His general comment is about full 100% transition from in office to remote.
I agree with this. You need SOME time in person, especially with an early stage startup.
> You need SOME time in person
I'll agree with this. But it can be on an as-needed basis, not a regularly scheduled thing. This is how I've done it in my own startups. I had office space for people who wanted to come into the office (many prefer that), but it was not mandatory. We'd have in-person meetings every so often as needed. On average, this was about once per month.
There is some tragedy of the commons there though. It was quite convenient to have most everyone in the office on a given day if I decided at 11am it might be nice to switch gears. I also lived literally across the street for one job, and about an average 18 minute door to door commute on public transit for the other. Many others on the teams were in similar living situations so it was easy to call impromptu office days the day before or whatnot as-needed.
I've otherwise worked from home most of my career - but would travel into an office about once a month to see faces and have meetings. Or just go out and have dinners with folks after work. This worked pretty well.
Full remote is tough for me now. I would prefer to be in an office 2-3 days a week, but not forced to be. I do miss the energy of a well functioning team executing together in close proximity.
And to be fair - the worst job I ever had was a 50-90 minute each direction car commute from hell. Literally anything is better than that.
Almost half of the upcoming generation(s) of political and industry leaders socialize online more than offline.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35780201
Seems to me the market has spoken. Mechanized travel is toxic and expensive. Offices AND homes are toxic and expensive. Personal devices AND job devices are toxic and expensive. There’s a lot of duplication going on to satisfy career roleplay.
What a shock the people who will still be around, growing increasingly frustrated with Boomers and GenX demanding full speed ahead as usual, what a shock those coming up after are choosing a different route.
Around 13-14, teens brains deprioritize moms voice for new information. We are stateful beings. It’s not a stretch the need to seek new information runs our entire lives. Boomers and GenX are selling “more of the same!”
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/04/teenager-brai...
How sad if the latest iteration of the professional managerial class is told to take a hike.
How we don’t see forcing the same old on the kids as tacit ageism against youth, I have no idea. Anyone that’s decided not to join a religion leveraged their free agency to blow off an elders sensibilities. “American Civic Life” of the last 50-60 years is not a divine mandate.
We didn’t sign contracts to prop up VCs choices, or leases.
Of course, there's value in spending time together, especially for early-stage startups. The creative sparks that fly in face-to-face brainstorming sessions can be unparalleled. However, striking a balance between in-person and remote work is key. It's not an all-or-nothing scenario.
Remote work has proven its worth in productivity, work-life balance, and environmental impact, among other aspects. To ignore those factors in favor of a rigid, in-office culture would be a disservice to the progress we've made thus far.
Let's not be so quick to dismiss remote work as a whole just because of its potential limitations in specific contexts. Rather, let's embrace its benefits, while acknowledging that a hybrid approach can provide the best of both worlds. Ultimately, isn't that what we're all after—finding a balance that maximizes productivity, creativity, and overall well-being?
