I do a mix of software, smaller scale hardware, larger hardware, and am spooling up manufacturing. So, right now I am in a lot, but no longer have an office.

I do a mix of software, smaller scale hardware, larger hardware, and am spooling up manufacturing. So, right now I am in a lot, but no longer have an office. That is at home now, including enough gear to work on the small scale hardware. If I come in, you can find me in the shop. My senior firmware engineer and I work best together, but work very well remote too. So, I am going to move a machine here. We normally get together for a few days and will now just do it more regularly. I am the better tech anyway, and do enough software to make me a good working extension. We expect this to be a net gain. As that manufacturing spools up, I will WFH, only coming in when doing R&D, or to improve on or resolve manufacturing problems. Pre-pandemic, I traveled everywhere, hated it. That is gone now. Outside of software and other info heavy roles, having flexibility will be seen as a great thing. As we optimize the diverse tasks, we will work better, and have many options. One of my favorites is to get up at oh dark 30, work in the shop when there are no distractions and head home after lunch. Those are the days when I get the most physical work done, and or solve the worst problems.