I worked remotely for 4 years and felt isolated, without any real connections with my coworkers. I decided to quit.

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For the past six years, I worked at a tech startup based out of New York City. When I joined the company in 2018, I worked out of the office five days a week. I'd walk out of the elevator every morning and was hit by that unmistakable office buzz: whispers of deals about to close and the latest office flirtation.