As someone else replied, contacts, friends and old colleagues. I got my first remote job by going to the local Ruby user group and getting to know people. You

As someone else replied, contacts, friends and old colleagues. I got my first remote job by going to the local Ruby user group and getting to know people. You might also check https://weworkremotely.com/ https://weworkremotely.com/ (full disclosure, company I work for runs the site).