India, Dec. 4 -- Andrew Rendon, a 31-year-old DevOp engineer, spent 10 months super-commuting from North Carolina to New Jersey once a week. The techie has now opened up about the toll that super-commuting took on his health, and how he eventually had to take a pay cut to find a job closer home.

Rendon told CNBC Make It that he and his wife used to live and work in central New Jersey. However, earlier this year, his wife found a job in North Carolina. The couple moved from New Jersey to North Carolina - and thus began Rendon's super-commuting phase.

Rendon, 31, told CNBC Make It that in North Carolina - unlike in New Jersey - he and his wife could afford to buy a home.

The couple had been staying in New Jersey on rent, but knew that bu...