Before the pandemic I was working in an office with a 45 min / 1 hour commute one way with lots of traffic. My tiny little office shared a wall with my senior

Before the pandemic I was working in an office with a 45 min / 1 hour commute one way with lots of traffic. My tiny little office shared a wall with my senior dev, I literally couldn't be closer to him, and we still only communicated over Teams. If it weren't for passing people on the way to get coffee I could go an entire day without speaking to anyone except via Teams. The owner loved the office but he showed up around 10am-ish or whenever he felt like it, and he could afford a place nearby. No wonder there's a dramatic disconnect between his experience and mine. Every day that I wasn't needed for some in person meeting (most days) I had an extremely bitter, traffic-filled drive home.