Besides the old/young divide, I think there's the geek/suit, or maker/manager divide. As a geek, most of my time is spent working alone, even in ill-defined pr

Besides the old/young divide, I think there's the geek/suit, or maker/manager divide. As a geek, most of my time is spent working alone, even in ill-defined projects that require a lot of coordination and communication. Working from 'home' (more from wherever I want) is better. Also, although I agree that we lose something if we communicate remotely, I don't terribly care. When I communicate, information is more important than emotions. And they want me to work in an open floor office, ugh. Suits spent most of their time in meetings. They also care much more about the emotions and human touch. They've spent years optimizing for firm handshakes, nice hair, good smiles and that weird clicking noise :). Basically, suits want the office, geeks don't. Productivity doesn't have much to do with it :)