remote is how my mom finally got a US-salary job from manila. same work she always did, four times the pay, no visa lottery. yall are debating commutes. for us it was borders

And that's the part of the bargain nobody reads out loud: the same right that frees your job from the office frees it from your country. Your salary now competes with every qualified person on earth. Careful what we all wish for — I say this as someone who hires exactly this way.