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Re: Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs

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Post by em-bee »

BorisBorisov91 wrote: post #9
westoque wrote: post #2

One thing often not discussed with remote work is the legal aspects of it. It’s easy to say you want to work for a company on the other side of the world. What if there’s a disagreement in the team and the employee goes rogue and puts the code out in public? You can’t do much unless there’s a legal entity in the country of employment.

You are bringing up a very good point. We will build the solution to this - we will incorporate in different countries, and offer to take care of the legal part as a service. Then it is real employment and not freelancing like on other platforms. It makes a lot of sense to allow people to work together regardless of where they are based. So someone needs to build the solution to make it easier/better. Btw, Remote wor…

in my company we have hired people before so they could work for clients in other countries. they stayed with us until they found a better legal arrangement.

this can be risky. effectively you are taking on the responsibility for the employee based on local labor laws (which, depending on the circumstances may not let you fire an employee) while you still have a contracting relationship with the company, who can cancel their contract at any time.

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Post by xchaotic »

codingdave wrote: post #24

"Pass our screening" -- I both like this, and do not like it. While I agree that not everyone is made for remote work, most of the skills to communicate and work effectively when remote can be taught. So what are you screening for? The underlying personality traits that make or break working remotely? Or the learn-able skills? Also, while not as important, it is worth noting -- for people like myself who have been wo…

We have a total of 30 remote workers in our company screen sharing etc daily. We also have a policy of not using cameras and not sharing faces by default. Some people like that for privacy reasons and most people turn off video to save bandwidth and screen real estate. Showing you face is a nice to have but if you’re doing technical work it’s far in the list of priorities

Re: Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs

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Post by em-bee »

BorisBorisov91 wrote: post #118
BorisBorisov91 wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree completely - people are unfortunately biased. But the candidate will go to interview with the hiring manager at some point, this cannot be avoided. Then it is in the best interest of everyone to get those things out of the way as early as possible. It's also a cultural thing, I believe. I have lived in Denmark the past ~10 years, and in Denmark the human part is very important for building trust - seeing the…

Great feedback, thank you, @codingdave! It is the first time I hear about someone being hired without meeting their manager. Do others have the same experience? Please let me know!

i find that very unusual. when working with someone, making a personal connection is the first thing i want to do.

that said, we don't do it in Free Software and Open Source contributions either. we send in our code, talk to someone who reviews the code via issue trackers, chat and email and we see each other after a few years at a conference.

so yeah, we build a virtual connection, not a face-to-face one. and while it has been shown that occasional in-person meetings are very good for team building in companies and FOSS projects, we do know that it can work well without.

in fact, FOSS contributions are a strong indicator for a good remote worker.

Re: Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs

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Post by em-bee »

BorisBorisov91 wrote: post #119
codingdave wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed 100%. Which implies the employers should also be screened - are they 100% remote, or just allow remote workers? Do they really know how to work remotely, or are they new at this? Do they do occasional gatherings of remote people? Is it world-wide remote, or "in-our-time-zone" remote? Are you truly free to live anywhere you want, or do you need permission to move to a state that doesn't already have an employee…

Currently, we have a call with the companies to see if they are serious about their position - e.g. what's their budget. We will require the companies also to have profiles, in which they answer to things such as development methodology, how many people in the company work remotely, do they offer flexible working hours etc.

what about part-time work?

one of the reasons i like remote work is because i have a family to care for, and working 40 hours wouldn't leave me enough time for that.

Re: Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs

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Post by em-bee »

mikekchar wrote: post #99
Izmaki wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

May I ask, how do you find working remotely? I imagine the freedom aspect is nice, and the fact that you don't have to spend x mount of hours every week commuting, but were there other deciding factors in your case? Would you recommend a remote job over a job "on-site"?

