@notjim @chosenbreed37 - I chose not to expand because it's specific to my own situation, but: I found remote work isn't for me. A selection of reasons (from pr

@notjim @chosenbreed37 - I chose not to expand because it's specific to my own situation, but: I found remote work isn't for me. A selection of reasons (from pre-and-post covid experience): I find my communication stilted, I really miss hanging out with my colleagues, online whiteboards aren't the same, we have beer and board games, aisle conversations are useful, it's easy to see if it's OK to interrupt someone with a question in-person, and frankly it's motivating to have people bustling around working on stuff directly related to your own work. Half-and-half remote and in-person is probably a good balance for me. Yes a lot of the above reasons are a) privileges and b) can be mitigated with good remote work discipline, but again, it's just my preference. > Really the biggest cost you're leaving off is space though. 100% agree. Many people are literally working in closets or worse, if they even can. @taurath - "Quarantine Work Is Not Remote Work" good point. People are learning to support their remote colleagues right now, whether they intended to or not :) So "normal remote work" might be even better after this chapter concludes.