This is why I think remote work will have as serious negative consequence for career growth and "generalist" thinking in tech.
Working in an office allowed me to meet people from related teams. When I worked in operations, I met the network team, the call center team, the server teams, the datacenter teams. In infosec running firewalls, I met the SOC, IAM, audit and governance people. Not only in meetings, but they were approachable. We would banter about common gripes, we would talk about how each other's work impacted the other. And we learned from each other! It made me a better security professional.
Doing that remotely is really tough. I think young people coming into tech to remote jobs will miss that low-friction learning opportunity.
Working in an office allowed me to meet people from related teams. When I worked in operations, I met the network team, the call center team, the server teams, the datacenter teams. In infosec running firewalls, I met the SOC, IAM, audit and governance people. Not only in meetings, but they were approachable. We would banter about common gripes, we would talk about how each other's work impacted the other. And we learned from each other! It made me a better security professional.
Doing that remotely is really tough. I think young people coming into tech to remote jobs will miss that low-friction learning opportunity.