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Re: Ask HN: Tech career advice for unsexy but decently paying jobs($100k, US remote)

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Post by francisofascii »

ebiester wrote: post #10

I'd say look at government, but that is rarely remote. You can look at hourly contracts that aren't through the body shops like TCS, and some of those are still remote. Otherwise, I'd say you're still in a position that you should consider the same path, but looking to be focused on orgs that have work/life balance highlighted.

There are definitely companies that hire remote workers to fulfill state government contract work. Salary won't be great, around the $100K range, but much less stress. Many of these government apps are not used after hours, so no need for a dreaded pager rotation.

Re: Ask HN: Tech career advice for unsexy but decently paying jobs($100k, US remote)

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Post by bugglebeetle »

Universities, museums, some nonprofit scholarly publishing stuff is in the range you mention and very low stakes/pressure. Remote only is getting a little bit tougher (as it is across the board), but still available. Keep an eye on the Code4Lib job board.

Re: Ask HN: Tech career advice for unsexy but decently paying jobs($100k, US remote)

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Post by supportengineer »

francisofascii wrote: post #11
ebiester wrote: post #10

I'd say look at government, but that is rarely remote. You can look at hourly contracts that aren't through the body shops like TCS, and some of those are still remote. Otherwise, I'd say you're still in a position that you should consider the same path, but looking to be focused on orgs that have work/life balance highlighted.

There are definitely companies that hire remote workers to fulfill state government contract work. Salary won't be great, around the $100K range, but much less stress. Many of these government apps are not used after hours, so no need for a dreaded pager rotation.

How would you find these jobs? LinkedIn?

Over the last 10 years or so I have exclusively found my jobs using LinkedIn so I may be a bit out of touch.

Re: Ask HN: Tech career advice for unsexy but decently paying jobs($100k, US remote)

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Post by MichaelRo »

I dunno the US but in EU(rope) there's lots of jobs in automotive and industry, think WW, Porsche, Siemens, Bosch.

They pay decent but beware "the death of a career" projects assuming you started one in the first place. There's a non-flattering saying among us about work at these companies: "two weeks to move two bits" :P

So maybe there's an US equivalent for this, I dunno.

Re: Ask HN: Tech career advice for unsexy but decently paying jobs($100k, US remote)

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Post by to-too-two »

karaterobot wrote: post #4

My stress-reducing mid-career switch was into a non-profit company doing scientific research in an area that was important to me. I took a pay cut from my previous startup job, but I'm actually happy to go to work every day. The stakes feel lower, since it's not a race against finding product-market fit before the money runs out. At the same time, the victories feel great, because we're saving people's lives rather t…

That sounds great. I’d love to do something like that. Any tips on how to find a gig like that?
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