I have spent my whole career working at places like AMD and NVidia, either writing systems software or doing computer architecture. Yes, we work with various f

I have spent my whole career working at places like AMD and NVidia, either writing systems software or doing computer architecture. Yes, we work with various forms of pre- and post-silicon devices but you will find that either they can be accessed remotely, or you can send them by courier to whoever needs one. So, sure, _some_ people need to be in the lab touching the hardware, especially during bringup, but the immense majority of the people, the immense majority of the time, can work remotely.