[phillypham]

Awesome work environment for one person can be not ideal for another.

Pretty much all the top AI labs are both intensely competitive and collaborative. They consist of many former IMO and IOI medalists. They don't believe in remote work, either. Even if you work at Google DeepMind, you really need to be in London for this project.

[optimalsolver]

The open-source software projects these companies critically depend on are developed by collaborators who have never met in person, and yet these companies still believe you can only do great work in the office.