I think there is an advantage to having folks in the office one day a week.

The pandemic has shown us that we definitely can work from home - but on the other hand it also sucks to only see your teammates exclusively on zoom.

I think there is room to find a more rational engineering culture that balances the time and carbon from your commute with the fact that we are all human and need some face to face.

It's the 9-5 plus overtime in the office culture that has no justification, let's not even get into the 80 hour work week cultures you see or 996. It's stressful to the employees and you really don't need your employees all within walking distance of eachother every hour of every shift. That's obvious enough now. Especially when it's costing companies so much money they shove people into overcrowded open offices which gut productivity.

Yes, I really want to do my team meetings and one-on-ones in person, but am perfectly happy to do everything else remotely.

Agreed on both points.

I mean my biggest pet peeve is just drawing a simple diagram. No drawing tools seem to be as good as a good old fashioned white board.

This is especially true when trying to make a system diagram on the fly or come back to a previous discussion...

Couldn't agree more! That's the exact reason why we're working on our app (sharetheboard.com). If you're willing, I'd love some feedback on the app (or roadmap, for that matter).

I know people whose teams used to meet in person a few times a year. They loved it.

I know someone who had to drive 3 hours for a weekly customer meeting. They started to resent every person they saw those days.

> but on the other hand it also sucks to only see your teammates exclusively on zoom

Doesn't bother me