How to find a remote job
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Re: How to find a remote job
#2I found a remote job this year on https://angel.co/
This article seems like an excellent resource, but it doesn't get into the drive you need to find a remote job (at least early in your career like me). When I started looking for remote jobs online, it took me over six months to finally land the right job.
What articles like this don't emphasize enough is when you're applying for remote jobs, you're competing against a worldwide talent pool. This is a lot different than the localized competition you may be used to. The increase in competition makes it exponentially harder to land a remote job.
Some tips I'd recommend: - Make a list of the job boards/companies that post relevant jobs and view them daily. If a company is looking to move fast, this could give you an edge. - Do something to stand out. (Make a video, send them something physically, etc.) DO SOMETHING! Don't just assume because you're you that they will want you. - Put together a project company's usually ask for, without them even asking. (Browse the site and make suggestions, look for bugs, etc.)
Re: How to find a remote job
#3I found a remote job this year on https://angel.co/ This article seems like an excellent resource, but it doesn't get into the drive you need to find a remote job (at least early in your career like me). When I started looking for remote jobs online, it took me over six months to finally land the right job. What articles like this don't emphasize enough is when you're applying for remote jobs, you're competing agains…
Six months to land the right job holds for any job or field, remote or not. There's a lot of jobs available, but along with that you need to be picky - it can take some time to find a competitive, ideal option.
Re: How to find a remote job
#4I found a remote job this year on https://angel.co/ This article seems like an excellent resource, but it doesn't get into the drive you need to find a remote job (at least early in your career like me). When I started looking for remote jobs online, it took me over six months to finally land the right job. What articles like this don't emphasize enough is when you're applying for remote jobs, you're competing agains…
Awesome response!
Totally agree with you that maybe it doesn't get into the nitty gritty of what it takes. I actually broke this down in the 2nd part of the article (https://www.deekit.com/how-do-i-find-a-remote-job-part-2/).
The point about the global talent pool competition is valid. My thinking on that would be to leverage what you have going for you.
For me, I was an native English speaker wanting to work with an Estonian startup. I had a native language advantage. So there are always ways to get ahead of those you're up again.
Like the idea of offering value before being asked for it!
Re: How to find a remote job
#5I found a remote job this year on https://angel.co/ This article seems like an excellent resource, but it doesn't get into the drive you need to find a remote job (at least early in your career like me). When I started looking for remote jobs online, it took me over six months to finally land the right job. What articles like this don't emphasize enough is when you're applying for remote jobs, you're competing agains…
Six months to land the right job holds for any job or field, remote or not. There's a lot of jobs available, but along with that you need to be picky - it can take some time to find a competitive, ideal option.
Let's say you take 6 months to find the competitive, ideal option. And you get an extra $20K in salary, going from say $100K to $120K (remote). So you sacrificed $50K in opportunity cost.
End of year 1: job A $100k, job B $60K
End of year 2: job A $200k, job B $180K
End of year 3: job A $300k, job B $300K
Of course if it's a startup, the odds are high that it would fold within three years. So unless it's a BigCo job that you are planning on sticking with... it's tough for me to make the argument that it's worth it to walk away from a decent but non-ideal offer. Employers know this and use this as leverage against you.
Re: How to find a remote job
#6I found a remote job this year on https://angel.co/ This article seems like an excellent resource, but it doesn't get into the drive you need to find a remote job (at least early in your career like me). When I started looking for remote jobs online, it took me over six months to finally land the right job. What articles like this don't emphasize enough is when you're applying for remote jobs, you're competing agains…
Awesome response! Totally agree with you that maybe it doesn't get into the nitty gritty of what it takes. I actually broke this down in the 2nd part of the article ( https://www.deekit.com/how-do-i-find-a-remote-job-part-2/ ). The point about the global talent pool competition is valid. My thinking on that would be to leverage what you have going for you. For me, I was an native English speaker wanting to work with…
FYI the link to 'remote work has certain challenges' is broken, has an extra parenthesis at the end.
Re: How to find a remote job
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Awesome response! Totally agree with you that maybe it doesn't get into the nitty gritty of what it takes. I actually broke this down in the 2nd part of the article ( https://www.deekit.com/how-do-i-find-a-remote-job-part-2/ ). The point about the global talent pool competition is valid. My thinking on that would be to leverage what you have going for you. For me, I was an native English speaker wanting to work with…
FYI the link to 'remote work has certain challenges' is broken, has an extra parenthesis at the end.
Ah thanks for the heads up, changed it.
Re: How to find a remote job
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Six months to land the right job holds for any job or field, remote or not. There's a lot of jobs available, but along with that you need to be picky - it can take some time to find a competitive, ideal option.
Let's say you take 6 months to find the competitive, ideal option. And you get an extra $20K in salary, going from say $100K to $120K (remote). So you sacrificed $50K in opportunity cost. End of year 1: job A $100k, job B $60K End of year 2: job A $200k, job B $180K End of year 3: job A $300k, job B $300K Of course if it's a startup, the odds are high that it would fold within three years. So unless it's a BigCo job…
6 months looking could mean someone is employed during this time period as well.
Re: How to find a remote job
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Six months to land the right job holds for any job or field, remote or not. There's a lot of jobs available, but along with that you need to be picky - it can take some time to find a competitive, ideal option.
Let's say you take 6 months to find the competitive, ideal option. And you get an extra $20K in salary, going from say $100K to $120K (remote). So you sacrificed $50K in opportunity cost. End of year 1: job A $100k, job B $60K End of year 2: job A $200k, job B $180K End of year 3: job A $300k, job B $300K Of course if it's a startup, the odds are high that it would fold within three years. So unless it's a BigCo job…
Wouldn't the ideal be to keep working at the existing job, rather than quiting and looking for 6 months?
Re: How to find a remote job
#10To find my remote job two years ago, I went down the list of companies in the Awesome Remote Job list [0] and checked every single one of their career pages. You can sometimes also find remote jobs on Indeed by putting "remote" in the location field.