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Re: How to find a remote job

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Post by cakedoggie »

elliotec wrote: post #80

The hardest part of remote jobs is finding one that will pay even remotely (hehe) what you could make at a local company. My experience with remote interviewing culminated in getting 3 separate remote offers for anywhere between 35-60% less than my asking salary or the local offers I received. Part of this might be that my area (Salt Lake City) has particularly high engineering salaries despite what most people expec…

Why should they pay the same, they aren't getting the same service. You aren't on site to consult with at any time of the day. You can't give feedback straight away.

Re: How to find a remote job

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Post by keithnz »

Berunto wrote: post #22

How does an submission from someone who prefere to write clickbait headlines with an blogpost with nothing new or special get so many upvotes?

I think on HN, going by the monthly job ads, the desire for remote work gets people really excited that some of their normal critical thinking gets suspended....

Re: How to find a remote job

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Post by njovin »

elliotec wrote: post #80

The hardest part of remote jobs is finding one that will pay even remotely (hehe) what you could make at a local company. My experience with remote interviewing culminated in getting 3 separate remote offers for anywhere between 35-60% less than my asking salary or the local offers I received. Part of this might be that my area (Salt Lake City) has particularly high engineering salaries despite what most people expec…

I'm in a high COL area with high engineering salaries and a few years back I got an offer from a company in Chicago offering about 20% more than I was making at the time (which was a healthy wage in my area).

Their interview process was thorough and a bit stressful but I'd rate it excellent as far as screening goes. I ended up not accepting the offer, but it was a great experience and I actually felt a bit sad at having to turn it down.

The company knew what they were looking for in a senior engineer and weren't looking to lowball anyone. I assume that many companies are in a position where their local talent pool is shallow or the market where they're at is so high that even hiring someone remote from another premium market can save them money, even if it's still a very fair wage.

Re: How to find a remote job

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Post by spraak »

CoreXtreme wrote: post #56

I hired 100+ senior developers at $50-70K per year for a project, mostly from East Europe/Ukraine/Russia. We were like, "Holy ! these people are so cheap. If I hire people with same level of experience locally, I would have to pay 3-5x more on average." Later, my friend took over this team of developers for his startup. What he found is that 30% developers in his team were working for two or more employers. And somet…

Don't you see this as a problem of compensation and the level you were hiring at? If you felt like they were cheap, it seems they thought so, too.

Re: How to find a remote job

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Post by chingjun »

sarchertech wrote: post #13
pgeorgep wrote: post #2

I 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 com…

> 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).

Every competent developer in China knows how to bypass the firewall.

Re: How to find a remote job

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Post by marknote »

CoreXtreme wrote: post #56

I hired 100+ senior developers at $50-70K per year for a project, mostly from East Europe/Ukraine/Russia. We were like, "Holy ! these people are so cheap. If I hire people with same level of experience locally, I would have to pay 3-5x more on average." Later, my friend took over this team of developers for his startup. What he found is that 30% developers in his team were working for two or more employers. And somet…

Thanks for sharing. But in my opinion, it is more the problem of the management. If the developers can finish the jobs the management assigned to them with quality, why to care how they spend their remaining effort? To make remote working work, a mechanism should be there. This means at least: - Assign reason work load; - Review and evaluate the deliverables;

Re: How to find a remote job

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Post by curun1r »

vram22 wrote: post #70
blakenomad wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great question. I still run all my taxes as if I'm based in the UK, even though I travel and work remotely. I am taxed as an independent contractor. I'm considering setting up as an Estonian e-resident soon though ( https://e-estonia.com/solutions/e-identity/e-residency/ ) to change where I pay my taxes. In terms of working while in other countries, it's a grey area for sure. I was travelling extensively in Asia last…

>Although I know Thailand for example is considering introducing a 'nomad visa' very soon. Interesting, got any more info or links on that? Maybe even to relevant Thai government sites where one can follow up on the developments on this later?

Probably not what he was referring to, but for someone planning to work for a Western company and live in Thailand, you might consider the Thailand Elite [1] program. It's 500,000 Baht ($14k) which is good for 5 years and allows stays up to 6 months per visit, meaning much more infrequent visa runs. It also comes with black car airport transfers and priority lines through customs, so it makes traveling back and forth to/from the company office a bit more convenient.

$14k is kinda pricy, but if you're pretty sure you'll be spending most of the next 5 years there, $2800/yr is pretty easy to justify when you're earning a Western salary and spending ~$200-300/mo in rent and under $5 for nice meals out (that's in Chiang Mai...if you want beaches or Bangkok add around 50%, which is still pretty cheap.)

Source: I spent a bunch of time in Thailand last year and considered trying to make the move, but the job I ended up finding didn't work with the time zone. However I loved the country and would jump at the chance to work remotely from there.

[1] http://www.thai-elite.com

Re: How to find a remote job

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Post by karmelapple »

learc83 wrote: post #88
vonmoltke wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> with at least some remote experience See, this is the problem. Many companies are open to remote workers. Few want remote virgins. I'd also add that it's not that hard provided you are a web dev (particularly front end). Non-webdev remote position pickings are rather slim.

Yes definitely true. If there's no possibility of moving to a remote position at your current company to get started, I'd suggest trying remote contract work for a year or so. >Non-webdev remote position pickings are rather slim. True on average. But there are a lot of other specialties that have a high percentage of remote jobs. Most paid Linux kernel hackers work remotely IIRC.

Just a note that my remote-first company, which does both web and native app development, is looking to hire both a remote front end and back end developer soon. Tweet me if interested!

Re: How to find a remote job

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Post by ilaksh »

cakedoggie wrote: post #111
elliotec wrote: post #80

The hardest part of remote jobs is finding one that will pay even remotely (hehe) what you could make at a local company. My experience with remote interviewing culminated in getting 3 separate remote offers for anywhere between 35-60% less than my asking salary or the local offers I received. Part of this might be that my area (Salt Lake City) has particularly high engineering salaries despite what most people expec…

Why should they pay the same, they aren't getting the same service. You aren't on site to consult with at any time of the day. You can't give feedback straight away.

Communication with remote workers needs to be just as good as it is for onsite. If its lacking, there is little chance they can succeed at all. In some ways, it sometimes has to be better -- often very good written online skills are key.

Whether there is a person literally sitting in a particular chair all day for a manager to randomly come by at any time is not a determining factor. If people need to be available sort of on call for feedback or meetings during the day (which for most of these jobs is not actually necessary) they can stay logged into text/video/audio chat.

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