I've begun searching in earnest for more work in the e-learning and instructional design field, and in particular, remote work, which I could do from any location. In the process, I've discovered a humorous glitch, showing how some job aggregator sites have not properly prepared for the increase in jobs that are available for remote workers. When you search on these sites for 'remote' work, you find there are hundreds of very desirable tech jobs listed in Remote, Oregon; a location with zero population, that was literally named for its distance from any other populated places: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote,_Oregon So, how can a place with no people, let alone a single office building, be home to so many tech employers? The answer is that these job search sites require employers to list a job at a verifiable location, even if your future employee will never have to commute to work. There happens to be other states hosting locations with the name Remote, but it seems that Oregon has the only one with it's own zip code, which appears to be enough to satisfy the online 'bots that check validity of a job listing's location. Thus, the slew of telecommute jobs listed in a place that barely exists. Still, it might be worth a road trip someday ;)
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