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Nearly 40% of software engineers will only work remotely (2023)

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72 points jakey_bakey | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 17:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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xxxtemp ◴[22 Oct 24 18:03 UTC] No.41916935[source]▶
I feel crazy sometimes, because I'm the exact opposite. WFH has been a disaster for me. I just joined a team with a hybrid schedule (3 days in the office). I'm there every day, but it's pretty dead on the other 2 days. If they close the office and go remote-only I will quit on the spot.
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codr7 ◴[22 Oct 24 18:07 UTC] No.41916965[source]▶
Having the option is the point, people are different.
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xxxtemp ◴[22 Oct 24 18:11 UTC] No.41917025[source]▶
I get that point of view, but for me, being alone in an empty office isn't much better than being alone at home. I'm not trying to force people to be in the office, I just want to find a team where people WANT to be there. It seems very hard to find, but it's also hard to believe I'm the only one in the world who wants to be part of something like that.
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1. codr7 ◴[22 Oct 24 18:14 UTC] No.41917053[source]▶
What has worked well is agreeing on a few days where people will focus their office time, no forcing involved. Make a thing out of it, buy lunch or whatever.

The only thing that changed is the power balance. It's still perfectly possible to get skilled workers into the office, they just have to want it.