To picture the manufacturing capabilities of the US: Image trying to bake a cake, except all the ingredients come with a 8 week lead time and the people with the mixer, measuring cups and ovens are all 200 miles minimum away from each other. Then imagine 2 days before the cake is supposed to be done, the chef asks to change one ingredient.
I live in Montana, have a degree in an unrelated field but still work on IOT projects.
I work mostly from home or private office and have never needed to drive for course of work.
Not sure how you exist in Montana without driving.
If you’d like to move into that field, it’s certainly not easy but it is possible.