And yet for millions of people and many years, it has worked out.
There are tradeoffs, sure. But there are a lot of jobs in a lot of fields in a lot of places.
The venn overlap is not tiny.
There are tradeoffs, sure. But there are a lot of jobs in a lot of fields in a lot of places.
The venn overlap is not tiny.
Hardly. This is actually kind of insanely tone-deaf statement to make. People have uprooted their lives, spent lots of their wealth in expensive real-estate markets due to artificial demand, given up time with their families, etc etc.
Saying it's "worked out" is a really bland dismissal of the entire conversation.
But a ton of STEM jobs do require access to labs and other facilities or may have requirements related to security clearances etc. A lot of skilled people can't just work from home and many others travel a lot even if they don't regularly come into an office.
Which is still common these days, but not to the point of exclusivity: I work remotely, but my partner works hybrid.