Skillset that'll get me a remote job if I live overseas: AWS/cloud or webdev?

#1

Post by 9039039 » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 9:48 AM UTC

or is there something more in demand than those two?

and please don't tell me both..i realisticallly have time to only learn one at the moment

Re: Skillset that'll get me a remote job if I live overseas: AWS/cloud or webdev?

#2

Post by yellow_lead » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 1:27 PM UTC

Judging by recent hiring threads, webdev (React specifically) seems incredibly popular.

Re: Skillset that'll get me a remote job if I live overseas: AWS/cloud or webdev?

#3

Post by muzani » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 2:33 PM UTC

I feel like AWS/cloud would be more in house, though it's more a trust issue than anything else. Infra is the backbone of a company, and something some people wouldn't trust to a part time freelancer. Or someone laying on a beach in Bali might not be so accessible in the 0.1% of time the site goes down. Whether or not this is true, it is a perception.

There's also probably more web dev jobs out there. You probably need only a small amount of infra people at any one time, but are developing a lot of features, some of which are low priority and can be outsourced.

Re: Skillset that'll get me a remote job if I live overseas: AWS/cloud or webdev?

#4

Post by codegeek » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 11:31 PM UTC

I would say webdev is more common anyway and can fit remote profiles. A good web developer can work out of anywhere and can have a separate Git repo/branch to work on. I would not be comfortable hiring someone for AWS/Infrastructure unless I can trust them a bit more.

Re: Skillset that'll get me a remote job if I live overseas: AWS/cloud or webdev?

#5

Post by tcbasche » Tue, Mar 03, 2020, 8:16 PM UTC

> i realisticallly have time to only learn one at the moment

Then webdev. No-one wants someone they barely know or trust and just learned about AWS to manage their infrastructure