Where our roots reside and the high quality of life in our area. Once we began a family, this became all the more important and added in the desire for stabilit

Where our roots reside and the high quality of life in our area. Once we began a family, this became all the more important and added in the desire for stability for our children. It was these choices, combined with living well outside an hour of Boulder and Denver, that pushed me to focus on a remote-centric career. I think a lot about moving closer to technology hubs and there is definitely a desire to generally work day-to-day with excellent engineers in close quarters. However, each time I do rocking chair thinking, I come back to the same conclusion; our lives are more rich with family and friends and the lifestyle we are able to gain via the lesser cost of living. Though, I admit it has a large potential cost on career. I'd love to be slinging Haskell day-to-day, in SF, etc for the rest of my life on a professional level.