[api]

This was so before COVID. If you are good and productive you can often negotiate WFH like any other benefit.

Honestly it seems like it’s part of a tech career trajectory. Once you are very established and your skills are built up there are several tracks available to you. Two of those are WFH specialist or 5-10X experienced dev and WFH consultant.

The cube farm grind is something you go through to get your skills and network up.

I have seen the same in other knowledge areas: corporate law, finance, some types of editing and design, accounting, etc. WFH becomes one of the options at more senior levels.

The other reason it’s a more senior option is that senior people are seen as better able to self direct and thus requiring less micromanagement.

[gaza3g]

That seems to be true in my case, the first decade of my career was spent in cube farms and cramped offices. I learned a lot and made a few networks, and now I’m at a fortunate point where most jobs are available to me with a phone call if my current job sucks. Especiallly when I’m asked to RTO.