I have been working full time remote for 10 years, mostly remote for 5 years before that, all at the same SV company. I love it. It does take some discipline, a

I have been working full time remote for 10 years, mostly remote for 5 years before that, all at the same SV company. I love it. It does take some discipline, and my work life is entirely separate from my home/social life. I have succeeded by a) a personal commitment to subject matter mastery, no matter what I'm working on, and b) taking pains to understand stakeholders and the full business context and c) making sure my deliverables always contain some valid answer, that they move the ball forward a bit, no matter what point of scale I'm involved in. I do not join herds but I value them and treat them with respect—they are the dominant human condition. To compensate I conspicuously show my peers and my boss that I have their back. I never, ever gossip. I give away my work freely because social capital. This enables me to blow off a lot of the unproductive collaborative make-work that goes on in any big company, without negative repercussions. Which is good because introversion and ADHD. :-)