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So, wow is this a long essay. But this: "And inevitably, you’re back in the box, counting down the days in which you can do it again."

...is incorrect. It's far from inevitable. I've traveled to another country about every 2 years for a couple decades, and not once has it been like this.

Travel gives you more patterns to draw from, like dabbling in another programming language can help you out even if you end up using the same one for your day job.