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by 10000100001010 2250 days ago
I've worked remotely for nearly 2 years now. The majority of that time I was the only remote engineer in a company of ~80 engineers. We went fully remote just over a month ago and it has been a huge quality of life boost for me. Before everyone went remote the communication was pretty lopsided where I had to make sure I was over communicating and inserting myself strategically. Now that everyone is remote it is a lot more natural with everyone on the same playing field
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Yeah, same experience. For the first time I'm on equal footing with the rest of the company. I knew what I was getting into from the start, and I can get along just fine being the only remote person, but I won't deny this has me thinking about going with a fully remote company when this is all over.
Awesome to hear this. The "same playing field" bit is significant.