[donmaq]

>IMO I don't think it's mentally healthy to not at least 'enjoy' your work and have decent professional relationships with your coworkers.

You can have "decent professional relationships" with coworkers while remote. Virtual beer (I prefer scotch) drinking sessions work great, for example. And also opens your circle to ppl continents away.

>Work is a significant part of your life and to be socially disconnected and emotionally discordant about what your doing is not good.

Physical proximity is not necessary for social connection. Especially when it seems every app has webconference (slack too).

Also, frequency of needed connection differs if you're an introvert vs extrovert. Larger society typically views the latter as 'normal' & the former as 'ill-adjusted', but I wouldn't expect that tendency on HN(?)