[rfurmani]

You're definitely not the only one! We [1] have been in-person in San Francisco predominantly, at first due to visa sponsorship rules, but also due to the energy you get at a fast moving early stage startup, allowing us to scale super fast. We've had to constantly evaluate whether we are making the right decision, especially as we say no to really talented people who are remote, but some of our early engineers put their foot down and let us know that they chose us /because/ we were in person. And time and again we've seen that there's plenty of people like you who want to be around people and feel connected to everything happening, especially those who are looking at series A/B startups. Frankly, it also just seems that you need to be a lot more rigid, focusing on specs, structure, documentation, when remote-first and that is not as fun when hacking. We of course are flexible about work from home, or traveling to see family or be in other places, but last time I was with family I definitely noticed that working over zoom and slack was way more exhausting.

[1] https://parafin.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildparafin