Fewer meetings and no commute freed real focus time, and we measure shipped work rather than hours online. Attrition dropped too. The office had been the bottleneck.
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Pay full price for games you'll put 100+ hours into. For everything else, wait โ big titles reliably hit 33โ50% off within a few months. Your backlog will thank you.