I've worked remotely for 3 years, for 3 different companies, with a move to a new city. Remote work has changed me a little bit, but moving to a new city: massi

I've worked remotely for 3 years, for 3 different companies, with a move to a new city. Remote work has changed me a little bit, but moving to a new city: massive. With remote work, succinct written communication is critical. Don't overload the reader with content; tends to cause people to go "oh god" and not read what you have to say. With a lot of practice and honest work you'll see improvements. Moving to a new city, though, took much, much more effort to adjust, and had a greater psychological impact. I moved with a girlfriend, and we bought a house after a few months. Once that all settled down, we realized we didn't really have many local "meatspace" friends. You realize every weekend you can just "do something together" and then you never really build a network. That can feel tremendously isolating, far more then working remotely. Remote work offers a very compelling option to move, which can offer a wonderful standard of living. I'll definitely stick with remote work. I love it, now that I've really adjusted, and dedicate time to social and professional networking. But without real time spent with others regularly, it would be easy to turn into a hermit, addicted to social networking, for any kind of "personal" connection.