Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote working rainbow?

Meanwhile software engineers in the U.S. make more than twice their German counterparts' salary: https://www.google.com/amp/s/codesubmit.io/blog/software-eng...

Of course, not everyone is a software engineer. But it doesn't seem surprising there would be a correlation between fewer hours worked and lower salaries, likely because employers who are able to pick countries to hire from will avoid those where individual workers do the least amount of work.

Don't take it the wrong way: it's you. You are looking for friends.

You dont have to "slave at the digital conveyor belt" you are there to work. You are not there to substitute your private live.

Now what im not saying is that during your 8 work hours your arms and feet should form a rotating disc, but you know -its work-

And further more, ESPECIALLY IN BERLIN, people dont like remote workers too much and i have a list of startups in my linkedin, who would like it very much that i would be there in person.

Most of us are extremely happy that we can work from home that we DO NOT have to endulge the Self centered manager who after working 10 hours straight, would like you to have dinner with them because they are bored(and you agree because of social protocol and future potential maybe promotions).

Remote working is not dodging the commute, that is only really tiny part of it. Remote working is cutting out all the bullshit and focusing, you know, on the work.

While freelancing you go through a lot of clients over the years and would you like to know when we waste the most time? In the onboarding phase where a (middle) manger is checking out if you have actually not fallen on your head as a child.

Finally adressing the "face on the screen that can be replaced" imagery: you can be replaced as a person too. Just because you phsycially hang around somewhere does not mean you are any safer if you do not perform.

There is no gold at the end of your remote working rainbow, because you are actually looking for friends, which naturally works better in person.

Going to a place of work is the status quo with one of the exceptions being bubbles in IT. Some offices are nice, some not. Some are within walking distance, others are not.

You are not locked in to your office unless you work in a literal sweatshop. The lunch hour is a legal right in Europe.

It’s your task to check that you have a reasonable commute before accepting a contract. Why should a company care that you picked a job on the other end of the city?

Jesus, I can’t believe how spoiled and entitled so many people are. But that will resolve itself once remote developers start getting replaced with cheaper workers which can develop apps or websites just as well.