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Thanks for the feedback! 1) While I can't be sure, I believe that I would be able to be seen as capable. I consider myself a strong mobile developer, and I have many years of shipping some very popular apps. It is my understanding that the remote mobile team is somewhat more on the junior side. If I made changes to the team (introduce formal code review, spin up build servers and nightly/CI builds, etc) it would be done gradually and with their input. 2) This is basically what I was thinking. If they don't budge on vacation, or are unwilling to even consider it, it isn't a good sign. 3) Their rationale has been that while yes, the mobile team is in another city, part of my role in this position is somewhat of a liaison between the mobile team and the rest of the IT in my current city. As new features are requested of the app that have service dependencies, it would require me to interface with the team in my city. Still though, IMO, this doesn't require 5 days a week face to face. I've never had problems doing this in my current role. I honestly just think this comes down to the company here not being used to people regularly WFH. When I first joined my current company, it wasn't an option at all, but it was added a year after I joined. 4) Commute does worry me some. Although, I know many people with MUCH longer commutes. I think that ~40 minute commute is on the max of what I would consider bearable. This commute falls under that. Although, another consideration is that this job is further away from my child's daycare. So, on certain days, my effective commute may be longer still. 5) I feel like I'm listened to and that I am relevant. At most places I have worked, I feel like I have the respect of my peers and management. I work very hard. But in the past 2 years, I have spun up 2 completely new, relatively large apps for my current company. Once they are released, the development cycle seems to slow a lot. The number of new features that need to be developed go way down. I'm in one of those maintenance modes now and can lead to me being bored. |