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Anyone with a remote job making 80k a year?
There are lots of job postings, but they seem either US-Resident-only or 15k a year posts. Anyone really has a great, remote job?
- stray 11y agoYes. I am a US resident though -- and a native American English speaker (which is more important than many realize).
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- bob_zombie 11y agoWhy do people care if you speak Native American English vs. just normal english? I didn't even realize Native Americans had their own dialect.
- mkaziz 11y agoThere was a capital letter there that you ignored which changes the context of the statement.
- cpursley 11y agoNorth American English is easier to understand for North American employers and staff. Some folks have a difficult time with accents (hearing issues, etc). Anecdotal, but I have an aunt who always hangs up on customer support who have accents because her ears can't process the tones. Even British English can be difficult for some North Americans. Then again, so can southern American dialects for North Americans and non-Americans alike.
- FlopV 11y agoStarted at a company locally, then I became remote. I feel that may the path of least resistance if you're looking to make that type of money. US resident here.
- loumf 11y agoI work at Trello, and the FogCreek, Trello, StackOverflow trio of companies (1) hire remote (2) even non-US and (3) pay US market salaries. See their respective sites for current openings. I found this job on Careers.StackOverflow.com (which has a lot of remote jobs and good filtering) -- if you need an invite, my contact info is on my HN profile page.
- goodoldboys 11y agoYeah, I'm making 100k+ a year working fully remote. US resident
- PerfectElement 11y agoYes, I'm outside of the US, making 100k+ working for a US company, using my favorite language (c#). The company hires people from Europe, Asia, South America, wherever there's talent.
- lenomad 11y agoWhich is the company, if you don't mind?
- larrykubin 11y agoMost definitely, it helps to know people in person rather than applying through a job posting though.
- seekingcharlie 11y agoYes, I make 100k+ a year as a Designer, fully remote. I'm Australian.
- scorpioxy 11y agoBut that's for companies outside Australia, right? My experience has been that Australian companies are not still open to the idea of remote work(Melbourne).
- stonith 11y agoI work remote for an Australian company. https://aptira.com/ https://aptira.com/
- seekingcharlie 11y agoYep, that's right. I work for a US company. I'd agree with that about Australian companies not being open to remote. TBH, I don't even consider Australian companies anymore. In my experience, salaries are lower and I feel that we're years behind, both in terms of the projects you work on and the people you work with.
- edunham 11y agohttps://weworkremotely.com/ https://weworkremotely.com/ aggregates remote-friendly and remote-only tech positions.
- curiousjorge 11y agothat site is the worst, many of the postings are low quality
- joshstrange 11y agoWhile I don't disagree in the least do you have any other good suggestions?
- curiousjorge 11y agowas there any programming interviews? where can you find these type of jobs?
- leetbulb 11y agowhere are you based out of?
- dennybritz 11y agoYes. Also a US resident but living outside of the US. Took a 20% pay cut to be able to work fully remotely but still over 100k. I found it on Angellist and interviewed in person.
- pieterhg 11y agoI made an aggregator of remote jobs called http://remoteok.io http://remoteok.io
- aprdm 11y agoHey, is it legal to scrape a lot of data and put in an aggregator? I ask because I want to do an idea pretty much like yours and this my concern at the moment. I was thinking about emailing the person to ask for permission before posting, how do you handle it (if you don't mind sharing) thanks
- anilgulecha 11y agoI think most people follow: Do it, ask forgiveness later.
- selmo 11y agoSeems like if it is public info it is hard to argue against it.
- FireBeyond 11y agoYes. I work in Washington state making a six digit salary remotely. Have been doing so for several years.
- tosser20150825 11y agoWorking remotely (albeit interstate within the U.S., not internationally) at $100k. Definitely possible. Have seen remote positions up to $180k+ so I imagine there's still plenty of room to grow. It seems like companies are uneasy hiring people a) for significantly more than they already make or b) for their first remote position.
- kachhalimbu 11y ago80k? Man I would work for 45~50k remote (making 30k ATM with 11+ ex and leading a front end team now angularjs/nodejs) Bio in my HN profile.
- muzmath 11y agoYou sound like you have a solid background, I'm sure you could easily find a job that pays triple if not more than your current position (or do I just live in a bubble?)
- kachhalimbu 11y agoThanks for the vote of confidence. The competition is just too high it seems for remote jobs. I haven't had much luck so far.
- sarciszewski 11y agoUnfortunately, and you will hear this a lot if you ask, all of the really sweet jobs don't ever make it to job boards, and especially not race-to-the-bottom cesspools like eLance/oDesk/Upstart. You have to network, and you have to network hard. Not to promote yourself (that's advertising), but to learn what challenges the tech teams at companies need help with today. And when you find a mutually beneficial opportunity, they will be EXTREMELY GRATEFUL if you were to mention your skills and leverage them to solve real business needs. What those needs are, how your skills apply, and how you approach the situation are entirely up to you and the circumstances you encounter. Upside: Choose Your Own Adventure Downside: I can't give you any general advice that would help; it's a skill everyone has to cultivate in their own, I think. Maybe I'm wrong about the downside. I'd love to find out if I am.
- kachhalimbu 11y agoThanks, these are great points and I know I need to work on my networking/marketing skills a bit.
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- cweagans 11y ago$110k/yr from two time zones away. There's a ton of remote Drupal jobs if you know what you're doing. Remote is the norm instead of the exception.
- dark_knight3141 11y agoVery cool.. here in India even for on premise jobs thats a distant dream
- jsudhams 11y agoon premise 60 k is easy in India 80k is not difficult. Look for captives and most of them give work from home so it is like remote with standard income.
- Gaessaki 11y agoColleague easily makes 100k, working in the east coast of Canada, while still doing her undergrad. The rest of her team works in Redmond. I'll leave you to guess where she works.
- falcolas 11y agoI was, working in a niche role which you can't find locally. MySQL DB administrator - a role which is grown organically at companies which use MySQL, it's not one which is taught in school.
- cpursley 11y agoThere's no reason a role should pay less for being remote. Remote workers that I know get market rates. Especially considering how much more productive a remote worker is not to mention the savings to the employer. I think the key is not for looking for "remote" jobs, but roles which are good fits and asking about the possibility of remote. If they balk, explain how it benefits them.
- jlewallen 11y agoI'm working remotely making >100k. I was -1hr and now I'm +2hrs relative to the home office and the majority of the clientele. I'm very happy. I'm a US Resident though.
- thisisdallas 11y agoI can't find anything remote. I've been a WordPress and front end dev for about five years but I don't know Angular/React so no luck for me...In my experience, I only see the 15k a year posts too.
- jcmurrayii 11y agoIf you have five years exp. with front end development (inl. js, I hope), picking up ReactJs and AngularJs is pretty trivial. I was able to pick up Angular in about 3 weeks, and React in about the same, though it did take a little while for everything to settle in. Best advice? Take something you wrote WITHOUT those technologies, and refactor it with them.
- jcmurrayii 11y agoI had a 100% remote job (senior level) making considerably more than that. They are out there.