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Reading about this subject on this site feels like having fallen into the twilight zone. No one I know working outside of tech is even close to this in their a

Reading about this subject on this site feels like having fallen into the twilight zone. No one I know working outside of tech is even close to this in their attitudes towards remote work. Nowhere else is anyone who disagrees "gaslighting". Nowhere else is this all a "plot by commercial real estate". Most want the flexibility to work remotely when they need to (or a few days a week), but prefer working alongside their coworkers for a variety of reasons. The complaints about entire divisions or floors being ghost towns and it being impossible to find the person for help with something are perennial. I know there's some selection bias in who comments on the topic, but I think there's more to it: most people here work in a context where they take a ticket, work on it, etc with ideally minimal synchronization points or meetings. Of all forms of work it's among the most well suited (there are others) to working remotely. Not to mention the absolutely horrific Bay Area commutes. I don't blame you all. But have some humility. You don't represent the norm in work.

seydor 3y ago
> Most want the flexibility to work remote I think it's because the tech people are young and single/live alone. Many people need the office to separate life from work and dont prefer remote. It has a lot to do with the fact that lives are built around tiny real estate.
xbar 3y ago
I hope you mean on "this site" you mean on the author's site, because it is complete twilight zone, even relative to HN.
johnnyanmac 3y ago
I mean, its not much different on general communities. It may be a bubble, but it's much larger than HN. May be one of the bigger generational divides. if you grew up with the internet and are used to navigating it to fill technical, social, and personal gaps, you can see RTO as a waste of efficiency. Regardless of the industry. Meanwhile if you work with folk who struggle to plug something into a USB, you may be more inclined to simply be there in person, for multiple reasons. But of course, any online discussion will be full of somewhat tech saavy users, at the very least ones comfortable enough to browse and post on social media.

seydor 3y ago

> Most want the flexibility to work remote I think it's because the tech people are young and single/live alone. Many people need the office to separate life from work and dont prefer remote. It has a lot to do with the fact that lives are built around tiny real estate.

xbar 3y ago

I hope you mean on "this site" you mean on the author's site, because it is complete twilight zone, even relative to HN.

johnnyanmac 3y ago

I mean, its not much different on general communities. It may be a bubble, but it's much larger than HN. May be one of the bigger generational divides. if you grew up with the internet and are used to navigating it to fill technical, social, and personal gaps, you can see RTO as a waste of efficiency. Regardless of the industry. Meanwhile if you work with folk who struggle to plug something into a USB, you may be more inclined to simply be there in person, for multiple reasons. But of course, any online discussion will be full of somewhat tech saavy users, at the very least ones comfortable enough to browse and post on social media.