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Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by sciencewolf »

room500 wrote: post #178

Staying in Bay Area for now. If I move away, I am concerned that my career progression will stagnate - not just at my current company, but also the opportunities that would be available if I decided to switch companies. My plan is to work here for a few more years. If the trend continues and remote working proves itself, we are dreaming about moving to Asheville NC. Cheaper CoL, beautiful scenery, and a microbrew sce…

Same here. Staying in NYC to have access to headquarters and better tech opportunities. If remote continues after Covid passes, the Research Triangle sounds fun.

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by 2data222 »

Newly remote here. I'm a "Sr. BI Programmer Analyst" working in Walnut Creek, CA paying about $2,700/month for an apartment. I plan to move to Pittsburgh, PA and move in with my little brother into his newly purchased house where I'll make more money due to much lower state income tax and rent that will fairly be about a third of what I pay now.

The motivating factors for me are money and family (though I would argue that my brother more importantly means friendship to me).

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by bogomipz »

holidayacct wrote: post #32

You would have to be insane to move because you've recently been given remote work privileges, especially in the middle of a recession caused by an ongoing pandemic. Companies provide remote work options all the time and once you move they ask you to come back into the office out of the blue thenlay remote workers off if they cant come back into the office. The other thing you need to keep in mind is a lot of the pla…

>"If you move and work remote be extremely careful, dont assume you're welcome anywhere in the countrh a lot of places are filled with backwards luddites who hate anyone in STEM fields. Yes, this is a real thing."

I imagine if that's your attitude then you are pretty much guaranteed to experience that wherever you choose to move. Even another big city.

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by sushshshsh »

funfunfunction wrote: post #85
sushshshsh wrote: post #16

Montana would be nice however my company refuses to announce any firm dates on when we possibly might need to return to the office which makes signing a lease troublesome

Bozeman is great if you can make it happen.

Only a matter of time :) Thanks for the tip, it's exactly where we're thinking!

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by holidayacct »

nitrogen wrote: post #111
throwawaytx_mx wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If they find out you work remote and don't need anyone they will start screwing around with your life. I've lived in po-dunk farmlands in flyover states and actual swamp towns of 900 residents during my time as a remote software developer, and have never experienced any of this. I don't understand why it would ever come up. Can you elaborate?

If you start a trend and the cost of living goes up, it will cause some tension.

Exactly, a lot of people move into small towns and then unintentionally create tension with locals because they have purchasing power that is 3 to 20x anyone in the surrounding area. Most people don't factor in envy when they move someplace.

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by Ancapistani »

iso1631 wrote: post #176
sverhagen wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But what if the place you really want to be is... wait for it... the office. I get that's not a popular choice, but there's few things I love more than going to work. I know, I'm in a niche, but it's a thing. I am a passionate workaholic, I can do a lot of it from home, but I do my best work in the office with others and, damn, do I miss it.

That's fine, just dont expect everyone else to change their lifestyle to accommodate you.

This is a delicious reversal of common wisdom :)

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by reaktion »

sciencewolf wrote: post #181
room500 wrote: post #178

Staying in Bay Area for now. If I move away, I am concerned that my career progression will stagnate - not just at my current company, but also the opportunities that would be available if I decided to switch companies. My plan is to work here for a few more years. If the trend continues and remote working proves itself, we are dreaming about moving to Asheville NC. Cheaper CoL, beautiful scenery, and a microbrew sce…

Same here. Staying in NYC to have access to headquarters and better tech opportunities. If remote continues after Covid passes, the Research Triangle sounds fun.

I've been working in the RTP area for a few years now. There are decent tech opportunities, relative to the lower COL. However I got bored of the area pretty quickly - my goal is to move somewhere closer to outdoor recreation like AVL.

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by zarkov99 »

holidayacct wrote: post #32

You would have to be insane to move because you've recently been given remote work privileges, especially in the middle of a recession caused by an ongoing pandemic. Companies provide remote work options all the time and once you move they ask you to come back into the office out of the blue thenlay remote workers off if they cant come back into the office. The other thing you need to keep in mind is a lot of the pla…

Do you have personal experience with the Luddite situation? Could you elaborate how you got that view?

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by sails »

jasonkester wrote: post #168
teraku wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey! Would you mind detailing a bit of your process. Indoors climber here, and planning a vacation trip to Fontainebleau in the next 1-2 years (depending on state of pandemic). Few questions come to my mind: - Where was your initial setup (France, EU, overseas)? - How much savings did you have? - Which industry? - Are you working remote as FTE, or are you freelancer/consulting/having your own company? - How's the int…

I started doing this back before Remote was really a thing. So initially, I'd work short 3-6 month contracts on-site in the 'states with 9-12 month stints of travelling in between. Eventually, as it became more possible, I started lugging a laptop along and doing client work from the beach on rest days from climbing. I'd sometimes stop in one place for a month or so just to go heads down for a client or on my own pro…

> don't get grumpy and territorial over climbing areas

Surfers too were once stoked to share. I imagine climbing will soon reach that critical mass?

Nice of you to share this. I'm moving nearer to the coast for the surf/climbing/hiking. (2020 plan, pre covid, now accelerated!)

edit:

> "I suppose", I said, "I could stick around on a Contract..."

Nice article, I like the pic of you doing support on that sailing boat

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by ok_coo »

I work at a non-profit and all back-end office workers are going to be WFH for the foreseeable future.

My MIL has been living on her own for a while now, so my wife and I will be moving in with her to help her out, be close to family, and save $.

My quick estimate is that it'll save us ~24K/year. I used to be able to justify rent and other expenses but it's never seemed dumber to me. If/when we move back to the city where I work, we will do so when we can buy a house/condo.

We will use this saved money to pay off debt, save, and help out our family.

P.S. I should clarify that we are moving from a large city to a very small town in a nearby state where COL is significantly lower.

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