Choosing Between Career and Family, Scott’s Best Relationship Advice, and Being a Dad

Welcome to Office Hours with Prop G. We're wrapping up our three-part series featuring some of our favorite Office Hours moments. This episode is all about relationships from dating and marriage to parenting and friendship and what I've learned along the way. Let's bust right into it. Hey Scott, it's Connor from Raleigh, North Carolina.

I'm a 31-year-old lead software engineer at a cybersecurity company and I'm reaching out for some life and career advice. I work fully remote and although I love my company and was recently awarded a quarterly performance award, I've been struggling with the isolation that remote work has brought to my life. Since COVID, I found myself spending nearly every day working from home, often rolling out of bed just minutes before my first meeting. This past fall, I attended a summit in Seattle, where I spent a week working from the office, and it was a game changer. The focus, structure, and energy of working in person felt like a major boost to my productivity and overall happiness.

Since then, I've been seriously considering relocating to Seattle to work in the office. daily. I think it could be a great move for my career and would help me regain the structure I feel like I've been missing. My wife is fully on board with the idea. She's lived all over the world and grew up in Raleigh and I think that she would welcome a change in scenery.

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