One good anecdote deserves another. I've been a remote worker continuously for several years. While getting together physically for brief high-intensity sessio

One good anecdote deserves another. I've been a remote worker continuously for several years. While getting together physically for brief high-intensity sessions can be great for productivity, I've found that being with others continuously even through long low-intensity periods has the opposite effect. Most of my work requires focus more than anything, and the interrupt/distraction load associated with colocation destroys that focus. Most of the other full-time long-term remote workers I've known have made similar observations. Being alone all the time might be sub-optimal, but so is being with others all the time (especially for introverts).