In the office full-time? No thanks, say 86 per cent of tech professionals

Engineering line managers who don’t firmly grasp the technical subject matter sometimes (in my anecdotal experience, often) use “ass-in-seat”-style proxy metrics to do performance management.<p>This is harder to do remote. Reading the tasks and diffs is not harder to do remote.<p>Such managers are often effective at impacting the organization (for better or worse).<p>I am not surprised there is a “back to the office” lobby, and I won’t be surprised if it’s an effective lobby.

&gt;&gt; 80 per cent of tech professionals don’t think they will be working for the same company in two years.<p>That is a lot. I am of the current opinion that I will try to get a job offer every year and if I can&#x27;t refuse it, I won&#x27;t. Some people warn me job hopping looks bad on a resume, but I disagree and I think the article makes my point<p>&gt;&gt;“People changing jobs every year or two can be seen by employers as a red flag but, actually, it shows these people are ambitious, adaptable and knowledgeable, traits that every employer looks for.”<p>Plus this is the sort of thing that works itself out. If it looks bad on a resume no one will hire me until I have been in a place long enoungh

Soft tech maybe. Biotech&#x2F;Semiconductor&#x2F;Automation&#x2F;Space sectors will still be 90%+ office&#x2F;lab.

Clickbait for the kids.<p>&quot;“For baby boomers and Generation X, it was quite common to stay in the same company for most of their working lives. Today’s working landscape is different, with millennials and Generation Z open to the concept of job hopping,” he continued.<p>“People changing jobs every year or two can be seen by employers as a red flag but, actually, it shows these people are ambitious, adaptable and knowledgeable, traits that every employer looks for.”<p>Generation X&#x27;er here. Pretty sure I remember these same articles being a thing - with Generation X being the job hoppers - back when I was ... younger. Job hoppers had a bad rep back then too. It all depends on how long and what you accomplished. Oh you say you invented tcp at your last job where you stayed for 6 weeks? Gonna be an interesting conversation, or maybe an entertaining one.

It depends on the person for sure.<p>BUT as a business owner, employees focus a LOT more when they are in the office and working with peers.<p>The focus is actually quite dramatic.<p>There are just too many distractions in the modern home. Today&#x27;s world, where we are at the moment, was built on people going to work every day. It worked. Look at how we have advanced.<p>Sure, now that we have reached to this point, some people can work at home. But the sustained work is done with your colleagues beside you.<p>The internet. The vast, vast majority of companies that are the backbone of any country. The financial system that runs credit and capitalism. All these things were built in the office or it&#x27;s equivalent.