> the ability to spin up and then successfully operate remote engineering locations is a skill that technology companies need to develop earlier +1. As someone

> the ability to spin up and then successfully operate remote engineering locations is a skill that technology companies need to develop earlier +1. As someone who puts (expensive) food on the table in a metro area, this is scary to me, because it makes me more replaceable. But the old arguments (we need people on-site, we need people to understand the context, remote teams have lower quality) sound thin now, especially given that on-site has its own efficiency problems in the open-office era. Commuting & telecommuting tech may get better, project management tools may get better, reputation management will transform marketplaces like fiverr, something better than slack may come onto the scene, but even without these improvements, the talent bubble will force managers to hire away from the center. I've worked at small cos where the engineering budget is the main blocker to growth / the business model working.