Pre Covid I used to travel to the US pretty frequently for meetings and development sessions. Getting the random remote worker signed off for travel was pretty easy because everyone was in the same place apart from me.

Post pandemic and now half the group works remote and getting travel approved is a monumental task because orgs are like "well we kitted it out for the remote folk so now you must use webex to the max" and from a job relationship perspective I've never been more alone.

Booked a flight LHR to LAX to go to the pub... sometimes you've gotta do what you've gotta do....

@magicaltrout LAX is my local airport; you gotta spill the details on a pub here in SoCal that's worth a transatlantic flight

@darkuncle I suspect its more the company than the pubs, but I'm pretty sure it'll involve Kings Row and Lucky Baldwins in Pasadena 😄

@magicaltrout oh man, Lucky Baldwins. Good call; my wife spent much of her 20s hanging out there.

@magicaltrout and of course, just noticed the JPL in the bio and it all makes sense now. Got friends over there too :)

@darkuncle yeah, I used to see a lot more of them, sometimes a night out just complaining about work and life over a beer is worth a transatlantic flight 😄