I'm happy as a bug with being fully remote. I'm glad there are more companies considering fully distributed teams and I hope the trend continues. If there's so

I'm happy as a bug with being fully remote. I'm glad there are more companies considering fully distributed teams and I hope the trend continues. If there's some future where we can mix things up and work in person some times that would be fine. I used to have an office in a co-working space I used just to get out of the house. It was nice seeing the regular, every-day familiar strangers along the way, get a coffee from the usual place, etc. ... but my team was still located all around the world and the office was within walking distance of my house. I don't particularly enjoy commuting, the dour glow of fluorescent lights, the desks lined up in rows, or working in a concrete coffin. I like being able to go for a walk in my neighbourhood in the afternoon or spend a bit of time in my garden. I enjoy being surrounded by my books. I like it when my cat snuggles in my lap. I like having no commute. Some people like after-work happy hours and "team building." Not me. I like to get my job done and go home to my family, friends, and neighbours. I also think productivity-wise it brings a lot of benefits. The best collaboration happens with people write things down and share them widely. That is often hindered in an office setting where hallway chats and random encounters ensure that the people engaged in those activities control what gets shared and with whom; great for politics but useless for work. I get the creativity side of it: ideas aren't born in a vacuum. For media work like music it's way harder to work remotely. But I don't think ideas are born solely in offices either. Great ideas come from people collaborating and sharing. This happens more in a distributed team because fewer people are left out of the process. It's way easier in a software engineering team. There's literally no evidence that offices contribute to anything other than needless CO2 emissions and traffic.