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I didn't read the article, but the title alone is obvious. I am in favor of flexibility in the work place. Some people work better remotely, others work better
by dcchambers 4y ago
I didn't read the article, but the title alone is obvious.
I am in favor of flexibility in the work place. Some people work better remotely, others work better in an office. We should let people do what's best for them.
I like working remotely, but I can't imagine being fully remote with my first professional job out of college. The foundational knowledge transfer that happens in person is invaluable. Not only that, but I find even now, as a more senior engineer with many responsibilities, at times it is hard to feel motivated when I'm fully remote. That would only be amplified as a junior engineers when you aren't a stakeholder in any projects. How can you feel inspired to want to build great things if everything is so disconnected and impersonal?
I suspect this is much better at companies that are permanently remote - they hopefully have the infrastructure in place to properly ramp up and train junior engineers. But for companies that have transitioned to remote recently, the old way of onboarding a junior employee won't work any more.