Great essay, much better than the usual year-in-review.
Re: telecommute and resultant lack of face time, highly recommend non-purposeful video/audio calls - video ping me just to chat.
Took me 5+ years of being a remote worker to learn the value of those - they sub to some degree for the random hallway/kitchen type conversations of the office. Very different experience from the audio/video of the normal remote meetings, and helpful in making up for the lack of face time.
Re: telecommute and resultant lack of face time, highly recommend non-purposeful video/audio calls - video ping me just to chat.
Took me 5+ years of being a remote worker to learn the value of those - they sub to some degree for the random hallway/kitchen type conversations of the office. Very different experience from the audio/video of the normal remote meetings, and helpful in making up for the lack of face time.