I have founded 5x companies now. My last two have been remote only. I don't think I will ever go back unless I made physical hardware again--even then I might question it.
I have moved my family from California to Berlin. It is great we can travel Europe and I can work from anywhere. The tooling is great these days. Dealing with several timezones has its own issues but we aim to do quick daily standup over discord (yes no more terrible threaded messages in Slack). We use Deel to handle payroll around the globe. We try and get a face-to-face meetup once/year. Everyone seems very happy.
Now the only hard part is finding Rust engineers ;)
Friendly tip: if timezones are an issue, try hiring in south America. We have the advantage of sharing 4 working hours with Europe and California. Also with similar salaries you will get more qualified candidates. You might be surprised with the amount of rust engineers you will find.
I have moved my family from California to Berlin. It is great we can travel Europe and I can work from anywhere. The tooling is great these days. Dealing with several timezones has its own issues but we aim to do quick daily standup over discord (yes no more terrible threaded messages in Slack). We use Deel to handle payroll around the globe. We try and get a face-to-face meetup once/year. Everyone seems very happy.
Now the only hard part is finding Rust engineers ;)