The first job I ever had required me to be someplace at 4am to start loading meat into a -30 degree freezer, and I’d do that until I lost all feeling in my hand

The first job I ever had required me to be someplace at 4am to start loading meat into a -30 degree freezer, and I’d do that until I lost all feeling in my hands, take a fifteen minute break, go back into the freezer until I couldn’t feel my hands again, take another fifteen minute break, then go back into the freezer a third time, then drive as home as soon as I got back enough feeling to get my car key into the door. Decades later I get to sleep until 9, stay warm, do tech stuff all day, DoorDash brings lunch and dinner, take a shower and go to bed. No more commute. No more trying to drive in downpours and snow storms. If my stomach feels bad or I stayed up too late watching movies I can shut my eyes for a while. If I’m in the middle of a tough problem I can power through without worrying about having a parking space, or missing the last train, or having to shell out $300 for an unexpected hotel stay. A world of difference from where I started, remote work is the best thing that ever happened.