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Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by potatolicious »

agentultra wrote: post #30

It'd be nice if remote working opportunities didn't come with national borders. The border-less nature of the Internet and knowledge-based work doesn't seem to require geographic location and yet due to complex logistical restrictions most of these job postings are US-only. Kind of a weird place to be. I wonder if there's some kind of hack that could allow small companies and startups to get around the policy issues…

> "I wonder if there's some kind of hack"

There is: international tax lawyers. There are rarely real prohibitions on employing people who live outside of your own borders. The main disincentive for companies to hire outside of their own country is potentially severely increasing their tax complexity.

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by danielweber »

nawitus wrote: post #33

a track record of getting stuff done I wonder how one can prove to have a track record of getting stuff done. If we exclude hobby projects / open source contributions, I have no idea how I could show any kind of track record. I'm not allowed to talk about the projects I do at work, for example, and I don't have time or motivation for hobby projects after work.

I saw a job posting about "you can show us your resume if you want, but we really want to see your GitHub." The company doesn't have its own Github page. Should I tell them mine is just as populated as theirs?

(I do have Githubs, but they are because I like coding for fun, and I don't like coding for fun to find jobs.)

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by danielweber »

zura wrote: post #12
agentultra wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Taxes and international payments are a huge pain would be my guess.

Just hire people as contractors and it is extremely easy. They send you invoices periodically, you send them money through regular bank wire transfer.

Employers also want US law on their side in case the employee does something like try to steal from the company.

EDIT: Employees also don't want their home country's protections in case that company in Uzbekistan decides not to pay them.

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by cylinder »

RyanZAG wrote: post #8

Browsing through these jobs is enough to kill your faith in humanity. I don't think I saw any I'd want to work for regardless of salary. Cases in point: We're looking for a younger developer ... There will be no compensation for this job https://weworkremotely.com/jobs/20 You will be working with interesting people, namely me. https://weworkremotely.com/jobs/10 EDIT: I take back the initial statement, there are a lot…

This board is a fine example of why you have to charge for job board postings. Even Craigslist charges $25 to keep out junk.

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by netcan »

This is a more general comment about job postings in general - Why are salary ranges so seldom listed. If you look at a lot of leading job boards even the company name isn't listed (recruiters).

Isn't salary a basic piece of information that every job listing should have?

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by danielweber »

zura wrote: post #42
kohanz wrote: post #20

I love the concept, but as a developer working on non-web technologies, it's discouraging to see that this practice is less common outside the world of web dev.

Yes. I'm still waiting for some day, when C++ and REMOTE appear within one job posting in Who is Hiring threads...

There have been a few, like Suitable. Definitely rare, though.

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by grey-area »

bbx wrote: post #47

I've been searching for a remote job for the last few months. This site comes in really handy. Listing remote jobs isn't new (for example, Authentic Jobs has a clear call-to-action to filter them), but focusing on them is interesting. What I've learned so far is that a remote job is not exactly what I thought it was. Considering the mostly globalized state of the web (and even the internet), I thought "remote" meant…

Another approach to this is to stop looking for a job with a salary and strike out on your own as a contractor/company. If you have contacts in the industry already, this isn't as hard as it might seem, and makes it far easier to truly work remotely without being tied to one specific office.

Having said that from experience (I did Paris-London for a while) I think you'd find it hard to telecommute or work remotely between countries for a long period - the time differences, travel time for meetings etc and the lack of physical presence in the city make it more difficult to keep in touch. It is much easier to work for and get work from people in the same physical location. I was surprised just how important physical presence is in order to maintain the contacts which keep work coming in, and reassure clients that you will be available.

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by pa5tabear »

bbx wrote: post #47

I've been searching for a remote job for the last few months. This site comes in really handy. Listing remote jobs isn't new (for example, Authentic Jobs has a clear call-to-action to filter them), but focusing on them is interesting. What I've learned so far is that a remote job is not exactly what I thought it was. Considering the mostly globalized state of the web (and even the internet), I thought "remote" meant…

What's so difficult about New York? What job level are you searching for?

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by zura »

danielweber wrote: post #56
zura wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. I'm still waiting for some day, when C++ and REMOTE appear within one job posting in Who is Hiring threads...

There have been a few, like Suitable. Definitely rare, though.

They don't respond to emails. I tried several times.

Although, I landed a really great remote C++ job in 2012 from Who is Hiring thread.

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by oftenwrong »

msantos wrote: post #24
RyanZAG wrote: post #8

Browsing through these jobs is enough to kill your faith in humanity. I don't think I saw any I'd want to work for regardless of salary. Cases in point: We're looking for a younger developer ... There will be no compensation for this job https://weworkremotely.com/jobs/20 You will be working with interesting people, namely me. https://weworkremotely.com/jobs/10 EDIT: I take back the initial statement, there are a lot…

And here's another fine example: You love Macs, open source software and tools, and cringe when you hear the words .NET

You love open source software, but not enough to use an open source OS
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