commuting 4 hours a day sounds like a pretty rubbish lifestyle, but if that is what it takes for a few weeks &#x2F; months to bootstrap out of a bad situation, then it is at least doable. commute, save money &amp; build up a little work history, find a place to rent&#x2F;share much closer to work.<p>i suspect many organisations here in melbourne (including some of the larger enterprise-y ones that pay developers quite well) are too disorganised &#x2F; old-fashioned to consider remote workers.