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by shubidubi 2450 days ago
interesting fact - out of the top 100 companies, (only?) 4 are remote.
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The dominance of San Francisco is mind blowing and flies in the face of the narrative of "decentralizing tech" that I have been hearing over the last decade
YC is based in the bay area, so that's not too surprising.
YC has never been an advocate of decentralizing tech. In fact, it's the opposite they force you to start in the bay area
Those 4 may be remote only, but there are many others on there that have remote positions.
I can confirm that Reddit has remote positions. I work remotely from Ireland, whilst most of my team is in SF.
Why is HN so obsessed with remote jobs and remote companies in general?
Because they're accessible, and remove the burdens/predatory behavior typically associated with relocating to high cost-of-living areas.

More importantly, it speaks wonders about the culture. If a company can be successful without everyone sitting in a single office, it really speaks to their collaboration and communication abilities, which is harder to gauge out of the gate with a traditional co.

I know Gitlab, Zapier are remote could you please disclose what are the other two?
just look for "remote" on the page. the location for each company is in the last column.
Mattermost and Sfox
not untrue!

Though I would point out that because remote is a "new" style of work, it's probably too early in remote work's history to use this as evidence of remote work's unsuitability in general. This being because there are likely a number of "tricks" to making remote employment work properly that today's remote companies haven't yet mastered, while in contrast physical companies have a significant and long cultural history to pull the best ideas from.

TL;DR: yes, but I think remote work is also at Semver 0.X.Y right now so we should give it some time to grow