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I disagree. Like many HNers, I align with Paul Graham's thoughts on the matter [1]. [1]: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/paul-graham-says-remote-does-225728000.

I disagree. Like many HNers, I align with Paul Graham's thoughts on the matter [1]. [1]: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/paul-graham-says-remote-does-225728000.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/paul-graham-says-remote-does-...

choeger 3y ago
"creativity", my ass. 99% of people aren't hired to be creative. They're hired to be quick and efficient. After over three years WFH now, I know that my performance has improved. Anyone asking me to move around town every day will simply have to pay for that additional task now.
- kaashif 3y ago
  Indeed, I think VCs and founders are (predictably) focused on the cases where creativity and learning are important. I think I have a job like that where we're building a new product, and very often we have ideas or realise issues that I don't think we would if we didn't have in person communication. But there are a lot of jobs where your won't get rewarded for that and where in person interactions don't actually produce that much value.
jakupovic 3y ago
Bunch of bs and conjectures strung into a fluff piece. There is no way to construct best teams while concentrated into 1 physical place. It's impossible, especially when looking to build a distributed team on 24hrs. You can get a few people to work together but for full 24/7 coverage wfh distribution is best. Easier to hire and replace workers, consequently.
anonzzzies 3y ago
So far all responses to articles about to wfh or not wfh have been far more nuanced; it’s good for some, not good for others to wfh. Some people love the office and do their best work to waste half a day or more of the day commuting and talking about the weather in ‘meetings’ while others (and I guess you feel in what camp I am) get far more done at home. Forcing everyone into offices is only about control and bad managers not being sure how to show their job is actually worth anything at all. Hint; it very often isn’t. Their jobs can often be replaced by a trivial piece of saas software. > Like many HNers Show of hands please as I don’t know if this is the case; I haven’t seen it. Like said; it’s mostly more nuanced and almost no one here I have seen claiming that ‘everyone RTO’ is a good plan, at all.

choeger 3y ago

"creativity", my ass. 99% of people aren't hired to be creative. They're hired to be quick and efficient. After over three years WFH now, I know that my performance has improved. Anyone asking me to move around town every day will simply have to pay for that additional task now.

kaashif 3y ago
Indeed, I think VCs and founders are (predictably) focused on the cases where creativity and learning are important. I think I have a job like that where we're building a new product, and very often we have ideas or realise issues that I don't think we would if we didn't have in person communication. But there are a lot of jobs where your won't get rewarded for that and where in person interactions don't actually produce that much value.

jakupovic 3y ago

Bunch of bs and conjectures strung into a fluff piece. There is no way to construct best teams while concentrated into 1 physical place. It's impossible, especially when looking to build a distributed team on 24hrs. You can get a few people to work together but for full 24/7 coverage wfh distribution is best. Easier to hire and replace workers, consequently.

anonzzzies 3y ago

So far all responses to articles about to wfh or not wfh have been far more nuanced; it’s good for some, not good for others to wfh. Some people love the office and do their best work to waste half a day or more of the day commuting and talking about the weather in ‘meetings’ while others (and I guess you feel in what camp I am) get far more done at home. Forcing everyone into offices is only about control and bad managers not being sure how to show their job is actually worth anything at all. Hint; it very often isn’t. Their jobs can often be replaced by a trivial piece of saas software. > Like many HNers Show of hands please as I don’t know if this is the case; I haven’t seen it. Like said; it’s mostly more nuanced and almost no one here I have seen claiming that ‘everyone RTO’ is a good plan, at all.