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Re: Ask HN: Do you work remotely? How did you get that job?

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Post by good_vibes »

keerthiko wrote: post #8

I am cofounder of my company based in the Bay. I didn't get my US visa and ended up having to leave, but remained in charge of Android product and payment processing (easily isolated but still critical tasks so I could operate async). I spent 2 years as a digital nomad while fulfilling that role. It was a bumpy ride as our 4-5 person team figured out the logistics and managing expectations and productivity. But now 3…

I'd love to learn more about your journey for inspiration. Do you have a blog?

I agree with that outlook and strive to reach that point one day with my side project. Travel, work, save, and serve all at once.

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keerthiko wrote: post #8

I am cofounder of my company based in the Bay. I didn't get my US visa and ended up having to leave, but remained in charge of Android product and payment processing (easily isolated but still critical tasks so I could operate async). I spent 2 years as a digital nomad while fulfilling that role. It was a bumpy ride as our 4-5 person team figured out the logistics and managing expectations and productivity. But now 3…

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Re: Ask HN: Do you work remotely? How did you get that job?

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Post by good_vibes »

SirLJ wrote: post #6

I do work from home in the past probably 5 years (working technical lead job for a big telco), I just decided one day there was no more fun in the office and told my boss I'll work from home since my team is spread around the country anyway, so no point to waste 30 min each way to drive to the office... The point is if you perform well and can be trusted, you can work from home... My next goal is to work from another…

That's the goal for me too: travel, work, save, and serve all at once.

Re: Ask HN: Do you work remotely? How did you get that job?

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Post by good_vibes »

pknerd wrote: post #4

I maintain a personal site and blog where I keep updating what I do along with what I learnt. Beside that I promote my blog posts on different platform. Majority of the work I got via my website/blog. A few months back I wrote a blog post how developers can have exposure to their work. Check link at:- http://blog.adnansiddiqi.me/5-ways-developers-can-have-multi...

Thanks! This is very helpful to me, good looking out.

Re: Ask HN: Do you work remotely? How did you get that job?

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Post by runT1ME »

I started out on a 3 month contract with the understanding there would be a good chance it would either end in 3 months or I would move to the Bay Area after to renew. I flew to the office quite frequently. I worked hard to prove myself, and three months later after some negotiations I had a FTE offer for remote work.

Re: Ask HN: Do you work remotely? How did you get that job?

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Post by lbotos »

This post makes it sound like you are on the junior side. IF that's the case, I'd absolutely advise getting a "desk" job first. Get your skills way up. That feedback loop will absolutely be tighter if you are a junior.

With remote work, it's about what you can show for it, not just the words. What do you have to show for what you've learned?

Re: Ask HN: Do you work remotely? How did you get that job?

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Post by keerthiko »

good_vibes wrote: post #11
keerthiko wrote: post #8

I am cofounder of my company based in the Bay. I didn't get my US visa and ended up having to leave, but remained in charge of Android product and payment processing (easily isolated but still critical tasks so I could operate async). I spent 2 years as a digital nomad while fulfilling that role. It was a bumpy ride as our 4-5 person team figured out the logistics and managing expectations and productivity. But now 3…

I'd love to learn more about your journey for inspiration. Do you have a blog? I agree with that outlook and strive to reach that point one day with my side project. Travel, work, save, and serve all at once.

Not quite a blog as much as some long-form writing. Writing helped me keep my sanity while I was a nomad, but it is updated much less frequently since I "settled down", as most of my writing happened on airplanes or while waiting in airports :)

https://keerthik.github.io/essays/

Re: Ask HN: Do you work remotely? How did you get that job?

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Post by hijinks »

lbotos wrote: post #17

This post makes it sound like you are on the junior side. IF that's the case, I'd absolutely advise getting a "desk" job first. Get your skills way up. That feedback loop will absolutely be tighter if you are a junior. With remote work, it's about what you can show for it, not just the words. What do you have to show for what you've learned?

This is a pretty solid answer. It's really hard to land a remote job if you don't have senior level experience.

Re: Ask HN: Do you work remotely? How did you get that job?

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Post by scrollinondubs »

@good_vibes - Is this presumably directed only at devs or are you speaking to any remote workers? I'm head of Sales for Pagely.com and just finished a program called Remote Year where I worked across 51 cities, 16 countries and 4 continents. I ended up giving a talk at PressNomics in April on everything involved in making this situation work. It was well-received. You can find that here if interested: https://pagely.com/blog/2017/04/making-remote-work-work/

lmk if you have any questions I can help with

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