My working theory is that business people and sales folks especially live in a world where you literally can't be productive by yourself. You have to be schmoo

My working theory is that business people and sales folks especially live in a world where you literally can't be productive by yourself. You have to be schmoozing, gladhandling, sitting in meetings etc. to close deals and grow business. So the idea that software people don't have to do that but can still be "productive" breaks their brains. Same with RTO; they come from a world where you truly do need to be with other people to do your job, so they think that everyone is the same way.