"like Etsy sellers, who are empowered by the internet to run their businesses from anywhere, I’ll be working remotely, with only occasional trips to Etsy’s New York office. Not only that, but the default assumption for those on my team is that they, too, will be working from anywhere in the world."

The bad news is that this attitude isn't very common yet among employers. The good news is that it is getting better all the time. I live in far away (wrt SF) Bangalore and just turned down a remote job offer from a great startup in SF. (nothing wrong with the job, I just didn't have the time).