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Re:83 percent of Bay Area renters plan to leave, says survey by sidlls on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @11:48AM (#15028419)
Your last point is one I'd take a step further. The kind of collaboration you describe is necessary for non trivial products. So for them, at least for the people working on the harder problems, 100% remote just isn't feasible.
Re:83 percent of Bay Area renters plan to leave, says survey by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @11:57AM (#15028504)
Non-trivial projects aren't very common even in the bay area.

Edit: I just got out of a meeting with someone in eastern Europe. An extra $20 for a camera pointed at the whiteboard solves the collaboration problem 90% of the way.

Re:83 percent of Bay Area renters plan to leave, says survey by sidlls on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @01:32PM (#15029414)
I certainly agree with that. The Bay Area takes itself too seriously in this respect.