[hashberry]

There are two important aspects for successful remote working:

- Your company culture

- Your personality

For example, there is no way I'd participate in "very, very chatty" non-work meme sharing. First, people in my company don't expect this from anyone. Second, for me, it's easy to ignore these types of chats or just let them die off.

I just read the author's bio... he describes himself as as a "talkative full-stack coder." So for me, a quiet introvert, remote working is the opposite of stressful. No small talk, no pressure to participate in "office spirit," no "degradation of social skills" when my social skills are already at a set baseline, no desire to leave the house everyday for external stimuli, and no loneliness because all I need is my dog and close friends.

[iamcasen]

Yeah I fit into the same mold as you do in that respect. How do you feel about the career development aspect? To me it seems difficult to grow my career further than the nebulous "senior engineer" title -- especially while working remote.

Building great code doesn't seem to matter much from what I've experienced in the last 8 years. That being said, I've always worked at startups and small companies.

[hazolsky]

Another very important aspect is the time zone. I was working for last 2 years for a company that is 8 hours behind of me and I’d say it’s not what you can combine with your personal and family life.