Also not OP, but the biggest hurdle I've found is communication. I feel I'm quite good at communication and I do a lot of little things to make other people feel comfortable (like making sure that my work is always visible, discussing problems and decisions I'm making on group chat, etc, etc). One thing I didn't take into account when I first started doing remote, though, is that communication is a 2 way street. No m…

communication is a huge issue.

i was working in one team where everything was fine while i was in the office. as soon as i moved away i was cut off from all decisions because the rest of the team was so used to do things through local in-office chats instead of online.

in another company all our communication was online, and it didn't matter if someone was in the office or not.

Re: Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs

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Post by em-bee »

eternalny1 wrote: post #87

I worked remotely for years, then went back to an office environment, now am fully remote again. If it's up to me, I'm going to be a remove senior dev for the rest of my life. No more offices. There is absolutely no need. I work on very complex projects and am disciplined, but outside of that there is nothing special required. I discuss issues via Slack, we have occasional team video/voice chats when discussing issue…

exactly, in a few office jobs i either had a private office or i was sharing a room with people who were not on my team. i could have played games or commenting on hackernews all day without anyone noticing, or i could have worked just as well from home or anywhere else.

Re: Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs

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Post by BorisBorisov91 »

em-bee wrote: post #125
mikekchar wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also not OP, but the biggest hurdle I've found is communication. I feel I'm quite good at communication and I do a lot of little things to make other people feel comfortable (like making sure that my work is always visible, discussing problems and decisions I'm making on group chat, etc, etc). One thing I didn't take into account when I first started doing remote, though, is that communication is a 2 way street. No m…

communication is a huge issue. i was working in one team where everything was fine while i was in the office. as soon as i moved away i was cut off from all decisions because the rest of the team was so used to do things through local in-office chats instead of online. in another company all our communication was online, and it didn't matter if someone was in the office or not.

I would say that the success in remote work is 60% the company/manager, and 40% the developer.

You need okay level on both sides. Otherwise, the collaboration breaks down within 2-3 months.

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Post by jaggirs »

codingdave wrote: post #24

"Pass our screening" -- I both like this, and do not like it. While I agree that not everyone is made for remote work, most of the skills to communicate and work effectively when remote can be taught. So what are you screening for? The underlying personality traits that make or break working remotely? Or the learn-able skills? Also, while not as important, it is worth noting -- for people like myself who have been wo…

So learn these skills before applying.

Unless you are arguing from the perspective of the employer. Then I suppose you will have less offers. But apparently employers mostly care about the social skills (comment by op), so this doesn't matter for most.

Re: Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs

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Post by BorisBorisov91 »

lawlorino wrote: post #81

I tried making a profile and noticed a few points of friction: 1) LinkedIn syncing does not seem to work, had to enter everything manually. 2) required entry of end date of your current employment in the experience section 3) Spelling and grammar errors (e.g. "Freelancng")

Thank you very much for the feedback!

1) LinkedIn, unfortunately, doesn't allow the use of their API for hiring products. So we cannot pre-fill the profile using their API. We're thinking about two possible solutions: - To add a checkbox for permission to import data from LinkedIn manually. - To write something that gets the data automatically from LinkedIn.

The problem with the automatic solution is - what does LinkedIn think about that? Are we allowed to do it?

If anyone has feedback, or experience with this topic, it will help us very much!

2) We'll fix this in about 2 sprints

3) We'll fix this in the next 2-3 days.

Re: Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs

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Post by bitL »

BorisBorisov91 wrote: post #105
bitL wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AFAIK TopTal is mostly remote freelancing, often matching Silicon Valley to Eastern European programmers (not possible unless remote).

Sorry, that was what I meant - TopTal is about remote freelancing. But it is not about long-term remote jobs. Getting projects from time to time fits some people, but some people will prefer to work with one company for the long-run, a d that's what RemoteMore is about.

It's much easier to do remote freelancing/contracting/consulting than employment. For employment the target company has to incorporate in employee's country or you need to have a branch that acts as an intermediary; not sure if you won't be on a legally shaky ground and forced to accept the programmers you connected as your own employees.
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