I too am remote in BC (Quadra Island), though will be visiting Vancouver next week to finally meet my manager. Having a life, social and otherwise, outside of w

I too am remote in BC (Quadra Island), though will be visiting Vancouver next week to finally meet my manager. Having a life, social and otherwise, outside of work is absolutely important. The non-office environment permits a certain flexibility time-wise, so it's sometimes convenient to walk the dogs down to the store. I can see people there, as well as at the gym after work, or at other activities. My employer has many remote employees, so there isn't so much of an in-office vs out culture, and various chat, email and meeting technologies make it convenient to "meet". To that end, our group has just started doing a cameras-on meeting every other week or so. The idea is to get more of a face to face aspect, for those who need more of that sort of contact.