I've been working from home programming for about 25 years now. I first heard about the concept of "telecommuting" back in the 1970s while sitting in gridlock t

I've been working from home programming for about 25 years now. I first heard about the concept of "telecommuting" back in the 1970s while sitting in gridlock traffic on the 405 in the Valley and decided right then I wanted to figure out how to do that. In 1987 I calculated how much time I'd been sitting traffic while sitting in gridlock on the Ventura fwy and decided to start working on a way to telecommute. Learning how to code seemed to the best of the options. It took about eight years before I started a business, so around 1995. Then I moved to where I really wanted to live. Pretty much on the edge of real rural. I have neighbors not more than 10 miles away who still can't get high speed internet, and mines on the slow end of what can be called that. But it works. I'm just sending code out. I have no idea what it's like to work at a tech company but I can tell you that for me working at home has been awesome. Not having distractions is huge. Being able to work when I'm sharp, rather that's early in the morning or late at night, is huge. Not having to get up and tangle with cars and traffic and feeling rushed, that's really huge. Making myself coffee and sitting down at my desk to review what I need to work on and then get started on it when I'm ready is wonderful. I don't drive more than 1500 miles a year now unless I take a road trip, and I don't do that often. I live in a pretty sweet spot. Friends visit me and most of my family ended up moving close to me too. The truth is working from home is really what all of you should be doing. Tech companies should figure out how to leverage what they've learned from this pandemic. Some people can be more productive working from home. Let them.