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Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by chill1 »

yonibot wrote: post #97
chill1 wrote: post #90

You could try freelance work for clients remotely. That would give you a lot of freedom to choose where to live. I am an American living, working (as a freelance programmer) in Czech Republic -- good economy (especially Prague), low crime rate, low cost of living. Happy to answer questions.

Any advice on landing remote freelance gigs? I assume you don't use lowest-common-denominator sites like eLance.

Correct, eLance and other similar websites are an absolute waste of time unless you are ok with competing only on price and you have a very low cost of living.

* Build a web presence that funnels potential leads to you (blog, portfolio, resume, stackoverflow profile with activity like posting questions/answers, programming/freelance subreddits, github contributions and projects).

* Build your personal network via meetups, conferences, etc.

* Toptal [1] is the best platform for finding gigs that I've used, but it could be better. It has short-, medium-, and long-term contracts. Not the best possible rates and it's possible to waste some time with interviews, but it's still a lot better than elance and others.

* Gun.io [2] is something that looks interesting, but I have never gotten a contract through it. So could be hit or miss.

[1] https://www.toptal.com/

[2] https://gun.io/

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by akerro »

mcjiggerlog wrote: post #84
jrockway wrote: post #33

You still have to pay for Trump's wall. For me, it's not worth moving. I was born here, and as a result I'm somewhat responsible for the actions my country takes as a whole. Moving doesn't change that. The grass looks greener on the other side, but other countries aren't really doing that well with human rights, LGBT issues, affordable housing, or constitutionally-protected free speech. No matter where you move, you'…

> other countries aren't really doing that well with human rights, LGBT issues, affordable housing, or constitutionally-protected free speech Bit of a weird statement. There are a lot of countries in the world and plenty of them do far better than the US on these issues.

Not in all topics. I lived in 3 EU countries so far, and I'm preparing for another changes, probably the last one. I don't care about LGBT issues as it doesn't affect me. I mostly care about living standard, access to nature (parks, reservoirs, sea/mountains), high quality roads for motorcycling and IT infrastructure.

Countries I considered:

Malta - similar wages as in Poland, but smaller market, housing problem as in Germany, rent prices as in the UK. Great nature, I like nature.

Germany - language barrier, housing problems (in Berlin 30 people visit a house or flat to rent and landlord decides who will get it). Nice pay/(rent price + living costs) - I still could afford more in Berlin than in Bristol and Cardiff.

Austria - language barrier (not really German), even when job offer and interview is in English, job requires fluent German, as everyone in the office speaks German, so you don't want to be alienated at the very beginning.

Switzerland - extremely high living costs, you won't be able to afford to buy a flat/house after 5years of living there, I felt really poor when I realized I will financially struggle even to move there and rent a flat for few first months.

France, Paris - visited it and that's a no-go zone for me. Couldn't buy a ticket at international train station in English and German as cashiers speak only French. City is a ruin after allowing all refugees live on a street.

Now, I'm looking into Japan, Australia, Canada and Czech Republic. As op said, you're always dealing one bag of shit for another.

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by tristor »

chill1 wrote: post #90

You could try freelance work for clients remotely. That would give you a lot of freedom to choose where to live. I am an American living, working (as a freelance programmer) in Czech Republic -- good economy (especially Prague), low crime rate, low cost of living. Happy to answer questions.

I lived in Prague for a short while as a digital nomad. It's a great city and I'm considering coming back more long-term and buying property there. Not only is the economy great, but it's a very walkable city with fantastic public transportation and is generally very clean. All of this was helpful in making each day I woke up a happy day, something that's hard to capture and definitely not the norm for most cities in the world.

So if you do get your remote work job, this is another +1 for Prague being amazing.

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by mcjiggerlog »

akerro wrote: post #102
mcjiggerlog wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> other countries aren't really doing that well with human rights, LGBT issues, affordable housing, or constitutionally-protected free speech Bit of a weird statement. There are a lot of countries in the world and plenty of them do far better than the US on these issues.

