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It depends on the team and the role. From Austin, I joined Twilio (employee #25ish) as the first developer evangelist not on a coast. Now I'm with Okta on the P
by caseysoftware 8y ago
It depends on the team and the role. From Austin, I joined Twilio (employee #25ish) as the first developer evangelist not on a coast. Now I'm with Okta on the Product Team (almost 2 years) running the technical side of our API offerings. There hasn't been a local office for either during that entire time.
Demonstrate that you bring unique value to get your foot in the door, deliver on that value to stay in the game.
If you're just starting your career, it's going to be tough at best but if you have a track record and find the right team, it's possible.
- AFNobody 8y agoDo you realize Austin isn't a small town? And that the experience you are expressing is in no way relevant to what I said or the person I responded too? Your career in Austin is the exact opposite of what I want. It is the very definition of a "big city" career.
- TheCoelacanth 8y agoYes, even though they are working remotely now, they still have a lot of bargaining power given to them by virtue of the many local opportunities available to them. Also, being near a lot of developers can't have hurt their chances of getting a job as a developer evangelist.
- AFNobody 8y agoYup and the fallback position of taking a local job if they can't find remote work w/o relocating which (honestly) was the original issue I was bringing up. It isn't finding 1 remote job that lets you work from a rural area that is the issue. It is finding 20 years worth of such jobs.