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Re: Ask HN: The best way to find remote job

#11

Post by danielweber »

For remote jobs, clarity of communication is essential.

I hope this doesn't read as mean, since I suspect English is not your first language, but if you are trying to get hired by an English speaking company, you need to use proper grammar and spelling.

If you are looking for job in your native language, and just raising the topic here on HN as the best place to discuss it, then please only read the first paragraph of this comment. I don't mean to exclude you from discussing things here.

Re: Ask HN: The best way to find remote job

#12

Post by shtpavel »

danielweber wrote: post #11

For remote jobs, clarity of communication is essential. I hope this doesn't read as mean, since I suspect English is not your first language, but if you are trying to get hired by an English speaking company, you need to use proper grammar and spelling. If you are looking for job in your native language, and just raising the topic here on HN as the best place to discuss it, then please only read the first paragraph o…

I'm working on it :)

Re: Ask HN: The best way to find remote job

#13

Post by sjclemmy »

I would suggest you make yourself easily contactable. Posting this question on HN might interest a possible employer who would offer you some work. However they will have a hard time doing so, if your contact details are not mentioned in your profile.

Update: You have added contact details. :)

Re: Ask HN: The best way to find remote job

#14

Post by tzaman »

jburwell wrote: post #4

weworkremotely.com (run by the 37signals/Basecamp folks) and jobs.joelonsoftware.com (shortcut to Stackoverflow jobs) are two sources of remote job listings. I am sure there are more -- these are just two with which I happen to be familiar. I have also found that both of these sites have a fairly high quality of job listings. Another approach to consider is seeking freelance work. You may be able to find work porting…

We hired two developers through WeWorkRemotely (gotten about 100 applicants), and couldn't be happier. Highly recommended.

Re: Ask HN: The best way to find remote job

#15

Post by Touche »

stevoo wrote: post #6

This is a very hard to question to answer you and there is no actual solution to give you. It all comes down to how good you really are. I have been looking for the past 3 - 4 months for a remote job, but since the competition out there is huge and there are definitely better programmers than me I haven't manage to land anything yet. Make a great CV, a personal page, work on github to show your work. This will help y…

> It all comes down to how good you really are. I have been looking for the past 3 - 4 months for a remote job, but since the competition out there is huge and there are definitely better programmers than me I haven't manage to land anything yet.

Not trying to be harsh, but if you honestly believe this, you should give up right now. There will always be people smarter than you, this is a given. But you will never land a job with the attitude of "I'm not good enough to work here".

Re: Ask HN: The best way to find remote job

#16

Post by Touche »

Specifically for Node it's nice to have some notoriety, no matter how small. So create a cool Node module that does something original and email the guys at dailyjs.com about it. If it gets posted there put that in your resume and you'll land a job.

But not a lot of companies are looking for part-time programmers, why do you not want a full-time job?

Re: Ask HN: The best way to find remote job

#17

Post by tzaman »

5-15/hour? You're doing yourself and the industry a huge disservice, regardless what currency this is in. If you're a .NET developer, I take it you know what you're doing and even if you want to learn Node.js along the way, that's not a way to go. Once you're set on a small amount (and charge by the hour, another big sin we're all guilty of) it's really hard to get more, and you'll end up doing crappy work for crappy clients. Don't do that.

Re: Ask HN: The best way to find remote job

#18

Post by shtpavel »

Touche wrote: post #16

Specifically for Node it's nice to have some notoriety, no matter how small. So create a cool Node module that does something original and email the guys at dailyjs.com about it. If it gets posted there put that in your resume and you'll land a job. But not a lot of companies are looking for part-time programmers, why do you not want a full-time job?

Full time job is OK, but if it'll suit my salary requirements. For now i'm, ok with my current job. But want to move forward. I mean, I want to learn new techs by part-time job, and then move to full-time.

Re: Ask HN: The best way to find remote job

#19

Post by chrisdevereux »

Touche wrote: post #15
stevoo wrote: post #6

This is a very hard to question to answer you and there is no actual solution to give you. It all comes down to how good you really are. I have been looking for the past 3 - 4 months for a remote job, but since the competition out there is huge and there are definitely better programmers than me I haven't manage to land anything yet. Make a great CV, a personal page, work on github to show your work. This will help y…

> It all comes down to how good you really are. I have been looking for the past 3 - 4 months for a remote job, but since the competition out there is huge and there are definitely better programmers than me I haven't manage to land anything yet. Not trying to be harsh, but if you honestly believe this, you should give up right now. There will always be people smarter than you, this is a given. But you will never lan…

> but if you honestly believe this, you should give up right now

That sounds a bit dramatic, I'd advise changing what you believe.

There will always be things you believe that hold you back, but you will never overcome them with an attitude of "I should just give up now"...

Re: Ask HN: The best way to find remote job

#20

Post by warp »

tzaman wrote: post #14
jburwell wrote: post #4

weworkremotely.com (run by the 37signals/Basecamp folks) and jobs.joelonsoftware.com (shortcut to Stackoverflow jobs) are two sources of remote job listings. I am sure there are more -- these are just two with which I happen to be familiar. I have also found that both of these sites have a fairly high quality of job listings. Another approach to consider is seeking freelance work. You may be able to find work porting…

We hired two developers through WeWorkRemotely (gotten about 100 applicants), and couldn't be happier. Highly recommended.

I got hired through WeWorkRemotely fairly recently, I didn't know the competition could be that fierce! :)
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