[smarmgoblin]

At least in software engineering, this is a great opportunity to start understanding how to cooperate and work with a team in this field. There should be a little bit of friction involved in tapping someone on the shoulder, and if you can only code within arms reach of a senior engineer you won’t make it very long.

Sometimes I think the college mindset of “if my code doesn’t compile, the TA must have made a mistake giving it to me like this, I’ll ask him what’s wrong” persists into a first job. And there are jobs (and senior engineers) who encourage this pattern too, so it can be a while before anyone encounters a different atmosphere unfortunately.

[plaguepilled]

Taking accountability for your solution does not require a physical presence. This is not relevant.

Edit: I worded that a bit poorly. The point I wanted to convey was that the physical location isn't what determines accountability.