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I'm not a dev per se (I'm a sysadmin), but I perfectly know how it feels ... I didn't graduate from a uni either, and always get passed. But that was years ago

I'm not a dev per se (I'm a sysadmin), but I perfectly know how it feels ... I didn't graduate from a uni either, and always get passed. But that was years ago. I'm lucky to have the recent two companies I work with are awesome. I hope these will help you out: https://www.reddit.com/r/railsjobs https://www.reddit.com/r/railsjobs http://www.cybercoders.com/jobs/ruby-on-rails-developer-remote-jobs/ http://www.cybercoders.com/jobs/ruby-on-rails-developer-remo... http://www.indeed.com/q-Ruby-On-Rails-Developer-Work-Remotely-jobs.html http://www.indeed.com/q-Ruby-On-Rails-Developer-Work-Remotel... https://weworkremotely.com/ https://weworkremotely.com/

brobinson 11y ago
Being in the US helps a lot for those remote jobs. Many "remote" companies only want people in US timezones. As an expat, this has been very frustrating for me recently since it excludes seemingly 75%+ of remote positions. I went from generating tens of millions of dollars of revenue for startups to being unable to get a reply from startups when applying for their remote positions.
- xentronium 11y ago
  The "being unable to get a reply from startups when applying for their remote positions" part is 100% true. I'm in such a position now and it's amazing how many companies complain about there being not enough good programmers and at the same time don't do a basic courtesy of responding to their candidates.
  - lagadu 11y ago
    > it's amazing how many companies complain about there being not enough good programmers I've heard this complaint before; it's absolutely ridiculous. You can get plenty of developers for nearly any technology as long as you stop offering pathetic wages. It's a seller's market, deal with it.
    - brobinson 11y ago
      It hits close to home, too, because you'll see YC-funded startups posting the same job ad on HN for months. One I saw repeatedly was even for a "founding" engineer or something similar. Literally what are you doing on a daily basis if you don't have your initial engineer(s)?
brokedev 11y ago
Thanks very much. I just filled out an application on weworkremotely and in the meantime this post just blew up...

brobinson 11y ago

Being in the US helps a lot for those remote jobs. Many "remote" companies only want people in US timezones. As an expat, this has been very frustrating for me recently since it excludes seemingly 75%+ of remote positions. I went from generating tens of millions of dollars of revenue for startups to being unable to get a reply from startups when applying for their remote positions.

xentronium 11y ago
The "being unable to get a reply from startups when applying for their remote positions" part is 100% true. I'm in such a position now and it's amazing how many companies complain about there being not enough good programmers and at the same time don't do a basic courtesy of responding to their candidates.
- lagadu 11y ago
  > it's amazing how many companies complain about there being not enough good programmers I've heard this complaint before; it's absolutely ridiculous. You can get plenty of developers for nearly any technology as long as you stop offering pathetic wages. It's a seller's market, deal with it.
  - brobinson 11y ago
    It hits close to home, too, because you'll see YC-funded startups posting the same job ad on HN for months. One I saw repeatedly was even for a "founding" engineer or something similar. Literally what are you doing on a daily basis if you don't have your initial engineer(s)?

brokedev 11y ago

Thanks very much. I just filled out an application on weworkremotely and in the meantime this post just blew up...