Take a look at where great companies hire outside of the US. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Estonia, New Zealand - all not very well "known" as offshore, but great because there's plenty of people working at local companies that you can poach at a discount compared to your head office. Now start invading their local hangouts. Generally speaking you should advertise where those people hang out weekly or daily. Pay for an a…
The New Zealand dollar is brutal right now (USD1 = NZD1.35) so it's not going to be much of a discount.
Agreed. Making remote work well requires just about everyone to be firing on all cylinders: you, your team, and especially your manager. And side note: The common wisdom about don't be the only remote person on a team is true. I've done it, and it absolutely sucks.
If you're the only remote person, you're excluded from everything and there's probably no Slack or equivalent group discussion. I'm doing partially remote and I use that time to get done with some things that need more focus, but if I was fully remote I'd have big issues getting all the information I need.
I am the only remote person at my work. Sometimes I feel there's too much going on on Slack at the same time, and I haven't had any issues getting the information I need in a long time. There's always exceptions. Even though we've hit a few bumps in the road before we got to where we are now, I think it can work even for a 'traditional' company like ours (as long as you obsess about procedures and keeping things documented and in writing, which we've always done).
Argentina. I have worked with multiple developers from Argentina and I have only had positive experiences. They are much lower cost the American devs, but just as good quality.
They also live in a North American-friendly timezone, which makes it easy for them to work business hours.
This might be a bit harsh, but the other comments point you in the right direction for general remote hiring and hiring developers in general, so specifically: * After I see the quality of your website and copy, I assume you don't have $$ to pay a decent front end designer or copywriter, or even $ to outsource this. * If this is true, hiring good devs is going to be difficult. If it isn't, I would iterate on your fro…
Relatedly, there's a typo in their HN profile: "We're hiring remove developers". Sometimes it's the little things that leave a good impression, no matter how seemingly insignificant.
Maybe there is a remove.js framework to remove UI elements.
Hi. I'm living in the middle-of-nowhere California. I'm a generalist, have written software for half a dozen of the worlds major corporations. I live 75 miles from OC, SD and LA, but have family obligations that keep me where I am. If any of this sounds interesting please say hello :)
February's "Who's Hiring?" story should arrive in about a week. If you're serious about getting a remote job, that's a great place to start.
Hi. I'm living in the middle-of-nowhere California. I'm a generalist, have written software for half a dozen of the worlds major corporations. I live 75 miles from OC, SD and LA, but have family obligations that keep me where I am. If any of this sounds interesting please say hello :)
This post is helpful. I personally look a lot on stackoverflow jobs with remote tag and a salary displayed. I check also those without salary but with a good tech stack, but it's harder to filter there
This might be a bit harsh, but the other comments point you in the right direction for general remote hiring and hiring developers in general, so specifically: * After I see the quality of your website and copy, I assume you don't have $$ to pay a decent front end designer or copywriter, or even $ to outsource this. * If this is true, hiring good devs is going to be difficult. If it isn't, I would iterate on your fro…
Relatedly, there's a typo in their HN profile: "We're hiring remove developers". Sometimes it's the little things that leave a good impression, no matter how seemingly insignificant.
I nearly added exactly this, and then didn't want to be that guy. Glad it's not only me..
We found a great remote developer using Github. For a while I had been keeping track of high quality repos which mentioned that the author was for hire. When we finally needed to hire a developer, I reached out to the first guy on the list, and he's been working with us for more than a year now. I think a good open source track record is the best resume.
> 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. If I understand correctly, it is not possible to post your resume on either HN (this site) or whoishiring.io . If you have other sites please suggest them.
I only have my resume on indeed. I used to have it on other places, but eventually removed them. The other comment is correct, I meant sending out my resume, not posting it.
I posted my resume on Indeed and it was one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made.
I get a phone call at least once every hour or two from an Indian recruiter with an American name who is trying to pitch me a 24 month contract-to-hire role working with technology that isn't mentioned on my resume or website.
I have to use call blocking apps just to maintain my sanity.