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What I do is "plant small seeds" on the web (like: articles, video talks), which acts as "ads" for my skills. Then I make sure I can be found online (twitter, site, forums). It's a midterm strategy but works very well (I've worked 100% remotely during the last 3 years).
I don't get it- can you give an example of a 'seed'? Sounds interesting.
Have you considered picking up freelance node.js work? I run a website called FreelanceInbox.com that is designed to help freelancers find quality leads without having to spend time a lot of time searching. You could probably handle small projects and develop your skills that way.
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 :)
I'm thinking of finding a remote job too. However, I'm inexperienced and a friend of mine said that people don't tend to hire remotely for junior level positions. Is this true?
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I'm working on it :)
Don't let this guy to discourage you. Millions of non-native speakers successfully work for American companies although they don't have perfect grammar and spelling.
It might be tough to get hired in that scenario. You might want to bootstrap this idea by first doing some of your own Node projects.
Quite; "pay me to learn technology X" is always going to be a tough sell unless you're bringing another skillset to a problem.