* My main activity most days involving physical presence with a group of peers.
* Conversations with coworkers not running through the fog of Zoom. Not ending most days shattered by Zoom fatigue.
* Real reasons to be away from the apartment, not just to exercise and buy things.
The “other side” has been kicked out from under me by the remote work partisans. I don’t see any path to having a life like that again while still being a software engineer. If present compensation packages hold then maybe I will be able to retire and pick up a low-paying but in-person career in 7-10 years. As long as I don’t go starting a family… if I do that then I’m pretty well locked into Zoom and nothing else all day every day forever.
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The “other side” would be:
* My main activity most days involving physical presence with a group of peers.
* Conversations with coworkers not running through the fog of Zoom. Not ending most days shattered by Zoom fatigue.
* Real reasons to be away from the apartment, not just to exercise and buy things.
The “other side” has been kicked out from under me by the remote work partisans. I don’t see any path to having a life like that again while still being a software engineer. If present compensation packages hold then maybe I will be able to retire and pick up a low-paying but in-person career in 7-10 years. As long as I don’t go starting a family… if I do that then I’m pretty well locked into Zoom and nothing else all day every day forever.