My Experience as a Remote Worker
Any company that openly advertises remote work as a benefit is going to discount your salary.<p>Imagine delivering a million dollar feature, working nights and weekends, but somehow it&#x27;s discounted because of where you live?<p>Across the river from where I live the cost of living is 5% lower - if I happen to work from there, are the features I&#x27;m delivering magically worth 5% less?<p>According to companies like Buffer, Gitlab, Stichfix, the answer is yes.<p>Push back on these salary discounts and double down on the value you provide.<p>P.S. The are more remote opportunities out there than you realize.  If there&#x27;s a job that&#x27;s a good fit for you, regardless of city, find the CTO or VP of Engineering on Linkedin, find their email on Hunter.io and directly ask if remote is a possibility.  Sometimes they will say YES even though it wasn&#x27;t openly advertised.