[ameister14]

The way you put it, it sounds like you're working with the best possible team you can - why would you be sacrificing your career to stay?

Wouldn't it be the other way around? Sacrificing your career for social contact?

[throwaway3699]

Social contact is essential to the development of one's career.

And to be honest, this might be a personal thing, but if a job isn't worth being in person for, then it's not worth pursuing at all. I know I'd much rather be with a few friends hacking projects together for pennies on the dollar than making 200k remote.

[matwood]

> Social contact is essential to the development of one's career.

Agreed, except the biggest movers for my career have been social contacts made outside of work.

People incorrectly keep thinking about remote work only in a pandemic sense. Remote work doesn't mean zero social contact, it means more control over the social contact you have.