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Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by weland » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 10:42 AM UTC

trymas wrote: post #9

> You should be (or have a strong desire to become) a HTML5 geek, JavaScript nerd and CSS wizard. I had to double check if I am reading a job ad or hipster blogger's about page. Though, the site itself is great, there are indeed many 'remote' job ads, though somehow by default many are 'remote in USA', so it's great value.

> > You should be (or have a strong desire to become) a HTML5 geek, JavaScript nerd and CSS wizard.

Indeed, it seems that there is hardly any room left for mere programmers in this industry :-).

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by tallanvor » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 10:45 AM UTC

The first item on the list is "I Will Teach You To Be Rich". That, to me, is a sign that I won't find serious opportunities on there.

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by owenwil » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 10:49 AM UTC

This is great! Would love something like this for broader roles in the tech field, though

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by mattmanser » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 10:53 AM UTC

tallanvor wrote: post #12

The first item on the list is "I Will Teach You To Be Rich". That, to me, is a sign that I won't find serious opportunities on there.

To be fair, it's an actual company that's really called I will teach you to be rich.

http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/

Although it sounds high pressure to work overtime, it actually sounds like a pretty interesting job. Apart from the PHP.

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by dabrorius » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 10:53 AM UTC

tallanvor wrote: post #12

The first item on the list is "I Will Teach You To Be Rich". That, to me, is a sign that I won't find serious opportunities on there.

I was reluctant to add that posting because of the project name. However if you read the job posting it seems much more serious than the name implies. It was an edge case but I decided to add it in the end.

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by ned » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 10:53 AM UTC

When you are full-time employed, remotely, by a european company, and living in another european country, does anyone know :

— do you set yourself up as a freelance consultant, and pay your healthcare and retirement fund yourself?

— …or do you let the company pay that for you in the country they are based in, and somehow benefit from that?

How does it work exactly for these social benefits that are very important in the european welfare model?

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by DeusExMachina » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 10:55 AM UTC

tallanvor wrote: post #12

The first item on the list is "I Will Teach You To Be Rich". That, to me, is a sign that I won't find serious opportunities on there.

That is just because you have no idea what IWTYTBR is.

Ramit has high end courses on finding a job, negotiating your salary, freelancing, online business and more. All these sell for a very high price and have a high success rate among the students, that get extraordinary results. I spent myself thousands of dollars in their trainings and they were the best spent money of my life.

IWT is a multimillion business, with many employees, and their salaries and benefits are usually higher than the average. And it even allows you to work remotely. Looks like a very serious opportunity to me.

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by charlesdm » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 10:57 AM UTC

ned wrote: post #16

When you are full-time employed, remotely, by a european company, and living in another european country, does anyone know : — do you set yourself up as a freelance consultant, and pay your healthcare and retirement fund yourself? — …or do you let the company pay that for you in the country they are based in, and somehow benefit from that? How does it work exactly for these social benefits that are very important in…

By far the easiest way is to become self employed and take care of everything yourself. You could be "trading" as an individual, or through a legal entity. Your salary (i.e. a lump sum you invoice each month) would be a bit higher to account for these. If you'd make $8k as an employed engineer, maybe you'd get paid $12k to account for that.

You might also end up with more money in your pocket, since the tax situation can be different (but not always, depends on the country). One advantage is that you can deduct most tech expenses as business expenses (i.e. laptops/software/conferences/etc)

The alternative is that your employer sets up a local "shell" company that pays you for services performed, with you being the only employee.

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by charlesdm » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 10:58 AM UTC

tallanvor wrote: post #12

The first item on the list is "I Will Teach You To Be Rich". That, to me, is a sign that I won't find serious opportunities on there.

That's the name of the business.

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by dabrorius » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 10:58 AM UTC

ned wrote: post #16

When you are full-time employed, remotely, by a european company, and living in another european country, does anyone know : — do you set yourself up as a freelance consultant, and pay your healthcare and retirement fund yourself? — …or do you let the company pay that for you in the country they are based in, and somehow benefit from that? How does it work exactly for these social benefits that are very important in…

It depends on the country, but you will probably have to found some kind of legal entity. For questions like these you can ask for help on our slack community: http://europeremotely.com/community.html