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I'm in the UK and when I graduate I'd like to eventually become a remote developer in London (or somewhere else if the money is good). I plan to establish basec
by HighlandSpring 9y ago
I'm in the UK and when I graduate I'd like to eventually become a remote developer in London (or somewhere else if the money is good). I plan to establish basecamp in my dirt cheap (relatively speaking) hometown in Poland B and live my life on a UK salary, eastern Poland living costs and frequent multiple-week working holidays to places with an acceptable timezone difference.
Is there anyone here who's done something similar or can comment on what difficulties I might face?
- fishnchips 9y agoI'm currently working remotely for a London-based company. Incidentally, also from PL (Warsaw). Difficulties? The usual with remote work: a bit of loneliness, in 2017 video still sucks, and text is bad at carrying contexts, requiring more careful communication. Oh, and EU VAT is a minefield in PL. Otherwise the plan is sound, if the employer can be convinced to hire you as a remote worker.
- Grustaf 9y agoIn my experience it's much easier to get a remote job for a company that you first do non-remote work for, if only for a trial period of a month or something. Even non-remote firms will agree to this if you're good enough, and live close enough to come over every once in a while.
- fishnchips 9y agoI actually spent the first month with the team.