> If I wanted to stay home forever I'd have just taken a remote consulting job a long time ago,
There's a difference between working from home as an employee and a remote consulting job. There is a place for both.
> The cynical part of me thinks all this "WFH Permanently" initiative is just a disguise for companies to start lowering cost for entry to mid-level IC positions by hiring from areas with much cheaper CoL.
Why is it cynical? It really benefits everyone:
1. "Remote" workers: Workers can stay at their (lower CoL) homes, with their friends, family and culture, and still work on products they couldn't otherwise.
2. Consumers: More competition, as barrier to entry is lower
3. Companies: No need to raise huge funding rounds for the most basic of products or the initial prototype
4. "Local" workers: Not everyone is relocating to your home town, so it becomes a little cheaper CoL for them too
There's a difference between working from home as an employee and a remote consulting job. There is a place for both.
> The cynical part of me thinks all this "WFH Permanently" initiative is just a disguise for companies to start lowering cost for entry to mid-level IC positions by hiring from areas with much cheaper CoL.
Why is it cynical? It really benefits everyone:
1. "Remote" workers: Workers can stay at their (lower CoL) homes, with their friends, family and culture, and still work on products they couldn't otherwise.
2. Consumers: More competition, as barrier to entry is lower
3. Companies: No need to raise huge funding rounds for the most basic of products or the initial prototype
4. "Local" workers: Not everyone is relocating to your home town, so it becomes a little cheaper CoL for them too