Where can I find remote jobs? Other than weworkremotely,odesk which doesn't seem all that great, I'm interested in other sources or websites.
Q&As with Leading Remote Companies
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#12Where can I find remote jobs? Other than weworkremotely,odesk which doesn't seem all that great, I'm interested in other sources or websites.
http://wfh.io/ and http://jobs.remotive.io/, you can also sort angel list to only show remote jobs.
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#13I have noticed an apparent chicken-and-egg problem in this space of the industry. Increasing numbers of companies want to embrace distributed teams, but they strongly prefer or only consider people who have worked remotely before. That makes it hard both to start out in remote work and to find people to fill your positions.
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#14Where can I find remote jobs? Other than weworkremotely,odesk which doesn't seem all that great, I'm interested in other sources or websites.
This is a websites which aggregates remote jobs: https://remoteok.io/
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#15I have noticed an apparent chicken-and-egg problem in this space of the industry. Increasing numbers of companies want to embrace distributed teams, but they strongly prefer or only consider people who have worked remotely before. That makes it hard both to start out in remote work and to find people to fill your positions.
We've hired both "experienced" remote workers and "inexperienced" remote workers. I noticed that those with little to no experience working remotely are so excited (liberated?) working that way that it almost seem as if they are extra productive.
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#16I've been a remote worker for almost a decade now, and I've been through three different companies. My effectiveness always depends on how supportive the company is. As a remote worker I have to spend more time communicating; overcommunicating usually. It takes time to learn but the end result is worth it. I feel I have been more effective than I was in person and my quality of life has greatly improved. (Not to ment…
What kind of work do you do? How did you start?
I started as an engineer but moved into developer evangelism. I was on the Swing team at Sun which gave me experience speaking at JavaOne. I first went remote because I got married to a woman in Oregon and Sun was okay with remote working (depending on the team). After Oracle took over I want to Palm and then Nokia. I am limited in the companies who will hire me (ex: Google and Amazon don't allow remote working) but the benefits have been worth it.
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#17Has anyone noticed the salaries for some of these companies is a bit low and it seems some of them are doing it as labor market arbitrage? [e.g. A European company hiring a Brazilian developer for ~10k Euros less than they would hire a European ] I see alot of them offering $40k-$50k salaries for positions than [in any metro area in the US or Europe] would be $70-80k for similar qualifications/experience. I'm not say…
FWIW, I work for Canonical, which is also all remote work, and I got a reasonably big pay bump compared to my last job at an office. Yes, of course someone in Argentina is going to get paid differently than someone in New York City. I don't know how it works at other companies, but at Canonical, you're paid a competitive salary for companies in your area. So, for me, that means companies in the Boston area. I certainly didn't take a pay cut to work remotely. Obviously, what you get paid is different from company to company, but I doubt many companies would be successful in hiring quality engineers if they didn't pay as well as office jobs. Remote work is definitely a big plus, but at the end of the day, it doesn't pay the bills (it does save some money though - I don't need to get a $250 monthly train pass or pay gas/parking etc).
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#18Has anyone noticed the salaries for some of these companies is a bit low and it seems some of them are doing it as labor market arbitrage? [e.g. A European company hiring a Brazilian developer for ~10k Euros less than they would hire a European ] I see alot of them offering $40k-$50k salaries for positions than [in any metro area in the US or Europe] would be $70-80k for similar qualifications/experience. I'm not say…
FWIW, I work for Canonical, which is also all remote work, and I got a reasonably big pay bump compared to my last job at an office. Yes, of course someone in Argentina is going to get paid differently than someone in New York City. I don't know how it works at other companies, but at Canonical, you're paid a competitive salary for companies in your area. So, for me, that means companies in the Boston area. I certain…
Yeah, its why I said "some".
Buffer, Canonical, and probably about half pay competitive rates for most of the US/Europe. The other half want to pay below $50k USD for engineers and that just isn't worth doing for anyone with 5+ years of experience and/or college degree.
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#19Where can I find remote jobs? Other than weworkremotely,odesk which doesn't seem all that great, I'm interested in other sources or websites.
There's a great list of remote work listings on NoDesk: http://nodesk.co/remote-work/