I was very upfront with my boss, with whom I have a good relationship: if there were any RTO mandate enforced on me ever, I’d immediately quit. I made it clear that I didn’t mean in two weeks, or a week. No, my quitting would be on the spot.

He took it well as he already kind of knew that, but I wanted to make it extremely clear. I have not received and do not expect any negative repercussions from that (in fact, I got a large raise after).

Having a combination of rare skills certainly helps a lot. Otherwise I could not pull such shit off. I feel for those who do not.