[bamboozled]

Because:

Others like myself want to disappear into a dark room and code for hours on end.

Is the antithesis of working out business requirements / design etc so you have something to code?

I find the coding part of my job is about 5-10% of the actual job, mostly, it's working out what needs to be done, how I might go about it, and how to manage complexity.

It's rare that can be all done without input from others. I don't think I'd get very far if I just coded in a dark room for hours on end.

[IMTDb]

It's the old adage "you can go faster alone but you go further together"

We hear about how people are now working much faster due to remote. Which is not surprising. But it's not really clear if that will yield to things going much further.

[MattGaiser]

A lot of it probably depends on how your team is structured. I have a product manager for working out what is to be done and managing complexity.

The technical side of what needs to be done is something I solve alone. The business side is just told to me.