I think it's too early to tell what's going to happen with silicon valley companies. The chips are still way up in the air. They profess a return to office, and

I think it's too early to tell what's going to happen with silicon valley companies. The chips are still way up in the air. They profess a return to office, and many people can't wait to go back. But there's also a lot of people who don't want to go back, from the coder at the bottom who discovers they can be as productive from home, see their family more, and shave hours of commute every day, to the exec who's been going to the office only to sit in a videoconference room all day anyways, so might as well do it all from a posh home in New Zealand (https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/07/new-zealand-move-for-google-executive-angers-employees-denied-flexibility.html https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/07/new-zealan...) It's going to kill the spirit of the place. It's going to come with challenges of how to enable productive conversations. Maybe people will get together physically on occasion. But I don't know if the genie of personal mobility can be put back into the bottle and right now there seems to be a lot of employee reshuffling based on work arrangement preferences. As for that mythical hallway chat that sparks a brilliant insight at the root of a massively disruptive business win, in my experience, it's that — a myth. I feel like I've personally had much more insightful casual conversations and professional relationship building via interest-dedicated chatrooms and regular video calls in the past year than in the past decade of striking conversations around the coffee machine.