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

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Post by notfromhere »

syshum wrote: post #201
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…

$150 / hr as a 1099 Contractor, is more like $75/hr has a W2 employee after you factor in employee benefits (normally 30-40% of your total comp) and taxation (10-15% more for self employment depending on your deductions)

If you’re doing it as part time to your full time job, it’s a bit more. The taxes are a little higher, but you’re already getting benefits from your full-time gig

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Post by jollofricepeas »

necovek wrote: post #226
Rastonbury wrote: post #207

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Wait two fulltime 250k+ jobs?

I would gather they are referring to two jobs that in total sum to above 250k a year.

Yeah, they’re making 140-160k at both jobs which are with startups that have raised a few rounds.

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Post by aristofun »

revorad wrote: post #82

In my experience, the easiest way to earn more is to work as a contractor. You can charge more, have more control over your time, get raises more often and go on holiday more often (every 6 months). I made a whole video series about getting into contracting. This first one lays out my take on why you should consider it - https://learnetto.com/tutorials/why-should-you-become-a-cont...

How hard was it for you to find a client ready to pay 130$+/hour?

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Post by sidcool »

mark_l_watson wrote: post #248
sidcool wrote: post #235

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Mad respect for you sir. What advice would you give a 35 year old software engineer who's worried about being obsolete in 10 years?

Keep learning new tech. I would expect major retraining to be required much more often than even 10 or 20 years ago. Personally, I am a big fan of Coursera and eDX online courses, but any form of study is good. Someone from HN just emailed me about this HN thread, and I will make the same comment to you as I did in an e-mail: “”” Every morning first thing, I spend a minute or two thinking of everything that I am grat…

Thanks for your response. If I may continue to pick your mind, can you elaborate on what you consider new tech? Do you refer to new languages, frameworks, programming paradigms? Also, what is your suggestion for learning algorithms and data structures?

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Post by wpietri »

eatYourFood wrote: post #250
wpietri wrote: post #157

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

Hourly is unprofessional and a conflict of interest with your client. The worst deal I would sign is a day rate (no logging hours) but fixed scope/duration is far better.

As a blanket statement, I think that's ridiculous.

Hourly is a good choice for contracts where they are looking to buy labor. Which is a common model, because they often see contract labor as a substitute for employee labor.

The other models you mention can be much better, but also require the contractor to have both particular skills and enough relationship power to make them work. I have seen well-meaning developers absolutely get screwed on fixed scope contracts. And I've also seen less-well-meaning developers absolutely screw their clients on fixed price contracts. This is an area where blanket statements are harmful.

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Post by moharoune »

hihihihi1234 wrote: post #287
guitarsteve wrote: post #187

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Agree! At least in the US, this kind of total comp is possible at my employer (Datadog) and many other public companies, not just FAANG mega-corps. Typically you’d have to be “senior” or “staff” engineer, or get lucky and join during a period of stock growth. The pandemic really changed things to make remote work more viable. Previously many companies limited it to exceptional cases (long tenure in-person followed by…

How realistic is it to get hired fully remote at this kind of comp if you don't live in the US? I'm British and live in the UK and I'm pretty sure I have enough experience to be making these kinds of high salaries if I lived in the US. Relocating isn't an option for me, at least not in the next few years, but I wonder, am I a fool for taking a UK-based job? Should I find a remote position with a US-based company and…

I have the exact same question, I'm applying to US based companies right now but I wonder is this even possible ?

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Post by cma »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #260
cma wrote: post #246

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Low latency trading is so crucial to the economy that the market mostly shuts down at 4pm every day and takes weekends and holidays, adding 2^47 nanosecond delays every week without much outcry. And whoever wins by 20ns gets rewarded the same as the previous guy who was winning by 21ns. The magnitude of latency isn't rewarded, just coming in first, so more and is spent on less an less absolute improvements, none of w…

> The magnitude of latency isn't rewarded, just coming in first, so more and is spent on less an less absolute improvements, none of which have been relevant to human reaction times for decades. So why are the HFT firms earning profits? There is no law that says people are obligated to do business with them. There is no law that says people have to buy at the prices HFT firms are selling at and sell at the prices HFT…

If someone come in and beats them by .001ns they get all their profits. Is .001ns really worth that reward? The utility provided is mostly detached from the reward, it is just winner gets it.

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Post by jeffreyrogers »

anonuser123456 wrote: post #285
yob28 wrote: post #83

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Not to mention the fact that your job would be less than meaningless

Liquidity is not meaningless.

They don't really create liquidity, but they did narrow the bid-ask spread. The "liquidity" they provide dries up when volatility spikes anyways (although that was always true, so not really a criticism of HFT).

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Post by willis936 »

lr1970 wrote: post #298
paulcole wrote: post #245

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Why in God’s name would you list them both? It’s a resume not a deposition. Your resume should make it easier for you to get your next job not harder . Be accurate when it comes to the truth but not necessarily the facts.

> Why in God’s name would you list them both? It’s a resume not a deposition. In the US resume fraud is a thing. Some companies like telecoms selectively check resumes for accuracy. Resume fraud can be a fireable offense.

Is there a law mandating that all employment be listed? Omitting a high school fast food gig is accepted, why is omitting moonlighting not? It's not lying about education or employment, so I don't see how it is fraud.

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Post by Jach »

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.

A lot of people are quite happy working, quite happy with their local environment, and feel no need to take a vacation. For other uses of (paid or unpaid) days off (being sick, funerals, important kid events, 'just not feeling it today', maternal leave, paternal leave, whatever) policies vary so much from company to company and individual to individual; I think this variability is a good thing and gives an additional dimension for companies to compete for workers on.
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