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The beauty of remote work:

I make, let’s say somewhere between 100-200k. But because of where I live, this is enough to fill two college funds, pay off a mortgage, let my wife follow her dream of being a full-time mom, and retire by 50.

Absolutely need more remote work in this world. There’s so many wonderful places to live that aren’t ridiculously priced.

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I've been remote for 5 years. I have been happy to take a 50% reduction in what I could be making. In the past, I would wake up in the morning and find myself willing to pay more money than I would make that day in order to not have to go into work. The economics of that didn't work out. I also work for a mission driven organization that is on a tight budget. I make enough money, but more importantly, I have not had a single day in five years where I didn't want to go to work. That's pretty priceless.

I hear you on that.

When I switched to remote I thought “I’d take about a 25% pay cut to be full remote.”

Having done it for almost four years I’d probably take a 50% pay cut to stay remote.

It’s just completely life altering. Especially given I have two young kids I want to be deeply involved with raising.

I completely agree. (largely because of covid), I got to see both my children grow up and then go to elementry school. I wouldn't trade that for anything in the world.

Same, it’s hard reading about these outlandish compensations compared to mission-driven work. But then I remind myself of this.

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