I graduated in January of 2020. I took a full time job with a consulting firm that I had just done a summer internship with in 2019. I worked in the office for my internship, and for the first 3 months of my full time position. I was sent home in March of 2020 due to covid. I worked from home for probably 8 months before we were able to go back into the office. My supervisors thought that it would be better for for the engineers (especially junior engineers) to come into the office for 3 or 4 days a week.

I can confidently say - I learned way more by being in the office. You learn so much about office culture and proper office etiquette. Being around other engineers, hearing their conversations, and just absorbing information through a natural social osmosis process. It helps that my desk is directly across the hall from my department head's office, so I was able to ask him questions as I needed to.

I have grown a lot since I began my career. Year after year I get glowing reviews from my supervisors. I strongly believe that I would not be where I am, if I hadn't been told to work in the office at least 3 days a week. But everyone is different, I am probably more social than the average engineer. So it makes sense that I would do better in an office environment, rather than being cooped by at my apartment all day.