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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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Well in some sectors it is true. I split my time between Calgary and South Carolina. I work remotely 2 weeks out of each month. In my field it is getting more and more common to have designers work remotely.