Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

Post by rco8786 » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 9:36 PM UTC

intuitionist wrote: post #397

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We can talk about normal expectations without having to explicitly state that black swan events can happen. If you took a stance of “I’m not going to take any pay in equity because I saw what happened in 2001” you would have left millions of dollars on the table over the last 20 years.

Stocks underperforming cash for three years is hardly a black swan event; it happens in about a fifth of 3-year periods.

Post by eatYourFood » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 12:16 AM UTC

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You can’t do hourly in London, the lowest you can go is a day rate, hours being 1:1 with fees is a great way to leave money on the table as a contractor. As a contractor you want to structure your deliverables on your terms so you can choose how the spend your time. Alan Weiss wrote a lot about this and his writings changed my life. Also, if you’re hourly in London you can’t claim to be independent and you’ll get sma…

There are plenty of ways to screw clients with fixed-fee projects. The most common is to ask the client what they want, write that down, and build it for a fat fee based on the value they imagine they'll be getting. It turns out clients mostly don't know shit about what they actually need. Indeed, for many projects it's impossible to know the right thing to build up front, as much of the data is unavailable until you…

Post by gaws » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 7:20 AM UTC

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This is true in the Midwest. I’m seeing two strategies that are friends are using to get to $250k+ right now and much more… 1. Several have left for left/right coast former startups companies that are publicly traded. Their base comp is $160-180k but they are also receiving a large pool of equity that vests in tranches of $75-100k a year. 2. With everything being remote, several senior engineer friends are working tw…

How does the "no vacation policy" work? You sign the contract and then never show up anymore?

Post by kingkongjaffa » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 9:58 AM UTC

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I agree. I'm 50 and don't feel as though the sun has set on my usefulness yet. I'm definitely experiencing more demand than ever. My personal philosophy is similar and I very much love the work I do. 1. My role is to help the team. 2. Stay humble. There is always a better way to do something and we're very lucky to be in our position. 3. Practice not talking. Let others have the experience of figuring it out for them…

I'm 55. I'm tired of learning. I've been learning for 30+ years of professional software work, and none of it applies to any new jobs I might want to seek (I'm talking about specific languages, platforms, buzzwords, etc.) The pace of change is faster than the average person can keep up with and still be competent. I can see that by the time I retire, the knowledge I have spent my adult life acquiring will be useless…

Post by wreath » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 2:11 PM UTC

anticristi wrote: post #241

Somewhat of a tangent, does anyone know how to convert a US-working condition total comp of 250k$ to, say, Swedish-working condition total comp? The highest Swedish total comp for Software engineer I ever heard is (75kSEK / month). This is 2.5 times lower than the above figure. However, to be fair, total "Swedish" comp should also include public benefits, like pension, parental leave, free "stay at home with sick chi…