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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Is that really true, though? People talked about being able to live in Montana and work in Silicon Valley, but it isn't really happening. The cost of housing in cities with strong economies keeps going up and up. Most companies, including cutting edge tech companies, have more or less given up on telecommuting. While we can sorta manage remote collaboration with the technology we have, the face-to-face kind is preferable by far. I know when my company closed our office in the U.S., there was tremendous relief that we wouldn't have to hold all our meetings and standups using ####ing GoTo Meeting anymore.
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Telecommuting seems to be strong and growing from what I can tell. My organization is quite conservative, and is completely decentralized and more than half of the staff works from home. I report to someone in New York, live in Virginia and have staff in Texas, Kansas City, St Louis, New Jersey, and New York, New York.
Looking around at my cul de sac in the suburbs and more than half the people are working from home and most are working for an out of state company. The jobs in my area are all require very specific IT skills, and there is no chance I could fill positions with people living in my city or willing to move here.