This trend will accelerate ecosystems across the Midwest & South.

Tulsa remote’s applications are up 10x. Detroit, Cincy, Indy, Louisville, all have the same story.

If you want to invest in former Dropbox or Uber or Twitter folks etc, you will have to do so in the Midwest. https://t.co/2qQP5DRJQT

— Brian Brackeen (@BrianBrackeen) October 14, 2020

This is one of the most serious pledge to remote work I have seen from a large tech company! Excited to see how it unfolds :)https://t.co/40XkARkvNZ

— Rodolphe Dutel (@rdutel) October 14, 2020

Today we announced that @Dropbox is going Virtual First. We've learned a lot during the shift to remote work, and we hope this intentional approach will blend the best of both remote and in-office work, and help us live our mission. https://t.co/GSCKhpbfo1

— Drew Houston (@drewhouston) October 13, 2020

?????? I really appreciate the clarity and attention of how to deal with some of the trade offs. https://t.co/0fGguZ9oBP

— Dion Almaer (@dalmaer) October 13, 2020

The trend continues…#CIO #WFH #WFA https://t.co/bYxrUmJVXk

— Tim Crawford (@tcrawford) October 13, 2020

I have several friends at #Dropbox and they are all leaving SF now citing quality of life (but not all are leaving CA).

A deep financial shock is coming to #SanFrancisco. Leaders still clueless and virtue signaling against tech like its 2019. https://t.co/Ts2fKI7wVe

— john sung kim (@JohnSungKim) October 13, 2020

Dropbox just announced it is becoming a “virtual first” company.

honestly, this is the first such post that actually makes sense to me. It addresses all the pros and cons of a “remote first” culture and proposes something that addresses all the concerns.https://t.co/nWW6RzxGxz pic.twitter.com/460zyR91bp

— Cindy Sridharan (@copyconstruct) October 13, 2020

It’s clear that distributed work is here to stay, and we believe that brings an opportunity to redesign the way we work for the better. Starting today, Dropbox is becoming a Virtual First company. https://t.co/3v9MUBKztM

— Dropbox (@Dropbox) October 13, 2020

Now Dropbox, with a sizeable Dublin office, is going "virtual first".

Offices "will no longer be for daily individual work — all solo work and most meetings will take place in a distributed environment."https://t.co/vTywxuNjeI

— Adrian Weckler (@adrianweckler) October 14, 2020

Dropbox becomes a remote first company and ups the ante by replacing offices with “studios” where employees can hang out or meet in person.

It’s now a flood. The business cost saving and convenience of lower rent/no commute for workers is too powerfulhttps://t.co/OfT4WKgwOJ

— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) October 14, 2020

are there any other examples of companies completely converting their offices into meeting rooms only, no desks?

(looking forward to commentary from the folks who focus on the future of work!)https://t.co/cPaO4p4XPW

— EricaJoy (@EricaJoy) October 13, 2020

"Dropbox Studios" = "...whether they’re dedicated spaces in places we currently have long-term leases and a high concentration of employees (San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, and Dublin to start) or on-demand spaces in other geographies,” the company said. https://t.co/6UP0ahDlqh

— Ciri Haugh (@chaugh) October 13, 2020

even with this change Dropbox will still have to make $1.1 billion in future minimum payments for non-cancelable leases https://t.co/z7pSQ8LuQc pic.twitter.com/ZotI17IY0Z

— Jordan Novet (@jordannovet) October 13, 2020

As more tech companies become “virtual-first,” allowing employees to work from anywhere, cities and states will compete to attract them. It also means CS education can land students a high-paying Silicon Valley tech job from any city. https://t.co/Hi728ohlC2

— Hadi Partovi (@hadip) October 14, 2020

Dropbox becomes a remote first company and ups the ante by replacing offices with “studios” where employees can hang out or meet in person.

It’s now a flood. The business cost saving and convenience of lower rent/no commute for workers is too powerfulhttps://t.co/OfT4WKgwOJ

— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) October 14, 2020

The future. Really, the present. If your company is not already speaking with @FirstbaseHQ @chris_herd to optimize remote onboarding + device management, you’re late to the game. https://t.co/tUjND77P7h

— David Goldberg ? (@davidrgoldberg) October 14, 2020

Dropboxも、今後はリモートワークをデフォルトにし、必要な場合のみサンフランシスコ、シアトル、オースチンなどでコロナ対策をした「Dropboxスタジオ」で社員が働けるようにしていくと発表。https://t.co/DpmLcubJ3f

— 今村咲 (@saki_imamura) October 13, 2020

Onsites > Offsites was [Onsites are the new Offsites]https://t.co/s34pDf52vB

I'm predicting I will read this sentence soon: "Onsites are changing the way we work, learn and play."

— Tren Griffin (@trengriffin) October 14, 2020

It’s clear that distributed work is here to stay, and we believe that brings an opportunity to redesign the way we work for the better. Starting today, Dropbox is becoming a Virtual First company. https://t.co/3v9MUBKztM

— Dropbox (@Dropbox) October 13, 2020

Dropbox is the latest company to embrace remote work. The company announces a new "virtual first" policy, where remote work will be the "day-to-day default for individual work" https://t.co/PQNEcNgVs3

— Cat Zakrzewski (@Cat_Zakrzewski) October 13, 2020

Facebook, Twitter and now Microsoft have all bought into the remote work future, saying some or all workers can stay home permanently. https://t.co/0AdM7Uxp3I

— Axios (@axios) October 13, 2020

Dropbox latest San Francisco tech company making remote work permanent https://t.co/979il2jCBe

— James Tobyne (任翔） (@JamesTobyne) October 14, 2020

The future of work is... omnichannel.https://t.co/Lxm7y999dz

— Jill Carlson (@jillruthcarlson) October 14, 2020