I am really struggling with the question “Am I on track to get a remote job in five years?” But is this question even relevant? Is it actionable? Is it useful? No, no, no.
I have no clue what the market will be like in five years. If AI boosters get their way, it might not even matter. If AI middle-of-the-round people get their way, I might be using an AI agent, so getting up to speed and productive might be just fine, as long as I keep doing something. If AI skeptics get their way, it might be a struggle to demonstrate transferable skills but if it is anything like the 2010s, it might not be the case?
In all of these scenarios, I am probably fine overall? And maybe remoteness is correlated with years of experience more than anything else? So many questions, impossible to answer.
So what if it’s less about the future and more about the present? What if I am just reacting to the situation at my current job? I like what I got, the company is what I wanted for the past few years. The pay is probably the best I’ll ever have in this neck of the woods.
But I gotta say, I am doing something different than was advertised, I have to plan my home-office days carefully and when the trains are not running, I might be out of luck.
If I try to separate my feelings on work and hobbies? Surely, it must be possible. And once I do, I cleave the situation into the horrible freedoms. On the one, hand, I can be elated that I have my own choice of what I do in my spare time, as long as it brings me joy. And that’s a good thing. On the other hand, I was free to choose this job and now I live with the consequences.
Freedom? Free doom.
Like I said, the consequences are good, actually. But I why can’t things be perfect?
Maybe the realisation that my anxiety for the future is tightly coupled to my work and entirely separate from my hobbies is enough. What else is there to do? I won’t be changing jobs any time soon, the current situation is too good.
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