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Nearly 40% of software engineers will only work remotely (2023)

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72 points jakey_bakey | 2 comments | 22 Oct 24 17:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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999900000999 ◴[22 Oct 24 18:24 UTC] No.41917157[source]▶
Ohh I'll come back into the office for the right price.

Let's say I'm remote and making 140k. I can live wherever I want. If a recruiter was like "If you come to NYC we can hit 190k".

Think about it. After taxes that's a 25k increase. Rent will be an additional 2 to 3k a month over what I'm paying now. Plus I'm spending a minimum of 45 minutes each way commuting.

So I'm already losing money on this. At a certain point more money wouldn't even be worth it. I'd need an additional 50k take home for this to make sense, which due to how taxation works quickly prices me out the market.

Basically I have a WFH job and unless I got a ridiculous offer, I'm not giving it up. I imagine if I finally get a FAANG job with 300k TC I'd consider it.

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1. binary132 ◴[22 Oct 24 18:44 UTC] No.41917363[source]▶
not to even mention cost of living, which can be an enormous difference
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2. 999900000999 ◴[22 Oct 24 19:07 UTC] No.41917571[source]▶
It's also just freedom. For example I wanted to visit a few cities and see some concerts.

Had a great time doing it, and as long as I stay in the US it's not a problem.

I actually really like NYC, to visit! Best food on Earth.

A few years back I interviewed with a company that would let me work remotely anywhere on Earth ( with reasonable limits of course). It wouldn't of paid more that 120k, but I'd rather do that than make 200k in NYC.