What Most Remote Companies Don’t Tell You About Remote Work
Great article that really highlights the negative aspects of Digital Nomadism. I work with some folks that do this, and when we talk about it, they can&#x27;t understand why I would want to just stay in my medium-sized city and travel a few times a year. Like, why <i>wouldn&#x27;t</i> you want to spend 6 months a year in Thailand? It&#x27;s such a no-brainer!<p>And for me, it&#x27;s just sort of mind-boggling that you&#x27;d jet set around the world. We own a home. We have friends and family. We have a great dog and probably kids in the future. We&#x27;ve built something here that we like. Yes, I know that the weather is great&#x2F;everything is cheap&#x2F;people are nice in City, Country, but the lifestyle just doesn&#x27;t appeal to me. I like being at home.<p>----<p>One thing I&#x27;ll say though is that the loneliness can extend to the non-Nomad remote worker as well, though. Not that long ago, I worked at a startup in my city where I came into the office every day. I really liked it, I just wanted to do something different. And now I miss the camaraderie, going out to lunch with work buddies, happy hours, and just getting in a physical room and talking through tough problems. Sorry, a few Google hangouts a week does not replace that.<p>Are all those things mentioned above worth sacrificing for the additional flexibility, coming and going when I please, waking up when I want, working on the things I want to work on? I don&#x27;t know. Some days it feels like it is, some days not so much.