> It’s not realistic to learn complex concepts without meeting your more experienced colleagues [...] Eh, dunno. A) It's not the complex concepts that benefit

> It’s not realistic to learn complex concepts without meeting your more experienced colleagues [...] Eh, dunno. A) It's not the complex concepts that benefit from physical proximity to other members of our species, in my experience; it's the subtleties, the little tricks, hacks, and bits of hidden knowledge that are really amenable to someone shuffling over to your desk, grabbing your keyboard, and going "here look at this weird way of doing it" in 20 seconds of physical interaction. Junior people can learn complex things remotely, but maybe physical proximity can give them those little details better. Which leads me to > [...] at least 2-3 times per week. B) So let'em come in twice a week and work from home the other 3. What's the problem? One of my siblings hires junior people at their firm and this is the way they've been operating since before the pandemic. The kids get trained up real nice and are happier in their work not having to commute 3x/wk.