i'm working remotely from EU but company thinks i'm still in US
Ask HN: Who here is juggling two or more remote jobs? How is it working out?
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Re: Ask HN: Who here is juggling two or more remote jobs? How is it working out?
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jeez, where are you getting jobs where you can work like 2-3 hrs a day and get paid 250k + ? Are u a leetcode god or a 10x programmer?
Senior to Staff positions at medium to large private or mid cap public companies expect little from their engineers :). Definitely not 10x and I suck at leetcode style problems. I'm probably a 2xer who acts like a 1xer. That's the real secret. Don't overachieve.
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Re: Ask HN: Who here is juggling two or more remote jobs? How is it working out?
#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
jeez, where are you getting jobs where you can work like 2-3 hrs a day and get paid 250k + ? Are u a leetcode god or a 10x programmer?
Senior to Staff positions at medium to large private or mid cap public companies expect little from their engineers :). Definitely not 10x and I suck at leetcode style problems. I'm probably a 2xer who acts like a 1xer. That's the real secret. Don't overachieve.
You are actually the living proof there is a 5x to 10x difference between some programmers. Since you have 4.5 jobs.
Thanks for coming forward.
Re: Ask HN: Who here is juggling two or more remote jobs? How is it working out?
#114FWIW, a lot of US employers report your current employment status, role and salary to databases like Equifax's 'The Work Number' - and nearly any organization that subscribes can view this data. HR departments DO look at this info and occasionally spot-check it to catch moonlighting employees. You can request your own data here: https://employees.theworknumber.com/
Do your moonlighting under a single-member LLC with an EIN. You can generally do this for less than $100 per year in your home state. It can be a challenge to get the IRS to issue an EIN to such an entity, but if you read the rules you can find the exact flowchart of yes/no questions to force them to do it (pro-tip: do that first, so you actually create the business properly). As a bonus, you'll probably end up with…
20% deduction not discount so more like 6-10%. Then it gets cancelled out by SE tax.
Re: Ask HN: Who here is juggling two or more remote jobs? How is it working out?
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Do your moonlighting under a single-member LLC with an EIN. You can generally do this for less than $100 per year in your home state. It can be a challenge to get the IRS to issue an EIN to such an entity, but if you read the rules you can find the exact flowchart of yes/no questions to force them to do it (pro-tip: do that first, so you actually create the business properly). As a bonus, you'll probably end up with…
20% deduction not discount so more like 6-10%. Then it gets cancelled out by SE tax.
Yes, you are correct (deduction vs discount). But SE taxes - you pay those too if you are working with a W-2. I thought it was understood that working on a 1099 basis rather than a W-2 basis involves a different rate to make up for the "employer-paid taxes" that a W-2 person does not see.
Re: Ask HN: Who here is juggling two or more remote jobs? How is it working out?
#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
jeez, where are you getting jobs where you can work like 2-3 hrs a day and get paid 250k + ? Are u a leetcode god or a 10x programmer?
Senior to Staff positions at medium to large private or mid cap public companies expect little from their engineers :). Definitely not 10x and I suck at leetcode style problems. I'm probably a 2xer who acts like a 1xer. That's the real secret. Don't overachieve.
Do you have an email interested individuals can contact you on?
Re: Ask HN: Who here is juggling two or more remote jobs? How is it working out?
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I was going to spend some time justifying my rental portfolio but alas I fear it will fall on deaf ears. Thank you for your somewhat constructive criticism. I'm sorry to hear that you feel that way. Given your username, I assume you are just as worldly as I am. In that case, I hope your HODLing habits lead to success. Eventually, you will become the same "evil" that you despise... you will eventually become... me. HO…
Thank you! My post was overly emotional and it triggered me when I read you were landlording. Like — I have no issue with you drawing multiple wages, but then using that money to extort rent from working class folks just was a bridge too far for me. As a renter I have experienced some really dirty actions from landlords, and given the drop in housing inventory, landchadding just seems exploitative with no gain for so…
Just because you have had a bad experience with a landlord does not make all landlords bad. Just like you probably had a bad experience at a restaurant, does that mean all restaurants are bad?
Re: Ask HN: Who here is juggling two or more remote jobs? How is it working out?
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I would not say that "we in tech make enough". with the crazy high cost of housing, health care, education, and more, it's no longer clear that people in tech make enough. people in the baby boomer generation could say that with much more confidence than our generation can.
Imagine someone making over 200K complaining about CoL when the median income in the US is 36K... Astonishing lack of self awareness
if you want to experience lack of self awareness, go talk to some lawyers charging $800/hr
Re: Ask HN: Who here is juggling two or more remote jobs? How is it working out?
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like I said, none of your business
Totally agree unless they want to complain about it to me. If a peer or employee tried to sell me a sob story about 500k not being enough I would tell them to hit the road
again, you have no idea what’s going on with their life or finances. people find themselves in situations all the time they think would never happen. hope you never end up there.
Re: Ask HN: Who here is juggling two or more remote jobs? How is it working out?
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Do your moonlighting under a single-member LLC with an EIN. You can generally do this for less than $100 per year in your home state. It can be a challenge to get the IRS to issue an EIN to such an entity, but if you read the rules you can find the exact flowchart of yes/no questions to force them to do it (pro-tip: do that first, so you actually create the business properly). As a bonus, you'll probably end up with…
Not going to work for the sort of use case this discussion thread seems to be aimed at - people that are working 2x (or more?) run-of-the-mill 'day jobs'.
You mean to say 2x W-2 jobs? Yes, you are likely correct, though it may actually work out if you can convince one of them to switch you to a 1099 status.
Part of your benefits as a W-2 employee don't really do you any good to have 2x of them. 401k plans - your max contribution is the total, not per employer. Health insurance? Well, maybe some people would be better to have two policies (but then you'll get demands for the rest of your life to document whether or not you have two policies for the purposes of coordination of benefits).
Honestly, having one W-2 and one or more 1099 job is better than one or more W-2 job - if you can get it that way.