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Re: List of places to find remote jobs and freelancing projects

#35

This was a big problem I faced as a remote freelancer looking for 100% remote front-end work. Yes, there's a lot of remote work out there, but it's so spread out on various sources that you end up having to spend time every single day reading the listings in depth because many times there are constraints. For example it's limited to candidates in the USA, or it's remote but you have to live in London, or it does have…

finding front end only work is problematic?

try looking for systems programming work. most of these sites don't have have categories for any kind of software development - the closest you can get is DevOps/SRE or 'full stack'.

Re: List of places to find remote jobs and freelancing projects

#36

I'd like to give a thumbs up to both AngelList and my favorite former co-worker. When things went south at our workplace, a coworker and I were kvetching about how hard it would be to find a good job locally, and how great it would be to work remote. But I had no clue how to get started with finding good remote jobs, and didn't do anything other than distribute my resume to local positions. Instead she went through A…

If there's a job you find interesting, you can always ask the recruiter if remote is an option (even if it's not explicitly listed). Most companies are on some sort of chat system, so making it work and is becoming less and less of an issue.

Most places will flat out say no, but every once in a while a recruiter responds "let me check" and there's your opening..

I've written up details on how to do this in a couple of threads :

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16747283

"How to Get a Remote Job, Even When Remote Isn’t Advertised" https://medium.com/@aantix/how-to-get-a-remote-job-even-when...

Re: List of places to find remote jobs and freelancing projects

#37

Why can't people just say "Thank You" to this person for taking the time to put a list together instead of spamming their own websites (some of which are already on this list....).

What’s wrong with providing alternatives? Nothing against your list, but you may want to respect others’ work as well.

Re: List of places to find remote jobs and freelancing projects

#40

One to add that's not on the list: https://www.moonlightwork.com

They have a link at the top to suggest an addition. It takes you to a simple form where you type in the link and hit submit. That might be a more effective means to get this added.
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