Google, almost the definition of Internet connectivity these days, crowds its developers into a giant campus and gives them free food, on-site laundry & dry cle

Google, almost the definition of Internet connectivity these days, crowds its developers into a giant campus and gives them free food, on-site laundry & dry cleaning, etc., to make sure they'll stay there. Alex Martelli, one of their uber software managers, stated very clearly in a speech a while back that he considered remote development an impractical fantasy and required his developers to show up in person or find someone else to work for. I'm not saying that remote development can't work. I'm just saying that with this attitude from employers like Google (big campus), Apple (launching a new spaceship campus), Oracle (campus), Microsoft (campus), etc., if you want to work from a beach somewhere, you'll probably do better if you design your own little company so that you can make the beach your campus.