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Re: Remote work on HN: Who is hiring? – 69% jobs in 2023 are remote

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Post by CoastalCoder »

JohnFen wrote: post #54
rjzzleep wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a question for people here. I absolutely value the time with my daughter and I actually enjoy working for home, I had been for the last couple of years, but it's becoming increasingly unbearable to do that with a nagging and micromanaging partner by my side who's life is COMPLETELY unstructured. So I find myself longing for office time, not because I like office time, but rather because I feel like it might br…

> Am I the only one in that situation? What do you do? What I did (decades ago) was realize that when I was working from home, I needed to treat it the same as working in an office. What that meant was: I need a room that is exclusively "the office". When I'm in there, I'm working. When I'm not working, I'm not in there. And everyone else in the household has to adhere to one rule -- if my office door is closed, they…

I did this as well. It took a little time, and a few rebukes, for my kids to understand it as a hard rule. But after that it's been smooth sailing.

It also helps that I majorly soundproofed my home office. Even well-intentioned kids will won't be silent for the entire work day.

Re: Remote work on HN: Who is hiring? – 69% jobs in 2023 are remote

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Post by ptero »

There is a fair amount of vitriol towards companies requiring some in office time, assuming anything from BS to evil intent.

While I personally like being able to work from home I have seen many cases when bringing the team into the office, at least once or twice a week, removes blockers and helps people sketch out and try prototypes in a way that remote work does not. It is painful, when you are working with hardware in some restricted access lab and something breaks, to hear that the person who can fix it is remote and will come in next Monday. Maybe.

So I am not surprised that some employers are pushing RTO from purely business reasons; no chicanery. And as this often carries various costs for employees, this will eventually, in a business cycle or two, get negotiated to a sane state, where both sides are slightly unhappy, but realize that they got a decent deal. My 2c.

Re: Remote work on HN: Who is hiring? – 69% jobs in 2023 are remote

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Post by jedberg »

synergy20 wrote: post #21
synergy20 wrote: post #15

From my job searching experience in the last two months, that can not be possibly true, there are some remote positions but they're definitely not 60%, I would say it's about 15% at the best for software and engineering roles. just do a 'software developer' search on linkedin, it has 156000 jobs, then filter it via 'remote' it drops down to 24400, that's 15%.

just curious, why the downvote? I like remote and I only do remote, that does not mean 60% is a fact, and fact matters.

This article is about a specific job board.

Your comment was actually interesting, but the way you worded it was both confrontational and made it off topic.

It would have gone better if you said "That's interesting, in the wider job market I've found ..."

Re: Remote work on HN: Who is hiring? – 69% jobs in 2023 are remote

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Post by shmatt »

Invictus0 wrote: post #43
zer8k wrote: post #28

> on HN The most important subtext. There are engineer friends of mine laid off from remote companies that, almost 5 months later, cannot get work. These aren't braindead seatwarmers either. The software engineer market has shifted under our feet DRAMATICALLY. Any software engineer with a position should try to keep it for as long as they possible can.

cannot get work... at the price they want. Plenty of low-paying remote jobs out there

Im not sure why this is even getting downvoted. Top pay of market has significantly shifted to hybrid. Even once a week in office means you can't live anywhere in the country you'd like. Though i'm not sure if the original article counts hybrid as remote in this case

There are plenty of fully remote openings for senior software engineers looking for $100k TC right now. Every person can make their own calculation

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Post by yieldcrv »

Invictus0 wrote: post #43
zer8k wrote: post #28

> on HN The most important subtext. There are engineer friends of mine laid off from remote companies that, almost 5 months later, cannot get work. These aren't braindead seatwarmers either. The software engineer market has shifted under our feet DRAMATICALLY. Any software engineer with a position should try to keep it for as long as they possible can.

cannot get work... at the price they want. Plenty of low-paying remote jobs out there

in my experience, the process is the same at any salary or compensation package

it isnt “easier” to get an offer at lower ranges, those companies think they are taking a risk with their comp ranges too

Re: Remote work on HN: Who is hiring? – 69% jobs in 2023 are remote

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Post by CoastalCoder »

zer8k wrote: post #28

> on HN The most important subtext. There are engineer friends of mine laid off from remote companies that, almost 5 months later, cannot get work. These aren't braindead seatwarmers either. The software engineer market has shifted under our feet DRAMATICALLY. Any software engineer with a position should try to keep it for as long as they possible can.

This is my personal experience as well. I'm ~4 months in, and I'm still looking for an appealing job.

Anyone know of a forum where people like me can candidly compare notes about finding a job after layoff?

I'm learning so many lessons, but some could only be shared in an anonymous setting.

Re: Remote work on HN: Who is hiring? – 69% jobs in 2023 are remote

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Post by robswc »

It's weird. I feel like you can get more done at an office at times... but then there's also a lot of downtime. Also the commute is always killer.

I honestly believe people work better when they get dressed and have some routine. No idea how people can work in their PJs, I'd feel so lazy, lol.

However. The commute is killer. Even if you get it down to just 15 min. (which is hard unless you live right next to work) that's 30 min. a day. Prob adds up to well over 100 hrs a year just commuting. I know some ppl do public transport with an audio book or something but for me, that's still 100 hours commuting.

If I could teleport to the office, I'd say in person 60/40 split. Since I have to commute, remote all the way except for important kick offs or brainstorming sessions.

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