> software development is better when you breathe the same air as the folks you work with

Ever heard of flu season? What if you have a family and don't want to bring diseases home?

> Attempts to represent ideas spatially get mutilated by online whiteboard and sticky note software.

Right... like, the Linux kernel team? Or any of the major open source key pieces of technology you use? Built by large teams that worked remotely for decades even when tools where orders of magnitude worse than the current state of the art? Some of them never meeting each other in person?

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Remote work DOESN'T suck. YOU make it suck.

Remote work is great if you care about shipping.

Want to go for coffee or want to talk about our weekends? No thanks.

Did you see the distracting thing outside the building? No, I didn't because I don't have to go there anymore.

Is the heat too high or too low? It's your own home, just adjust it to YOUR convenience.

Worried about your pets being alone? Just be next to them. I care more about my pets than some stranger from work.

Want to be loud and flex about random stuff? Log into LinkedIn and talk to the other geniuses like you while I focus on doing my job.

Most people SUCK at drawing, suck at calligraphy and their whiteboard diagrams SUCK. Therefore, whiteboards SUCK. Unless you have great calligraphy and drawing skills, whiteboards are not helpful. You are just sad because you are not getting attention by being in front of other people looking at you.