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Ask HN: Best place to look for remote jobs?
- taway_1212 10y agoThe HN's Who's hiring thread is pretty good - I found a remote job twice there, and I'm not even in the US.
- markbnj 10y agoAgreed, got my current remote gig through an HN "Who's Hiring" post.
- ishansharma 10y agoSince it's a throwaway, mind telling a bit more? I'm not from US too and it's hard to find remote jobs there. Are you in one of the nearby countries or Europe?
- taway_1212 10y agoEastern Europe. One job was on East Coast, which is not that terrible in terms of timezone differences. The other one was in SF, which I honestly though would be too much of a stretch (but applied anyway) - it turns out they found a way to make a tightly-knight coding team across nine timezones work reasonably well. As for finding remote jobs, I think it's good to be experienced with something niche or in very high demand like Clojure, Haskel, Spark etc. Companies can easily find locals to work on popular technologies, but for the uncommon or hot ones, they sometimes need to bite the bullet and build a remote team - even if they would prefer not to.
- zerr 10y agoWhat stack?
- taway_1212 10y agoDifferent each time: once it was a niche AI/ML developer job with little stack preference, once Node and once Scala. It's three jobs (not two) because when writing the top post I actually forgot about one job that I've found through Who's hiring :)
- rrherr 10y agohttps://remoteok.io/ https://remoteok.io/
- spraak 10y agoI don't really like this site and others like it. I could be wrong, but it appears to be an automated scraper of real managed content like https://weworkremotely.com/ https://weworkremotely.com/ which is what I'd recommend and found my first remote position through
- zo1 10y agoThe last time I tried one of these "work remotel" sites with an "io" tld, they ended up re-using my email address on other business ventures. Essentially some tard thought that I was a "lead" because I signed up for updates for a specific set of remote job criteria. I never got any of those updates, instead got emails promoting some other website/startup that the same guy ran.
- pieterhg 10y agoAh I think that was me! Sorry about that. Email alerts are working now, and I'll never send anything else to there anymore.
- amalrik_maia 10y agothis https://weworkremotely.com/ https://weworkremotely.com/ is really interesting but I notice a lot of jobs require the candidate to be an US resident, that doesn't make any sense to me.
- spraak 10y agoWell, it's usually due to taxes. The company I work for hires people from other countries officially as contractors, otherwise they would need to maintain a legal presence in every country that they hire in - or so I'm told.
- calcsam 10y agoAn old colleague of mine, who'd worked for an LA-based tech company for 10 years, went to hand in his resignation. He was moving to Charlotte so he could be with his girlfriend. His boss begged him to stay -- he could even work remotely. My friend took the deal. He lives in Charlotte now and flies to LA every 2 or 3 months. The best place to look for remote jobs is to talk to people who have worked with you in the past and trust you.
- chrisguitarguy 10y agoThis is how I came to work remotely. When my wife and I had to move for her job, I had built quite a bit of the software my company relied on. Had leverage to go remote and the trust of my boss to do so.
- kedean 10y agoYup. I contracted with a company remotely, and built up a very good reputation with them. When I was eventually offered a full time position, I was able to mandate no relocation. The existing relationships and trust were what made that possible.
- rottyguy 10y agoThe longer view of this is to kick ass with the [current] company(ies) you work with to build a rep and become indispensable which would afford you some benefits (like remote working) down the road.
- cpete 10y agoTotally agree with the last sentence. I had to relocate due to some family health issues and was able to renegotiate my existing position into a remote one.
- dasmoth 10y agoI broadly agree with this, and nice to hear from people who've made it work. But how feasible is it to do this today when so much of the current crop of advice seems to be teams-over-individuals, nobody-is-indispensible messages telling managers to avoid letting programmers gain this kind of leverage at almost any cost?
- mbil 10y agohttps://remotebase.io/companies https://remotebase.io/companies
- kaizensoze 10y agohttps://github.com/kaizensoze/remote-freelance-jobs https://github.com/kaizensoze/remote-freelance-jobs
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- mseo 10y agoYou can filter for remote jobs on stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/jobs?sort=i&l=Remote&d=20&u=Km http://stackoverflow.com/jobs?sort=i&l=Remote&d=20&u=Km
- AdamGibbins 10y agohttp://wfh.io/ http://wfh.io/
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- fastftw 10y agoToptal! If you want a referral, let me know! https://www.toptal.com/talent/apply/#book-just-devoted-programmers-today https://www.toptal.com/talent/apply/#book-just-devoted-progr...
