dependable either. (We will be getting a newer one once I have been working longer and save up more money.) Considering that I do not really ever have any human interaction in my daily experiences at the office, I have been thinking about the benefits of telecommuting twice a week or so. (Every document is sent to me via email and I spend hours at my desk, not moving from my seat, re-reading sentences over and over because of background chatter.
The question at hand is: How and when should I bring this up to my boss? Am I jumping the gun, considering I am relatively entry-level? (I graduated from college in December 2013 and have years of professional working experience in an office setting, just not in this position.)
I am looking for some helpful tips, insights, or personal stories! Thank you! 
Re: Telecommuting
Personally, it's not something I would broach until I had been at a job for at least a year and could lean on positive performance for that time as evidence that I would also be reliable when telecommuting. If you have a yearly performance review and it goes very well, that would potentially be a good time to propose a new arrangement.
Keep in mind of course that if nobody in your office works remotely then your boss may be hesitant to allow you to do so.
When/if you do broach the subject make sure you have a well thought out argument as to why it would be beneficial to your company. As much as we'd like to believe that companies get the concept of happy employees produce more and better quality work, my experience is that they don't get it, or they don't care. You have to present the benefits that your organization and your boss will get from you working remotely a day or two a week. Being more productive in a quieter environment would be one.
My boss lets me work from home one day a week as long as there's no pressing issues at the office. I am an introvert, I NEED quiet when I work, and I am incredibly more productive working at home. He gets it, and I consider myself fortunate because of it.
Thank you for your great input! Yes, I'm new to this position (less than one month) but was considering waiting until the winter months, at least, to bring it up. The person who had the position before me telecommuted 3 days a week, and now I see why. My position, for now, is a temporary contract position for 6 months, so I will try to just ride it out. However, if they offer me a full time position, perhaps I should bring it up in my negotiations? Thanks again!
Well it's certainly a good precendent that the person before you worked remotely a few days a week. Winter might be a good opportunity to ease into it. If you live in an area where the weather can be bad like I do, then it might make sense if there's going to be a snowstorm to work at home that day and hopefully your boss is understanding of that. If you have a few days like that where you have to stay home because of the weather then you can use those as examples to show your boss that you're very productive when you're remote. Then if the job does turn into a full time position it would be the perfect opportunity to try and negotiate that as a term of employment.
Hope it works out for you!