Haven't we had those articles about 3 times a year over the last 20 years? I worked from home for two years. The biggest issue for me was not being able to in

Haven't we had those articles about 3 times a year over the last 20 years? I worked from home for two years. The biggest issue for me was not being able to influence decisions and create relationships with the various stake holders. I like to be involved in more than just writing code for some corner, i.e. I don't enjoy just being a cog in the machine. We had one of those funny remote presence robots but that isn't really the same thing. For me the social aspect was not an issue. My wife and kids are home (homeschooling, the future of school is also home). I would go out for lunch with friends and I have other activities. Being able to occasionally travel and work from somewhere else was great. Owning my work environment, having a standup desk, an office, my choice of gear, was also great. Not so great was the expectation (mostly self imposed) that you're always available online. I also managed people from home. Some in the office. Some also remote. That's also very difficult, making sure they didn't feel left out like I sometimes did. Trying to gauge contribution without seeing them working physically and trying to care less about how much time they're putting in and whether they're always available :) I.e. trying to be a good boss. Now I work from home two days a week. It seems like a reasonable balance. Could probably even do 3 day a week. The office is in the same city vs. a different country so coming in when needed is easy. In the not so distant future I think you'll be able to put on your VR system and be in the "office" or in a meeting, take it off and be at home. If everyone was in that system I think this could be a good solution.