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Re: Ask HN: Best place to look for remote jobs?

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Post by kedean » Wed, Dec 28, 2016, 3:22 PM UTC

calcsam wrote: post #4

An old colleague of mine, who'd worked for an LA-based tech company for 10 years, went to hand in his resignation. He was moving to Charlotte so he could be with his girlfriend. His boss begged him to stay -- he could even work remotely. My friend took the deal. He lives in Charlotte now and flies to LA every 2 or 3 months. The best place to look for remote jobs is to talk to people who have worked with you in the pa…

Yup. I contracted with a company remotely, and built up a very good reputation with them. When I was eventually offered a full time position, I was able to mandate no relocation. The existing relationships and trust were what made that possible.

Re: Ask HN: Best place to look for remote jobs?

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Post by StavrosK » Wed, Dec 28, 2016, 3:27 PM UTC

spraak wrote: post #13

amalrik_maia wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

this https://weworkremotely.com/ is really interesting but I notice a lot of jobs require the candidate to be an US resident, that doesn't make any sense to me.

Well, it's usually due to taxes. The company I work for hires people from other countries officially as contractors, otherwise they would need to maintain a legal presence in every country that they hire in - or so I'm told.

Why would they not just hire people as contractors (instead of turning every non-US-resident down)? That's how I've been working for years and it's better for me as well as for the company.

Re: Ask HN: Best place to look for remote jobs?

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Post by rottyguy » Wed, Dec 28, 2016, 3:34 PM UTC

calcsam wrote: post #4

An old colleague of mine, who'd worked for an LA-based tech company for 10 years, went to hand in his resignation. He was moving to Charlotte so he could be with his girlfriend. His boss begged him to stay -- he could even work remotely. My friend took the deal. He lives in Charlotte now and flies to LA every 2 or 3 months. The best place to look for remote jobs is to talk to people who have worked with you in the pa…

The longer view of this is to kick ass with the [current] company(ies) you work with to build a rep and become indispensable which would afford you some benefits (like remote working) down the road.

Re: Ask HN: Best place to look for remote jobs?

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Post by eloff » Wed, Dec 28, 2016, 3:36 PM UTC

fastftw wrote: post #16

Toptal! If you want a referral, let me know! https://www.toptal.com/talent/apply/#book-just-devoted-progr...

The interview experience is terrible. I completed a much more ambitious project than I needed to, demonstrating the ability to pick up a complex new framework quickly (React Native). I also implemented a very thorough auth system demonstrating mastery of secure programming (proper salting, message signing, defense against timing attacks.) That didn't matter one bit, I got denied for omitting a requirement which wasn't in the listed requirements and for not communicating to clarify the requirements. Whilst I understand the value of timely communication with real clients, I assumed these guys could get their own assignment requirements correct.

In addition to all this, you will get a much lower rate than you're expecting. While it's true that you set your own rate, they basically told me if I don't charge at the same below-salary rates as the rest of the people on their network, they won't send business my way.

So huge waste of time on the interview, plus you'll make less than a salaried position for the advantage of sporadic work and no benefits. Stay away if you know what's good for you!

Re: Ask HN: Best place to look for remote jobs?

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Post by cpete » Wed, Dec 28, 2016, 3:40 PM UTC

calcsam wrote: post #4

An old colleague of mine, who'd worked for an LA-based tech company for 10 years, went to hand in his resignation. He was moving to Charlotte so he could be with his girlfriend. His boss begged him to stay -- he could even work remotely. My friend took the deal. He lives in Charlotte now and flies to LA every 2 or 3 months. The best place to look for remote jobs is to talk to people who have worked with you in the pa…

Totally agree with the last sentence. I had to relocate due to some family health issues and was able to renegotiate my existing position into a remote one.

Re: Ask HN: Best place to look for remote jobs?

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Post by amalrik_maia » Wed, Dec 28, 2016, 3:46 PM UTC

sytse wrote: post #17

spraak wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, it's usually due to taxes. The company I work for hires people from other countries officially as contractors, otherwise they would need to maintain a legal presence in every country that they hire in - or so I'm told.

