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I'm a generalist, have written software for half a dozen of the worlds major corporations. I live 75 miles from OC, SD and LA, but have family obligations that keep me where I am.
If any of this sounds interesting please say hello :)
StackOverflow jobs with the remote flag was perhaps the most beneficial before we joined YC and could post to HN.
Incentives are what you need to focus on. Why are they working remote? Why are you seeking remote? Are you investing or just using their labor? I appreciate when somebody is honest and treats me like shit over a dishonest time waster. Really, if given a choice I'd go back to a direct a-hole over a shifty smile. A little brief and all opinion, but my 2c.
I keep reading online about how remote teams are so great, but in real life they are tough as fuck and require 5x the discipline and communication skills of in-person teams.
I've gotten most of my work through incubators, people using my open source projects, and finally through HN.
In hindsight, the reason why incubators/coworking spaces were so effective is people can form a connection beforehand and know your personality. They can see that you're in front of a terminal happy getting stuff done, "in the zone" with your headphones, and not yapping about politics or meta stuff.
If you do python, django, or stripe, check my profile.
I keep reading online about how remote teams are so great, but in real life they are tough as fuck and require 5x the discipline and communication skills of in-person teams.
I keep reading online about how remote teams are so great, but in real life they are tough as fuck and require 5x the discipline and communication skills of in-person teams.
As someone that has actively looked for remote jobs, I'm always surprised with how few companies that are open to remote actually publicize that information. They'll both not post jobs on remote hiring sites, and will say a role is based in New York, LA, etc. and only deep in the description will say that they encourage remote workers as well. This is a major plus for certain folks, so I sometimes wonder if companies…
Sites like freelancer is full of highly questionable jobs with low pay.
Hacker News and whoishiring.io has been a valuable resource to get my resume out there. I'd definitely suggest getting your stuff on each of those sites. In an ideal world, indeed would have a remote section, but they didn't last I checked.
Anyways, OP, it really depends on the developers you are looking for. The strategy for finding FTE and contractors are different, from the search to how you interview, how you deal with them as a worker, to your expectations.
Cold outreach. Github Advanced Search is your friend. E.g. query for devs with at least one javascript repository (substitute whatever tech you're targeting), > 5 total repos (show they're fairly active on GH), with > 10 followers. https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=language%3Ajavasc... Search documentation https://help.github.com/articles/searching-users/