I've often felt similarly, having worked on a number of remote projects. But at the end of the day our efficiency/productivity in making major decisions is muc

I've often felt similarly, having worked on a number of remote projects. But at the end of the day our efficiency/productivity in making major decisions is much higher when we gather. Technologically, this is driven by 2 things: 1) Whiteboarding software just isn't there. I can't as effortlessly sketch something out and share it with remote people as I can on a physical white board (which is arguably as relevant to "software companies" as actually writing code). 2) Audio/visual latency still exists. Even if I closed my eyes, I could still tell who's in the room and who's not. Sometimes I'll come in just for a meeting because of this. I do think a happy medium exists in much smaller offices/coworking spaces where most people are WFH a lot but come in once a week for meetings.