It's weird this is even NEWS. So many jobs could always have been done remotely, and now post-COVID we can see that. The HN demographic is probably on the lead

It's weird this is even NEWS. So many jobs could always have been done remotely, and now post-COVID we can see that. The HN demographic is probably on the leading edge here. I work for a small software company, but I don't code anymore; I'm effectively the head of operations. I've been here 15 years. We have NEVER had an office anywhere. Our employees have been spread nationwide this whole time, working from home. It's fine. I think the only thing we really miss about an office is that we think it would be difficult to onboard a baby dev. I DO think there's something to be said for learning the "professional programmer on commercial software" ropes in a place where you're physically near other people doing that. But that's really just a suspicion; we don't actually KNOW, but hiring for us is still such a big deal (narrow expertise) that we're not likely to do so as an experiment.