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Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by cj »

nsonha wrote: post #141
kortilla wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why did it expedite the firing? Was he working for a competitor?

obviously they lied about their time commitment in working hours, and it's not about the number of hours, it's about honesty and their lack of commitment as promised.

This. I can't trust an engineer with our production AWS keys when they aren't honest about who they work for. (managing AWS infrastructure was part of his job description, and you need to be trustworthy to have AWS level access to customer data)

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by codegeek »

kortilla wrote: post #92
codegeek wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did your father work both jobs at the same time? I m sure answer is No. GP is talking abput a remote dev who was fooling 3 companies. A full time job means you are available for that company at that time. Not concurrently.

> A full time job means you are available for that company at that time. No it doesn’t. That’s completely dependent on what’s in the employment contract.

Ok . When you get a full time tech/dev job next time, try asking the employer if you can work for another company concurrently. I am talking full time W2 jobs with benefits not contracting or freelancing.

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by vivekv »

Benjamin_Dobell wrote: post #108
fxtentacle wrote: post #11

Leverage. If your work improves the productivity of 100+ other people, you're surely worth the price. If your work saves $500k+ in annual costs, you're surely worth the price. If hiring you cripples key competitors, you're surely worth the price. If you can enable new revenues streams through knowledge that only you have, you're surely worth the price. If hiring you does not increase productivity, reduce costs, fend…

> if you're outside of the US, set up a local LLC so that US-based companies can treat you like an independent contracting business. That'll make it much easier to hire you across borders. And at that price, you can surely afford the $1000 annually for a tax advisor retainer. In my experience you shouldn't need to do this. In fact, I suspect doing this creates both a taxation and legal nightmare. You should have a re…

Can you elaborate on Deel please. How does it help? I cant seem to find a link online. appreciate the help.

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by UweSchmidt »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #136
treeman79 wrote: post #118

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When young, I was asked to take over reporting for a couple weeks while someone went on vacation. It was a full time position that required 7 solid hours a day of work. I had the position fully automated by the time person got back. Thankfully they took it well and they got more interesting assignments. 2 weeks of my time saved several years of salary for company. I did this many times.

Ironically, that is also what the “meaningless” HFT firms do. Automate trading so fewer and fewer traders are needed.

They are not replacing "needed traders", i.e. people that used to execute trades required by real people or companies, like "buy some Apple stock". These firms are playing their very own game in the markets, ultimately extracing money from the economy, with the supposed public benefit of "creating liquidity" (not needed for real investors who can very well wait a day or two before closing a deal) while actually distorting the markets and obscuring the real value).

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by kitten_mittens_ »

sofixa wrote: post #116
300bps wrote: post #113

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$150 per hour is $300,000 per year including two weeks vacation per year. I have a side client that I met 11 years ago that I charge $150 per hour for remote development. They feel lucky to get that rate! Most people around us charge $200 per hour but since I work full time for someone else and can’t always be available I give them that discounted rate. I don’t think they’re hard to find at all for consulting. Being…

2 weeks vacation per year is pitiful. Do people really get on and are happy with only that? I get 5 weeks ( minimum legal in France), i use it to the max and it's okay, but sometimes insufficient.

American weeks are only 5 days long if you use employer accounting when evaluating an offer.

I have "3 weeks" but it's only 15 days.

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by wayoutthere »

Consulting for me; I work for a large firm but bonuses put me well over $250k. Most of my job is also not tech; I largely manage development teams these days. As a pure engineer, you should be looking at product companies selling SaaS.

To command that level of salary and industry, you need to have at least 10 years experience, with half of that at a “digital economy” product company. If you’re not at a larger product company working on production systems, your title will probably be a level below where you’re at now (so expect to come in making about what you do now, albeit with a higher ceiling for comp and promotions).

Startups aren’t necessarily the best entryway either. The job of working at a startup is very different from working on a relatively mature codebase. It takes a different mindset and a much more methodical approach. Less “move fast and break things” and more “readable code, complete documentation, good tests”.

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by wpietri »

sofixa wrote: post #116
300bps wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$150 per hour is $300,000 per year including two weeks vacation per year. I have a side client that I met 11 years ago that I charge $150 per hour for remote development. They feel lucky to get that rate! Most people around us charge $200 per hour but since I work full time for someone else and can’t always be available I give them that discounted rate. I don’t think they’re hard to find at all for consulting. Being…

2 weeks vacation per year is pitiful. Do people really get on and are happy with only that? I get 5 weeks ( minimum legal in France), i use it to the max and it's okay, but sometimes insufficient.

If you are doing by-the-hour contract work you can generally set your own terms for which hours you work and how many.

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by codegeek »

hermannj314 wrote: post #89
codegeek wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did your father work both jobs at the same time? I m sure answer is No. GP is talking abput a remote dev who was fooling 3 companies. A full time job means you are available for that company at that time. Not concurrently.

The original suggestion was to work 2 jobs. The post I replied to projected that (for some reason) into being a bad idea because of some story deceptive, poor-performing, contracting violating, three concurrent jobs. I stand by my statement. It is not wrong to work two jobs. That was the original claim despite what this other guy wanted to make it about.

But you used your father as an example and my question is if your father worked for both at the same time. That matters a lot. Your comparison is not appropriate because there is a huge difference between working a job and then working another job at a totally shift/time than working 2 remote jobs concurrently where you are supposed to be available for both.

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by lotsofpulp »

UweSchmidt wrote: post #154
lotsofpulp wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ironically, that is also what the “meaningless” HFT firms do. Automate trading so fewer and fewer traders are needed.

They are not replacing "needed traders", i.e. people that used to execute trades required by real people or companies, like "buy some Apple stock". These firms are playing their very own game in the markets, ultimately extracing money from the economy, with the supposed public benefit of "creating liquidity" (not needed for real investors who can very well wait a day or two before closing a deal) while actually disto…

No one is stopping the buyers who can wait a day or two from placing limit orders.

If the HFT firms are earning profits, it is because someone wants to pay them for the liquidity.

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by indymike »

300bps wrote: post #113
rco8786 wrote: post #48

You just need to apply for roles with public companies that offer liquid equity. Very few of us are getting 250k+ on base salary alone. Most of us have the salary bands you’re already in, but have additional equity pay on top. It doesn’t have to be a FAANG either. There are loads of public companies out there hiring engineers at 250k total comp .

$150 per hour is $300,000 per year including two weeks vacation per year. I have a side client that I met 11 years ago that I charge $150 per hour for remote development. They feel lucky to get that rate! Most people around us charge $200 per hour but since I work full time for someone else and can’t always be available I give them that discounted rate. I don’t think they’re hard to find at all for consulting. Being…

> I have a side client that I met 11 years ago that I charge $150 per hour for remote development.

That's not too surprising, and depending on what you are doing might be a great deal for everyone. Usually contracting work out is done at 1.7-2x the rate you'd pay an employee. This is because the the consultant has costs and risk that an employee does not. Costs like insurance, accounting, legal, personal benefits (i.e. savings to allow for vacations, healthcare), sales overhead (consultants have to keep finding new clients). Risks like contract cancellation and getting paid on time.

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