- eloff 10y agoThe interview experience is terrible. I completed a much more ambitious project than I needed to, demonstrating the ability to pick up a complex new framework quickly (React Native). I also implemented a very thorough auth system demonstrating mastery of secure programming (proper salting, message signing, defense against timing attacks.) That didn't matter one bit, I got denied for omitting a requirement which wasn't in the listed requirements and for not communicating to clarify the requirements. Whilst I understand the value of timely communication with real clients, I assumed these guys could get their own assignment requirements correct. In addition to all this, you will get a much lower rate than you're expecting. While it's true that you set your own rate, they basically told me if I don't charge at the same below-salary rates as the rest of the people on their network, they won't send business my way. So huge waste of time on the interview, plus you'll make less than a salaried position for the advantage of sporadic work and no benefits. Stay away if you know what's good for you!
- spoiledtechie 10y agoI couldn't agree more that their interviewing is terrible.
- bnt 10y agoWere you interviewing for one of the Core developer teams (the ones actually building Toptal), or for Toptal to work as a freelance developer (to work on Client projects)? Toptal has a lot of open (internal) positions and their interview process is different than when applying to work on Toptal as a freelancer. Everyone on the Core development team is remote. https://www.toptal.com/careers https://www.toptal.com/careers
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- archildress 10y agohttp://weworkremotely.com http://weworkremotely.com
- pablo-massa 10y agoJob boards * http://weworkremotely.com http://weworkremotely.com * http://remoteok.io http://remoteok.io * http://remotebase.io http://remotebase.io * http://workingnomads.co http://workingnomads.co * http://authenticjobs.com http://authenticjobs.com * http://folyo.me http://folyo.me * http://jobspresso.co http://jobspresso.co * http://wfh.io http://wfh.io * http://remotefriendly.work http://remotefriendly.work * http://linkedin.com/jobs http://linkedin.com/jobs * http://angel.co/jobs http://angel.co/jobs * http://designernews.co/jobs http://designernews.co/jobs * http://news.ycombinator.com http://news.ycombinator.com (monthly posts for freelance jobs) * http://dribbble.com/jobs http://dribbble.com/jobs (only design) * http://getonbrd.com http://getonbrd.com (latam) ----------- With broker Here you apply as a professional, they approve you (or not) and then assign you projects. * http://toptal.com http://toptal.com * http://workmarket.com http://workmarket.com * http://crew.co http://crew.co * http://hired.com http://hired.com * http://onsite.io http://onsite.io * http://workingnotworking.com http://workingnotworking.com * http://gun.io http://gun.io * http://gigster.com http://gigster.com I do not recommend * http://upwork.com http://upwork.com * http://freelancer.com http://freelancer.com * http://nubelo.com http://nubelo.com * http://fiverr.com http://fiverr.com * http://workana.com http://workana.com * http://guru.com http://guru.com ----------- Slack communities Interact with other freelancers. Usually you will find a #Jobs channel. Free membership * http://wearedomino.com http://wearedomino.com * http://designerhangout.co http://designerhangout.co * http://launch.chat http://launch.chat Paid membership * http://join.nomadlist.com http://join.nomadlist.com ($25 month | $75 year | $200 lifetime) * http://workfrom.co/chat http://workfrom.co/chat ($5 month | $50 year) * http://freelance.chat http://freelance.chat ($25 lifetime) ----------- This list is from an article [1] that I wrote, hope can help! [1] https://medium.com/@pablomassa/sites-to-get-remote-work-as-a-freelancer-16092a954e21#.mzqr3nbqo https://medium.com/@pablomassa/sites-to-get-remote-work-as-a...
- spoiledtechie 10y agoCan anyone confirm, that any of these sites have found them remote jobs? I would love to know as I am interested in joining, but I don't actually think its worth it? Paid membership * http://join.nomadlist.com http://join.nomadlist.com ($25 month | $75 year | $200 lifetime) * http://workfrom.co/chat http://workfrom.co/chat ($5 month | $50 year) * http://freelance.chat http://freelance.chat ($25 lifetime)
- spoiledtechie 10y agohttp://weworkhourly.com/ http://weworkhourly.com/ is a good site for jobs.
- spoiledtechie 10y agoIn all honesty, I work part time on remote jobs. I have a lot of debt I need to pay off, family medical. I have for the 2 years, applied to 100+ jobs a week. When I don't have work or when I find my current work teetering off, I sit down every Monday, go to 40+ job sites I have collected over time and just apply to as many as possible within the 2 hours or so. Its hit or miss, but I tend to find something within the month, someone looking for part time remote work. I am always looking, but since its part time, I get filtered out a lot due to employers wanting full time folks. Just Hustle. Keep Hustling. Don't stop hustling. It helps me.
- nickthemagicman 10y agoThis is interesting. Do you apply for part-time jobs specifically?
- spoiledtechie 10y agoBoth full and part time. There are not enough part time gigs to go around. So hoping some full time folks would take a part time guy.
