alt Hacker NewsUnfortunately, in 95% cases location IS a factor with bigger companies.
I'm in a similar position where I'd like to do something a lot more interesting, but intersection between where the interesting companies have offices and where I'd be willing to live do not really overlap enough justify rooting up my life.
(Unless we're talking about "too good to ignore", that's a different story.)
I was explicitly talking about too good to ignore.
Anyone who can optimize a company’s bottom line will be hired.
Like I said, no random average mid react guy or dime a dozen Java developer is getting hired as a remote employee in some flyover country.
But if someone can provide like 50x value then hell yeah..
I thought that was obvious in my message considering we are discussing compiler optimization