For me that is very different. Regarding conferences I wrote above, while at the same time I am working remotely for 15 years.
In remote work with zoom meetings for me (may be different in other jobs)
* Most meetings are in small groups/teams and more discussion, where the feedback problem works better than a conference talk for 100 people
* I know most of the audience, thus know what this expected to present, where the audience got experience and which humor does (not) work
* In many meetings I can keep it running on the side while doing some other work and only give attention to the parts relevant for me
* and am not involved in all that office noise and all the related distractions, but focus on my actual work
My boss of course has to trust me I do my stuff instead of standing behind me.
For larger milestones etc and socializing having in person meetings once in a while is important. But day to day remote massively reduces distractions and removes a lot of irrelevant stuff.
In remote work with zoom meetings for me (may be different in other jobs)
* Most meetings are in small groups/teams and more discussion, where the feedback problem works better than a conference talk for 100 people * I know most of the audience, thus know what this expected to present, where the audience got experience and which humor does (not) work * In many meetings I can keep it running on the side while doing some other work and only give attention to the parts relevant for me * and am not involved in all that office noise and all the related distractions, but focus on my actual work
My boss of course has to trust me I do my stuff instead of standing behind me.
For larger milestones etc and socializing having in person meetings once in a while is important. But day to day remote massively reduces distractions and removes a lot of irrelevant stuff.