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How to find a remote job
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Re: How to find a remote job
#12Freelancing is the way...!
Elaboration:
I worked for a few companies remote, most I met via angellist.
Sooner or later they wanted me to move to their place.
When I started freelancing, nobody cared anymore.
Re: How to find a remote job
#13I 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…
I've always worked remotely. You're not really competing with the entire global talent pool if you're applying for an American company.
First, most companies will have a time zone limit.
2. Companies will require that you can communicate in English extremely well.
3. You need access to a reliable electric grid and reliable fast internet (the firewall rules out mainland China completely--1/5 of the world).
4. Many companies don't want to hire someone from a country without a strong legal framework accessible to foreigners--they want to be able to enforce NDAs etc... And some companies don't want to risk dealing with any foreign legal system at all, even a good one.
5. Travel time (and expense/visas) to the office in case you need to visit.
6. You need to pass the "culture fit" interview.
7. Very likely to run into someone involved in hiring who has a bad impression of programmers from certain countries after working with terrible offshore teams. Overcoming this sterotype won't be easy. Related to 6.
Already being in America gives you several huge advantages.
Re: How to find a remote job
#14Pro Tip : If the first person from the company that you talk to is from HR, you're doing it wrong.
I wrote up my process in an article on Medium "How to Get a Remote Job, Even When Remote Isn’t Advertised"
https://medium.com/@aantix/how-to-get-a-remote-job-even-when...
Re: How to find a remote job
#15I 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…
There are remote jobs that only hire local, with a few exceptions for workers a time zone or two away.
I've worked at two such companies, but this kind of work appears to be a kind of dark matter never discussed here.
Re: How to find a remote job
#16https://www.SkipTheDrive.com only focuses on remote jobs as well.
Re: How to find a remote job
#17I 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…
There are remote jobs that only hire local, with a few exceptions for workers a time zone or two away. I've worked at two such companies, but this kind of work appears to be a kind of dark matter never discussed here.
Most US remote jobs I've seen advertised don't want remote workers that are non-US based. I'd be interested to understand if workers can stray from their timezone once they're embedded in a business though?
Re: How to find a remote job
#18Freelancing is the way...! Elaboration: I worked for a few companies remote, most I met via angellist. Sooner or later they wanted me to move to their place. When I started freelancing, nobody cared anymore.
Did you switch any of the companies you worked for remotely to clients? Or did you start from scratch?
Re: How to find a remote job
#19Join toptal.
Re: How to find a remote job
#20Most of the companies I've interviewed with will only consider remote workers who have prior experience working remotely. I just don't know how to demonstrate to employers that I have the self-discipline to actually work if I'm not forced to go into an office full of distractions every day.
In any case, after yet another round of rejections for (mostly remote) gigs, I've given up on getting out of my crappy job for the time being. It's a non-programming "architect/sme" type job, but it pays well. I've been focusing my creative energy on a little side project which I've managed to find the self-discipline to work on in my free time over the last year (maybe it'll be successful and then that can be my 'exit plan' from this place).