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Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by atlantic »

mynegation wrote: post #38
spoiledtechie wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a few reasons, but I am tired of the 9-5 driving to work for 30 minutes each way, getting ready in the morning while putting really nice and expensive clothes on, then getting home at night and only have 4 hours to do my thing. If I didn't commute or take the time to dress up, I would save a minimal of 2 hours a day. Most people have to do this and sadly, shouldn't have to. There are other reasons as well, but…

On a flip side, remote work may shift and fragment your schedule. If your employer is in a different time zone, your work time may shift and your free time now suddenly has less overlap with a free time of your family and friends. Part of the success at remote position is making yourself readily available and it can be easily abused. I am not trying to talk you out of it, but it may happen that you will miss your 9-t…

I would tend to agree with you. I took up remote work about 18 months ago, after relocating to another country where no local work was available. While saving commuting time is certainly a big plus, there are a lot of downsides, including: - not having colleagues to socialize with, and the stimulus of a professional environment - not spending enough time out of the house - having to deploy a substantial amount of willpower simply to follow a regular work schedule - having no clear separation between work and home, which means I find it much harder to relax or "call it a day" than before.

Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by spoiledtechie »

pclark wrote: post #2

You haven't listed any of your needs or wants that you wish to satisfy. Why isn't that just a short bullet point list somewhere? Why isn't all of this a collection of short bullet point lists: * Skill set * Achievements at last company * Education Considering the whole point of this page is to generate leads to request your resume why is it so long? why not keep it vague? Some of your opening sentences need a lot of…

Keep it vague and remove words?

I used to do that with all my resumes actually. Concise and to the point. Though as I went further along, I started hearing what HR reps looks for and what Recruiters want. They want people to explain more about what they have accomplished. I figured to separate things by knowledge of a certain subject then push it out to what I have built, instead of saying what I built then and what Tech Ive used. Sadly, Im in a bit of a classified environment. So its harder for me to explain my actual work and much easier to explain the tech used.

Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by spoiledtechie »

georgieporgie wrote: post #43

The whole intro talks about you, and what you want, but not what value you offer to employers. http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/06...

I offer my skill set and knowledge there of. My points I have made via the skills I have attained. I am trying to build my self up in front of employers. So they realize my confidence. Then I go into the details about my self...

Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

#46

Post by spoiledtechie »

LargeWu wrote: post #39
spoiledtechie wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a few reasons, but I am tired of the 9-5 driving to work for 30 minutes each way, getting ready in the morning while putting really nice and expensive clothes on, then getting home at night and only have 4 hours to do my thing. If I didn't commute or take the time to dress up, I would save a minimal of 2 hours a day. Most people have to do this and sadly, shouldn't have to. There are other reasons as well, but…

Yes, you and everybody else in the world. You are not a snowflake unique among snowflakes in this regard. As an employer, this is not a good enough reason for me to just hand you a remote job. But what's important is that as someone hiring, I would have just thrown your resume away (or in this case closed the window) because you seem selfish. You would never have the chance to explain.

My extra curricular activities in the first place shows that I am not the selfish type. Working for others instead of my self. Creating a website with over 20k users which is rather a handful and getting nothing but thanks and gratitudes in return. I find that far from selfish.

Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by BobbyH »

spoiledtechie wrote: post #45
georgieporgie wrote: post #43

The whole intro talks about you, and what you want, but not what value you offer to employers. http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/06...

I offer my skill set and knowledge there of. My points I have made via the skills I have attained. I am trying to build my self up in front of employers. So they realize my confidence. Then I go into the details about my self...

I think what georgie is saying is that employers don't care about your skill set and knowledge, per se. They only care about what your skill set and knowledge can do for them.

Also, I second georgie's recommendation of How to Win Friends and Influence People. You can see a relevant section of the book here: http://books.google.com/books?id=yxfJDVXClucC&lpg=PP1&#3...

Click through to the next page too...

Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by synnik »

I don't buy the skill set -- It is way too broad. Some of those skills must be stronger than others. I have no way of knowing if you are a CSS wizard who also does some C#, or if you spend 90% of your time doing GIS apps for iOS. And I therefore would not even bother to call you because the resume says nothing to me other than, "I think I can code."

Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by tofumatt »

spoiledtechie wrote: post #35
LargeWu wrote: post #33

"I am looking for a Full Time Remote Job to satisfy my needs and wants." Why remote? You do not address that anywhere else on your page. Why would you be more effective working remotely? My first impression when people say they want to work remotely is that they don't work well with others. Also, that statement also makes you seem selfish - the job to you is all about satisfying YOUR needs and wants, and says nothing…

I have a few reasons, but I am tired of the 9-5 driving to work for 30 minutes each way, getting ready in the morning while putting really nice and expensive clothes on, then getting home at night and only have 4 hours to do my thing. If I didn't commute or take the time to dress up, I would save a minimal of 2 hours a day. Most people have to do this and sadly, shouldn't have to. There are other reasons as well, but…

If you're looking to do remote work because you're sick of your current 9-5, you shouldn't look to remote work to fix anything.

I worked anywhere from 30%-50% a week remote at my last gig and it still requires maintaining somewhat regular hours (you still have colleagues) and a routine. I now work remotely save for trips to the Head Office every once in awhile. You still need a routine because you have other colleagues you need to interface with, at least sometimes in real-time.

If you want to set your own hours and do your own thing, start freelancing or start your own business. My ability to work remotely was an asset when I started at my new job, but if I phrased it like you did ("I don't wanna wear nice closes and drive") it would make me sound more like a sloth than a good remote worker.

And if you work remote, you best be getting out and dressed up at least a day a week anyway. Interaction is REALLY important and you'll go crazy if you don't get out and see people.

Have you ever worked remotely?

Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by Total_Meltdown »

I stopped reading when I got to your "Comments" section:

> I don't comment every line of code, but I comment in large quantities.

Ok, I can relate to this.

> I am of the mind set that code [...]

You mean "mindset."

> [...] should speak for it self when you write proper names for what the variable or method actually does.

You mean "itself." Also, that's a really awkward way of saying "self-documenting code."

> But comments are still needed outside of what I like to call Codese.

What?

> The language of coders.

This is a sentence fragment, and I know nothing more about what "Codese" is, or why you call it that.

Proofread. Spellcheck. Read it aloud to yourself multiple times. Seriously.

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