[samkater]

> The rise of remote work is 100% misunderstood. Good software engineers can work anymore but I haven't met many engineers that can mentor well remotely.

Absolutely this. I love working remotely and will probably not go back to an office until at least the kids are out of school. But both being new and training new people are skills that are just _different_ from being in the office.

Open offices were not a good fit for me, but one valuable thing from a past job was sitting close to both my manager and their manager. That was a way to learn "Oh, that's how you talk to <client A, department B, etc>" without having to be told "this is how you talk to these people." Training a remote new person requires so much more intentionality that most people are not accustomed to.

[bsder]

> Open offices were not a good fit for me

Open offices are not a good fit for anybody.

IBM studied this back in the Dinosaur Age. Bell studied this back in the Dinosaur Age. Dedicated offices with a door are the most productive. Period.

What open offices are is "cheap".