Remote vs Office Developers: What Thousands of Hours of Real IDE Data Tell Us
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According to McKinsey's research on developer productivity, software engineers spend only 25-30% of their time actually writing code. So where developers work should matter far less than how their time is structured. Yet the remote vs. office debate has been running for six years, with CEOs citing "collaboration" and developers citing "focus" — both arguing from conviction, not evidence.
We have thousands of hours of tracked IDE activity across 100+ B2B companies. The data tells a more nuanced story than either side wants to hear.
