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There is no substitute for being face to face with family and friends. For co-workers, not so much. Of course you lose something, but it's not as important a l

There is no substitute for being face to face with family and friends. For co-workers, not so much. Of course you lose something, but it's not as important a loss as not seeing family face to face. I think the solution, for some, is to live close to the people who are important to you. Commute and telecommute to your job, not your family.

nostrademons 16y ago
Telecommuting will shut you out of many of the most desirable employers (eg. startups, Google, FaceBook). You actually lose a lot in terms of communication efficiency and hence productivity, and most fast-moving companies are very aware of that. If you do get a job at, say, one of Google's remote offices, your project choices are much more limited than at the home office. My choice was to take the good job, see the family, and put up with the brain-dead TSA regulations for the 3ish times a year that I fly home. I don't like it, but it's the path of least resistance that lets me arrange the rest of my life optimally. I suspect many other people make the same choice.