As person who has spent half their career telecommuting and half in an open floor plan: it seems mostly like a series of trade offs. Being remote forces you to

As person who has spent half their career telecommuting and half in an open floor plan: it seems mostly like a series of trade offs. Being remote forces you to be more deliberate with communication. I tend to make more design docs and proposals than I think I otherwise would. Working in an open floor plan means you can randomly overhear things you are either passionate about or have expertise in and jump in. I suspect there is also an emotional and introvert/extrovert bit as well. Sometimes it is nice to be physically be around people working industriously on your same problem domain.