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Discussion on: Is it possible that the software industry could become nearly 100% remote?

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Zachary Stone

Not to get all doomsday cultish like..

But I think we will soon get a glimpse of what that will look like when the Coronavirus spreads in the US.

Not even being sarcastic. It's a matter of when it will happen, rather than if.

Thankfully most jobs have the ability to work remotely, especially our industry. So it will be interesting to see how it all plays out

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rhymes • Edited

But I think we will soon get a glimpse of what that will look like when the Coronavirus spreads in the US.

It is literally what's going on right now here in Milan, most of my friends working at companies that can do remote work have been asked to work from home even though normally they wouldn't be allowed to do it if not with specific agreements and on a very infrequent schedule. Now magically everyone is home and the companies are still functioning...