Color me odd also. My team of software engineers was very productive working remote for the first year or so of the pandemic. But, we already knew what our pr

Color me odd also. My team of software engineers was very productive working remote for the first year or so of the pandemic. But, we already knew what our projects were and the designs were in place, so in person collaboration wasn't so critical. Things started to slow down as we took on new projects remotely. We got back up to speed when we started coming into the office a couple days a week. The collaboration was better and the random interactions with other teams throughout the building seemed to help get us back on track. We are now 3 days a week in the office and that is working very well for us. I don't think remote work is the future, I'd lean toward hybrid work environments being the future.