There are no tools that can sufficiently replace what the office offers: interaction, chance conversation, camaraderie and socialising with the people with whom you’re trying to build The Thing.

I don’t know what kind of magical offices you’ve been working in, but my experience of offices have had none of those things. Interaction is almost exclusively sports-related. Chance conversation is basically just centered around “can you believe this guy?” Socializing actively avoids any discussion of The Thing or its building.

I’m glad you’re having a good time in the office, but none of that stuff sounds like any office I’ve ever worked in. People would walk in, put their headphones on, sit at their desk for three and a half hours, and go get lunch.

And don’t get me started on the whole “overemployment” trend, where people try to hold down two jobs by doing neither well at all. Yet another “perk” of remote work I guess.

I have a lot of trouble believing that’s something that has ever actually happened in any meaningful amount. I remember seeing a few news stories about it, but they all came from dubious sources and sounded like they were written to capture the attention and suspicion of middle managers, but were light on any real evidence. I feel like most of the ones I’ve seen were about the same random guy who got caught basically right away and fired from both jobs.