First Year Starting WFH

Sup Monkeys,

First year analyst at a MM 7 weeks into the job. To preface I started at the end of May due to a serious need for analysts as workloads were piling up, I was asked to start 3 months early (before training, so I will go back and do the 3 weeks of training in Sept). I just wanted to get some insights from you guys on WFH. as a first year newly hitting the desk it has been pretty overwhelming at times. I essentially had no real idea what I was doing as I began and I was essentially by myself. Not being able to turn to another analyst in the bullpen or pop by the associates desk for a quick clarification has made it much more difficult to pick up on best practices/learn quickly etc. The existing FT guys know this and have definitely made a lot of effort to get me up to speed ASAP which has been huge, but I feel like being in real time, walking through a model is much more effective than trying to teach over a phone call or a shitty zoom connection. On the other hand I've been forced to learn a lot on my own which will probably help with my development further down the road. The drinking from a fire hose is a very accurate analogy I've quickly realized. But I really want to get into the office sooner rather than later as the learning curve I feel is significantly helped by being with others in real time as opposed having to constantly call others/wait for responses on things while I'm by myself in my bedroom. Also, the camaraderie aspects that help blunt the blow of long hours isn't really existent in the WFH setting, ie. bullshitting at 1 AM in the bullpen, late night dinners, after work drinks to blow off steam and the friendships built are obviously not happening right now and are underrated parts of the experience as an IB analyst.

I definitely see all the benefits of WFH, sweatpants all day, roll out of bed 5 min before work, spending a ton of time with family. So as a 2nd year and up I'm sure its great since repertoires have been established and you are much more comfortable in the job, just being a fresh analyst though isn't ideal in my eyes. I know most first years probably haven't hit the desk yet but just wanted to share my experiences so far/hear what others have to say on the matter. Do you guys think first years growth will be held back at all due to WFH possibly being the norm for at least the foreseeable short term future?