Mostly luck of the draw; I was non-remote for most of my career (12+ years) before and one day a recruiter for a fully remote company pinged me with a role matc

Mostly luck of the draw; I was non-remote for most of my career (12+ years) before and one day a recruiter for a fully remote company pinged me with a role matching my skillset and I responded to it and interviewed. Perhaps the only worthwhile point to mention is that I took a step down in level/title in order to make this jump. In the previous 3 companies I held various titles of Staff / Principal Engineer or Architect (i.e. 1 or 2 levels above Senior) and I took this job with a Senior Engineer title. Being able to move out of the bay area as a result though, makes it well worth it. I'm infinitely happier by not living in the bay area.