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I mean, it's not really dead. It has just flatlined in the short term, which makes sense. We are long past the point where most people are concerned about getti

I mean, it's not really dead. It has just flatlined in the short term, which makes sense. We are long past the point where most people are concerned about getting sick from COVID, so if your company hasn't called in workers yet, then it seems unlikely that they are going to in the near future. The question is where things shake out in the long term. What percentage of young and growing companies will start remote and remain remote, start in person and then go remote, or start in person and remain in person (it's hard to imagine starting remote and then going in person, but I guess that's possible too)? The long-term outcome is still unclear, and it will take a long time for the dust to settle.

kmlx 3y ago
> it's hard to imagine starting remote and then going in person, but I guess that's possible too wasn’t github started remote-only and then went to some in-person?
kingTug 3y ago
> We are long past the point where most people are concerned about getting sick from COVID Sadly true. I wish there was more discourse on HN about this. I don't think 10+ years from now this will be sustainable without revelatory therapeutics or vaccines that offer complete and total protection. It seems clear that this is going to be a slow burn where everyone's immune system gets nicked, little by little. Contracting covid once a year or couple of years seems to be the reality we're willing to live with and I am terrified of the long term implications of this.