Postby emmasensei » 07 Sep 2021 10:35
"Just to make my point clear, I think relocating 1000 miles away from home to a place you are at best ambivalent about just so you can sit at a desk in a cubicle while working in a computer application that's accessible anywhere that has internet seems so 1998."
You are absolutely not wrong (in fact, I fit this description perfectly; I've been 100% remote in a knowledge position since 2012).
The point I was making is that skilled professions, which CANNOT be done remotely, are so in demand in Texas cities with exploding population growth: physicians, nurses, lab staff, teachers, community program managers, social workers, dentists, childcare, elder care.
The Venn diagram of these professions and those which are directly impacted by state/local politics is a circle.
My spouse runs a laboratory. He certainly has his own views and would prefer his community reflect them, but what he cannot stand is the constant flipflopping: the "we passed this law, so change everything to comply! Wait a sec lol we struck that law down. Change everything back!"
He is thisclose to uprooting us to a state with way less drama so he can just focus on doing the science he was trained to do--especially since three of his very highly-skilled coworkers, whom he really enjoyed working with, have already made the decision to do just that. The exodus is already underway. And I don't want to move. Because moving is a giant pain in the ass. But I will if I have to, because I work remotely, and he can't.
Have to assume a lot of folks have a similar dynamic.