I miss the excuse to ride my bike on a commute every morning, but I'm definitely not going back to an office anytime soon. Hopefully companies will become more open to remote working. There is supposedly a shortage of software developers in the US right now, but:

1. Most companies only hire within a small physical distance of their office(s);

2. Of those that hire remote workers, most will only hire them if they are physically located in the US, or with luck Canada / Mexico;

3. Of those that hire globally, most will only hire through an agency, so there is some middleman taking a sizable chunk out of salary.

Bonus: When you finally find a company that hires remotely, hires internally, and hires globally... they will only offer what they think is the minimum needed in your country.

So... no thanks! I'll keep contracting independently for now. I'm not opposed to working for a company, but until US companies start recruiting reasonably, they are leaving out the majority of people- even the majority of English speakers if that is a requirement.