Yes, this is a difficult issue. At GitLab we have people in more than 30 countries. In the majority of countries we have contractors, in some (US/NL/UK) we have a company, in some we hire through a reseller (India/China), and in Belgium we can hire on the Dutch payroll due to the EU. I hope someone starts the Stripe/Adyen for payrolling people. If you plan to do so please email me so I can help with advise and be you…

please take a look https://www.bitwage.com/

Re: Ask HN: Best place to look for remote jobs?

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Post by dirtyaura » Wed, Dec 28, 2016, 3:50 PM UTC

sytse wrote: post #17

spraak wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, it's usually due to taxes. The company I work for hires people from other countries officially as contractors, otherwise they would need to maintain a legal presence in every country that they hire in - or so I'm told.

Yes, this is a difficult issue. At GitLab we have people in more than 30 countries. In the majority of countries we have contractors, in some (US/NL/UK) we have a company, in some we hire through a reseller (India/China), and in Belgium we can hire on the Dutch payroll due to the EU. I hope someone starts the Stripe/Adyen for payrolling people. If you plan to do so please email me so I can help with advise and be you…

A good idea. Also non-trivial to do, which would give a moat if executed well.

Btw. This seems to be a more readable version of the URL, one that you posted linked to git commit https://sytse.com/2016/12/28/adyen-for-payrolling.html

Re: Ask HN: Best place to look for remote jobs?

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Post by anondon » Wed, Dec 28, 2016, 3:57 PM UTC

sytse wrote: post #17

spraak wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, it's usually due to taxes. The company I work for hires people from other countries officially as contractors, otherwise they would need to maintain a legal presence in every country that they hire in - or so I'm told.

Yes, this is a difficult issue. At GitLab we have people in more than 30 countries. In the majority of countries we have contractors, in some (US/NL/UK) we have a company, in some we hire through a reseller (India/China), and in Belgium we can hire on the Dutch payroll due to the EU. I hope someone starts the Stripe/Adyen for payrolling people. If you plan to do so please email me so I can help with advise and be you…

If your schedule permits, you should definitely blog more often. Your comments here are so well thought out.

PS: Gitlab is awesome, keep up the good work.

Re: Ask HN: Best place to look for remote jobs?

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Post by _noqo » Wed, Dec 28, 2016, 4:10 PM UTC

Job boards

* http://weworkremotely.com

* http://remoteok.io

* http://remotebase.io

* http://workingnomads.co

* http://authenticjobs.com

* http://folyo.me

* http://jobspresso.co

* http://wfh.io

* http://remotefriendly.work

* http://linkedin.com/jobs

* http://angel.co/jobs

* http://designernews.co/jobs

* http://news.ycombinator.com (monthly posts for freelance jobs)

* http://dribbble.com/jobs (only design)

* http://getonbrd.com (latam)

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With broker

Here you apply as a professional, they approve you (or not) and then assign you projects.

* http://toptal.com

* http://workmarket.com

* http://crew.co

* http://hired.com

* http://onsite.io

* http://workingnotworking.com

* http://gun.io

* http://gigster.com

I do not recommend

* http://upwork.com

* http://freelancer.com

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Slack communities

Interact with other freelancers. Usually you will find a #Jobs channel.

Free membership

* http://wearedomino.com

* http://designerhangout.co

* http://launch.chat

Paid membership

* http://join.nomadlist.com ($25 month | $75 year | $200 lifetime)

* http://workfrom.co/chat ($5 month | $50 year)

* http://freelance.chat ($25 lifetime)

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This list is from an article [1] that I wrote, hope can help!

[1] [redacted]

Re: Ask HN: Best place to look for remote jobs?

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Post by dasmoth » Wed, Dec 28, 2016, 4:13 PM UTC

calcsam wrote: post #4

An old colleague of mine, who'd worked for an LA-based tech company for 10 years, went to hand in his resignation. He was moving to Charlotte so he could be with his girlfriend. His boss begged him to stay -- he could even work remotely. My friend took the deal. He lives in Charlotte now and flies to LA every 2 or 3 months. The best place to look for remote jobs is to talk to people who have worked with you in the pa…

I broadly agree with this, and nice to hear from people who've made it work.

But how feasible is it to do this today when so much of the current crop of advice seems to be teams-over-individuals, nobody-is-indispensible messages telling managers to avoid letting programmers gain this kind of leverage at almost any cost?