Not in all topics. I lived in 3 EU countries so far, and I'm preparing for another changes, probably the last one. I don't care about LGBT issues as it doesn't affect me. I mostly care about living standard, access to nature (parks, reservoirs, sea/mountains), high quality roads for motorcycling and IT infrastructure. Countries I considered: Malta - similar wages as in Poland, but smaller market, housing problem as i…

Seems most of your problems seem to stem from the fact that you are too lazy to learn the language of the country you want to move to. From your offensive tone with regards to the refugees I get the impression you would still be the kind of person to moan about immigrants not speaking english in the US too though, right?!

This comment is beyond parody.

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by catwell »

Networking.

Seriously, ask your social network contacts in the countries that interest you. Demand for good developers is high everywhere, odds are there are openings at their companies.

Don't just go and browse job offers on random websites, that's inefficient and a lot of good offers are not there anyway. Another option would be to subscribe to something like https://www.talent.io/. Or, if you know some, just get in touch with headhunters in the country. They often have very good offers nobody knows about.

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by rhblake »

akerro wrote: post #102
mcjiggerlog wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> other countries aren't really doing that well with human rights, LGBT issues, affordable housing, or constitutionally-protected free speech Bit of a weird statement. There are a lot of countries in the world and plenty of them do far better than the US on these issues.

Not in all topics. I lived in 3 EU countries so far, and I'm preparing for another changes, probably the last one. I don't care about LGBT issues as it doesn't affect me. I mostly care about living standard, access to nature (parks, reservoirs, sea/mountains), high quality roads for motorcycling and IT infrastructure. Countries I considered: Malta - similar wages as in Poland, but smaller market, housing problem as i…

> France, Paris - visited it and that's a no-go zone for me. Couldn't buy a ticket at international train station in English and German as cashiers speak only French.

Huh. I've lived in Paris for two years, freelancing, and I'm still not fluent in French. I get by just fine. Train tickets: I've never had that problem with cashiers, but you can always use a machine or buy a ticket online - there's always an English option. Same with ATMs, public transportation, etc.

> City is a ruin after allowing all refugees live on a street.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Refugees were mainly around Stalingrad metro station in northeastern Paris. The camp was cleared out a few days ago and people were sent to more proper accommodation. Probably people will set up camp around there again. If seeing refugees bothers you, I suggest you simply avoid that particular little part of this massive city. It doesn't make Paris a "ruin".

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by on_and_off »

akerro wrote: post #102
mcjiggerlog wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> other countries aren't really doing that well with human rights, LGBT issues, affordable housing, or constitutionally-protected free speech Bit of a weird statement. There are a lot of countries in the world and plenty of them do far better than the US on these issues.

Not in all topics. I lived in 3 EU countries so far, and I'm preparing for another changes, probably the last one. I don't care about LGBT issues as it doesn't affect me. I mostly care about living standard, access to nature (parks, reservoirs, sea/mountains), high quality roads for motorcycling and IT infrastructure. Countries I considered: Malta - similar wages as in Poland, but smaller market, housing problem as i…

> France, Paris - visited it and that's a no-go zone for me. Couldn't buy a ticket at international train station in English and German as cashiers speak only French. City is a ruin after allowing all refugees live on a street.

What the fuck. I have been living in Paris for a couple of years and those are insane issues to have.

I have not seen an increase in the number of homeless people in the street (which is not too say that there are no homeless people in France)

All the automatic ticket machines can display their text in english.

The state of the city is roughly the same as it was when I arrived.

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

#110

Post by amelius »

bendmorris wrote: post #18

A man was walking along a river bank when he saw another man on the opposite side. "Hello!" he called out, "how do you get to the other side of the river?" The man called out in response, "you are on the other side of the river!"

Perhaps this is helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m-kbBamg_U
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