This is nonsense, because the "change your life" for the better factor is actually enhanced if you work remote instead of working for the same company in-office

This is nonsense, because the "change your life" for the better factor is actually enhanced if you work remote instead of working for the same company in-office. Do you really think a leetcoder getting a job with a FAANG in the Philippines isn't going to have a dramatic financial, social, and status surge if he is working from his home country instead of relocating to the Bay Area, where he has to compete with all the other leetcoders for real estate and other resources?