Not in any way I can't mentally handle, because I'm pretty "ambiverted" to start with. I like my solitude; solitary confinement probably wouldn't be a good pun

Not in any way I can't mentally handle, because I'm pretty "ambiverted" to start with. I like my solitude; solitary confinement probably wouldn't be a good punishment for me because I'd just stare off into space and architect my own universe. I've already been working remote for the last ~5 years, and it hasn't killed my network because work wasn't really my primary means of networking, professionally or personally. I networked by attending meetups and conventions. Admittedly, it was more or less easier to get to know people IRL when I worked in corporate offices. What really put a damper on my networking was COVID. Every social activity I was interested remained closed for a long period of time, and even though I was (am?) a tech meetup host, I couldn't get enough people to show up so I stopped hosting them. Many groups in my area haven't come back or were already in decline a few years before COVID. I do miss the ability to physically hang with other programmers. This idea that Zoom/Discord/Metaverse can replace physicality is bullshit. Certainly not yet, anyway. The Future of Work as it currently appears isn't really bleak because of remote work itself. Many of us have not only been forced into remote work, but we've had flexibility in our lives removed. Every other discussion at work for the last 2 years has had to be tied to COVID in some way shape or form. Remote work had clear benefits when it represented freedom. Now the political situation across the world has made remote work out to feel more like solitary confinement.