"Lottery winners, how did you win the lottery and what advice can you give?"
This whole idea is basically a myth that pretty much doesn't actually exist in practice.
Especially now, with jet fuel costs soaring.
Almost nobody is 100% remote.
You may find an expert niche position where you travel often, but basically no one has a 100% remote job.
Unless you want to argue that being an overseas landlord who manages things from your overseas home counts as a '100% remote' job.
EDIT:
Since some almost nobodies have showed up, I guess I need to show my work.
www.forbes.com/advisor/business/remote-work-statistics
www.apollotechnical.com/statistics-on-remote-workers/
Upwork’s prediction proved accurate: as of 2025, approximately 32.6 million Americans representing 22% of the workforce now work remotely. According to Gallup data, among those with remote-capable jobs, 52% work in hybrid arrangements, 27% work fully remote, and 21% remain exclusively in-office
32.6 * 0.27 = ~8.8 million.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU01000000
Total US Labor Force = ~169.5 million.
8.8/169.5 = ~5.2%
So maybe 'almost no one' is slightly strong phrasing, but I guess congrats to the top 5% most pampered and privileged workers in the US at least, who actually fully work remote.
If the 'Almost Nobodies' here would agree to submit the zipcode that they grew up in, well, I'm reasonably confident it'll be one that's historically had a significantly higher median income than those near it.
Oh also submit your age. I would expect that those in this top 5% to be a distribution centered around... well basically the average US home buyer age, 59.
(Yes I realize that's an unreasonable ask in terms of privacy, but it would make for an interesting study)
((I guess lemmy is surprised to discover its own user base is an example of selection bias))