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I've been working remote for only a short time, but it's been interesting to watch as my entire company (its a software company) now goes remote due to COVID-19
by IggleSniggle 7y ago
I've been working remote for only a short time, but it's been interesting to watch as my entire company (its a software company) now goes remote due to COVID-19. There's a lot of people that seem to be having lightbulb moments like, "oh wow, I'm just as much if not more productive than I was before" as well as some people that seem to be having a crisis and not know what to do with themselves. The people that don't know what to do with themselves seem to be correlated with the same people that I previously felt had a negative impact on our velocity.
Any company that truly believes all the talent is on the coasts isn't the kind of small-minded company I would want to work for anyway, so it's kind of moot for me.
But I think there will be a lot more understanding of what jobs work well in a remote setting due to quarantine, and plenty of software companies will realize they can save a ton of money by not retaining an expensive office space, while gathering talent from a wider pool of diverse perspectives.