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Hacker News' “Who is Hiring?” thread, part 2, remote and locations

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Re: Hacker News' “Who is Hiring?” thread, part 2, remote and locations

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Post by phantom_oracle »

My own assumption is that even though remote work will increase, it will remain marginal and not consume most of the IT jobs out there.

The simple reason being that the biggest IT/tech companies have invested heavily in land & buildings (think about how Apple and Facebook have built huge "campuses" - why they call the offices/building a campus, I don't know, but anyways ...) and they need to utilize those assets in order to avoid the "white elephant" problem.

Also, unlike "agile" software-development or on-demand hosting, they can't merely downscale their land & buildings as they would for their AWS clusters and they also can't sell these buildings, as they seem geared specifically towards the needs of their owners (it isn't just a regular old office-block).

So while some startups of the future will embrace a remote-first culture, the big tech companies and many other regular startups will continue along with the concept of a fixed-location and fixed-office well into the future.

Re: Hacker News' “Who is Hiring?” thread, part 2, remote and locations

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Post by xando »

iwillium wrote: post #7

If you combine SF with Silicon Valley you really ought to combine Cambridge, MA with Boston, MA

Hey. I'm an author. I've just run the query for you.

There are 891 (out of 19409 with known location) job post from Cambridge, MA or Boston, MA. Which gives 4.59%.

Re: Hacker News' “Who is Hiring?” thread, part 2, remote and locations

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Post by jahewson »

lukasm wrote: post #27
morgante wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any American citizens working remotely still have to pay US taxes.

Isn't it above 1mln? (US citizen working in London told me he has to make the tax return, but he is not tax for anything below 1 000 000 $)

It's $100,000 not 1m. Many countries have a tax treaty with the US so that you're not double-taxed, but instead pay the greater of the local rate or US rate.

Re: Hacker News' “Who is Hiring?” thread, part 2, remote and locations

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Post by ryanSrich »

dccoolgai wrote: post #23

Surprised not to see DC in the list of cities... usually shows up a lot in the hiring threads...

I'm surprised as well. When I moved from DC to Portland I saw a massive decrease in recruiter spam. Even two years later I still get 10 emails per week about jobs in DC. Portland on the other hand? Pretty much zero.

Re: Hacker News' “Who is Hiring?” thread, part 2, remote and locations

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Post by Bahamut »

nibs wrote: post #22
wtvanhest wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cambridge and Boston should be together, but Silicon Valley and SF shouldn't. I could walk to Cambridge from my house in the city of Boston. There is no way I could walk to Palo Alto from SF.

Yes. Big difference between 20 minute walk and 2 hour drive.

Silicon Valley is ~ 1 hour train ride from SF...and a faster drive (when there is no traffic).

Re: Hacker News' “Who is Hiring?” thread, part 2, remote and locations

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Post by dragonwriter »

_ao789 wrote: post #35
bchjam wrote: post #6

London is in Europe but Berlin in Germany? seems pretty ironic given recent news

London isn't technically in Europe anymore..

> London isn't technically in Europe anymore..

London is in Europe as much as it has ever been. Geographically, its status hasn't changed -- whether you consider the island off the coast of the European mainland part of Europe or not; politically, its still the capital of the UK, which -- despite having voted that its government should withdraw from the EU -- remains an EU member, and not even formally on the exit path yet.

Re: Hacker News' “Who is Hiring?” thread, part 2, remote and locations

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Post by wildmusings »

Bahamut wrote: post #36
nibs wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. Big difference between 20 minute walk and 2 hour drive.

Silicon Valley is ~ 1 hour train ride from SF...and a faster drive (when there is no traffic).

>when there is no traffic

Lol. Good one!

Re: Hacker News' “Who is Hiring?” thread, part 2, remote and locations

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Post by colordrops »

morgante wrote: post #19
deepGem wrote: post #18

I hope some policy makers in the government keep a watch on such threads. They will get an idea about the loss of taxes, that these remote would otherwise pay if they were to be employed in the US. Not to mention the social security and the indirect economic contributions. In fact all the anti-immigration camps should get a reality check at this point. In 5-10 years, most of the US tech jobs will be remote and not a…

Any American citizens working remotely still have to pay US taxes.

Not on the first $90k or so.
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