- akamaka 10y agoFor every 100 jobs you apply for, how many responses do you get, and how many interviews?
- spoiledtechie 10y agoI get maybe ~5 responses.
- neals 10y agoOne of my companies has been growing and our single developer is leaving. I've been hard at work preparing everything for remote developers to be able to help us out where ever they are and how for as much hours as we can afford them to work. My idea is to scale the company based on a dynamic remote team, where knowledge is shared and only ideas come from within the company itself. Please tell me where you have been looking for remote work? I'm dying for some good parttimers.
- lukasm 10y agohttps://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job
- 49531 10y agoI've worked remote for the last 3 years with two different companies and found both on HN who is hiring posts.
- goldfishcaura 10y agoIf you do data engineering, you can work with me: https://www.caura.co https://www.caura.co - my clients are all remote
- grimsbylad 10y agoI'm not sure if there really is a best place to look for remote jobs. It depends. I personally don't like aggregators as it's so easy to overlook a job post. I prefer visiting individual job boards. As a side note, I do agree with some of the comments in this thread. The best way is of course to talk to people you know and have worked with in the past. Meetups and events can also be a great place. Perhaps it won't land you a remote job today, but it may in the future. What kind of remote jobs are you looking for? Tech or non-tech? I've generally found weworkremotely and the HN hiring thread to be among the best. If you're interested in remote jobs at startups, AngelList have a special collection for you https://angel.co/job-collections/remote/ https://angel.co/job-collections/remote/ It might be worth your time to look through http://nodesk.co/remote-work/ http://nodesk.co/remote-work/ for a collection of remote job boards (it's a list so visit them all and save the ones you find useful) as well as http://workintech.io/ http://workintech.io/ (job boards specifically geared for tech jobs). Let me know what you're looking for and perhaps I can help point you in the right direction.
- pieterhg 10y agoRemote work is the #1 perk/benefit for employees now. It's no wonder it's hard to land a remote job because everybody wants them. The focus should be on increasing your skills, making them more unique and super necessary for employers. And then use the relationships you have already (eg current employer or clients) to start working remotely.
- DoodleBuggy 10y agoMany I know with remote positions had worked at the company previously and then went to move or quit, and was given permission to work remotely. Obviously one needs to be an effective employee for that to be the case, and not mind occasionally traveling. Otherwise you could seek employment at a place known for having primarily remote workers. Contract work and freelance is also easy to remote.
- santoriv 10y agoI've gotten two remote jobs off the HN "Who's hiring?" thread. It can be a bit frustrating. I applied to every single remote posting on the thread for 2 months in a row. So I guess that's one job per month (maybe I was lucky or unlucky who knows). Following are some of my impressions but they are subjective and perhaps a bit speculative. Generally I've found that the attitude of most US companies is that if they are willing to hire remote, they are usually only interested in hiring candidates inside the US - even if they are a native English speaker (I was an American living in Vietnam). This is very different than the attitude that I've gotten talking to a companies in say ... Singapore or Germany. Another thing that seems to happen is that some companies seem to throw the REMOTE OK tag to their posting without considering whether or not everyone on their engineering team is actually ok with working with a remote employee. I've done several interviews with teams that were REMOTE OK but had no existing remote employees. Usually it only takes one person to veto a hire. That's something to think about if they are looking at both local and remote candidates. Unless there is a really compelling reason to hire remote, usually they will go local (makes sense). You might not even want to work with one of these companies because they aren't set up for remote work... communication takes a bit more work from all team members - not just the remote ones. Overall I've had a much more positive experience with the HN: "Who's hiring?"" thread than anywhere else. I think this is because the first point of contact is often an engineer and not an HR person. My resume is a bit odd and doesn't have a BRAND_NAME_SILICON_VALLEY_COMPANY or a BRAND_NAME_UNIVERSITY so it bounces right off the HR department. It's very helpful to be able to talk technology with someone in the initial conversation. If I can get a knowledgeable front-end engineer to look at some of my previous work, then I usually get to the coding round. I had no luck with any of the remote hiring sites: remoteok.io or weworkremotely.com. YMMV Ultimately getting a remote job seems to come down to: 1. Having some kind of portfolio to demonstrate your competence. 2. Doing as many interiews as possible. Also the more interviews you do the better you get at it. Good luck!
- ryandamour 10y agoI'm a Sr. Security Engineer at a security firm called Defense Point Security. We are always looking for remote talent. Feel free to shoot me an email at ryan.damour@defpoint.com with your resume!
- mrgrowth 10y agoHi Ryan, security is something I'm very interested in. Don't have much experience apart from tinkering. Would love to chat if you had some time?
- aalhour 10y agoDoes anybody know a good place to look specially for part-time Remote work?