What aren&#x27;t you getting? There are tons of companies in Silicon Valley that only hire local developers because they don&#x27;t believe remote working is as effective. If you want to hire a local developer, those are the companies you compete with.<p>You try to make it sound ridiculous by changing location with the car they drive, but that is intellectually dishonest because it&#x27;s not clear remote work is as efficient. There is a reason Google doesn&#x27;t allow it.