I think the inability to see how they rebound off of others in their thinking and communication is a problem. Mentorship, communications, even just basic profe

I think the inability to see how they rebound off of others in their thinking and communication is a problem. Mentorship, communications, even just basic professional behaviour. All of this is learned, and you're learning all the time. But ideas even, discussions, blackboards ... they don't happen over Zoom, especially without an appointment. We don't get enough 'alone time' at the office, but 'group time' is incredibly important for all aspects of our work. For some kinds of things, like 'going deep' for a few days, being alone is a godsend but it comes with a heavy price. Also - just being around other professionals, putting on a pair of clothes designed for professional appearance, thinking about what you are going to say, i.e. 'being a professional' makes us almost all better people. It has it's drawbacks, but mostly it's good. I think we're going to have to find the right, blended approach. That said, what remote work does do is enable a kind of role-fitting that was never possible before. We have yet to contemplate the economic advantage of that - but that one comes along with a massive White Elephant: that everyone reading this will be displaced by someone working in a 'poor country' who is super sharp and who will work for 1/2 the salary. Soft. Devs. think they are important until management can hire fully offshore for 1/3 the cost. The arguments that a lot of people make against offshore apply almost as much to remote.