RTO = Really Terrible Outcome
(Est. Reading Time: 3 min) I've been working remotely since COVID. That was 5 years ago. Most of us/I have been vaccinated for 4 years. Why haven't I returned to the office? As a Software Engineer, working remotely is extremely more productive for ME. I'm not going to get into the semantics of it, we all have heard the reasons both sides align to, but everyone has a preference, and that is just fine. But it's not even about being more productive, or having more time for a work-life balance. Being a Software Engineer today means being in a "blue collar desk job" type career that is loaded with far more risk and constant highly unpredictable situations. If I had relocated to the cities of any of my previous employers that I was remote for, and they didn't work out like they did, that would have been so much more financial and emotional stress for not just me, but my whole family. Even my last major employer would have had me in California, coming from T...