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The great displacement is already well underway?

(shawnfromportland.substack.com)
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uberman ◴[] No.43964424[source]
I feel terrible for this guy, but he really has stacked the deck against himself by moving to a rural area and refusing (or being unable) to work "on-site". He is up against every new grad and every laid off FAANG programmer clinging to the notion that they should be able to work remotely. To be clear, I'm a huge proponent of remote work but I recognize that many power dynamics have shifted in the last few years.

I could offer a number of critiques about things but instead, I'll encourage him to go back and un-delete his AI vlog content as even if he feels the ground has moved, I would likely find his interest in this topic as a positive thing. I would also recommend he move his tech vlogs to someplace where the topic was the focus rather than blending it into other important parts of his life.

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autumnstwilight ◴[] No.43968706[source]
Am I a bad person for laughing when I realized he ranked "Wordpress theme developer" above the "rock-bottom" of applying for a non-remote job?

(Typing this from an office.)

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1. xtracto ◴[] No.43979632[source]
I was just offered a job in Capital One (the bank) in Mexico city(mexican living in a cheap state in Mexico). I declined because I already have a remote job and I prefer that.

But, if i didn't have that luxury, I would not hesitate to sort my stuff to go where the work is.

People that refuse to work on site and instead remain unemployed remind me of the saying "we've done nothing different and we are all out of ideas" .

Just 20 years ago we HAD TO go where the jobs were. We've become very entitled.