Probably not, but also modern day plumbers can’t really WFH either. I didn’t notice any implication that _every_ role can be done from home successfully, but many software engineering roles definitely can.
Plumbers have a 100% location-dependent job role by its very nature.
Inventing the transistor* or the next leap in LLMs are both knowledge work, so could both be performed remotely
*of course, there was a ton of actual science experimentation and lab work that needed physical presence, but my understanding of the key interactions between team members is that the key collaboration didn’t require physical presence
