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This is correct. One has done it. He needed 4 months to join Gitlab from the day when he started contributing to Gitlab. https://medium.com/@shinya_55783/how-i

This is correct. One has done it. He needed 4 months to join Gitlab from the day when he started contributing to Gitlab. https://medium.com/@shinya_55783/how-i-joined-gitlab-and-went-from-nothing-to-a-backend-developer-c68777264d64 https://medium.com/@shinya_55783/how-i-joined-gitlab-and-wen... I heard from my friends that because of pandemic, Gitlab is focusing on outbound recruiting. So I don't know whether the way still works or not in Gitlab. But I concur that contributing to opensource is one of the best way to get a high-paying job. I recommend these opensource projects: React, Vue, Angular, Typescript (because everyone is crazy about JS). If you don't fancy JS, pick Rust, Go, Deno (Deno is written in Rust), Python, Kubernetes, Flutter.

quickthrower2 6y ago
Is that the Gitlab that famously only pays proportional to your cost of living?
- cutemonster 6y ago
  It sounds as if you don't like that -- in which ways would it be better from their perspective to ignore location?
  - quickthrower2 6y ago
    This is how I think of it. The cliche is “software is eating the world” and it’s true - most companies hiring engineers are doing so because their bottom line is doing well thanks to specifically how scalable software is and how many real world problems it can help with. So companies should be willing to pay a fair wage to good developers. I say should - obviously this is capitalism and if they can get it done for a penny then why not - but if developers refuse a bad deal it will create pressure for them to do so. If I’m selling enterprise software in New York and someone from New York who happens to be residing in Mexico at the moment is working for me, I’m selling $10k/y licenses and paying him 20k/y something seems off. OTOH if he moves to San Fransisco, Kensington in London, Monaco or Hong Kong I say ah ok here’s $200k. He’s doing the same stuff! Doesn’t make sense to me. Instead say well he is worth $100k to us, he then chooses to live wherever in the world makes sense and is affordable. For a remote first company that’s make sense.
    - cutemonster 6y ago
      Thanks for the reply I too think things get weird, when a low living costs country person moves to a high cost place (or the other way around) and that now s/he makes more money (or less), although the same work. > if developers refuse a bad deal it will ... The thing is, I think, that it's a good deal to them (Otherwise the company just raises the salary until it is) To me, this is both confusing and makes sense at the same time depending on from which "angle" I start thinking
- langitbiru 6y ago
  It's still good money for people who live in developing countries. In OP's case, OP can get much more than $1.5k / month by working in Gitlab.

quickthrower2 6y ago

Is that the Gitlab that famously only pays proportional to your cost of living?

cutemonster 6y ago
It sounds as if you don't like that -- in which ways would it be better from their perspective to ignore location?
- quickthrower2 6y ago
  This is how I think of it. The cliche is “software is eating the world” and it’s true - most companies hiring engineers are doing so because their bottom line is doing well thanks to specifically how scalable software is and how many real world problems it can help with. So companies should be willing to pay a fair wage to good developers. I say should - obviously this is capitalism and if they can get it done for a penny then why not - but if developers refuse a bad deal it will create pressure for them to do so. If I’m selling enterprise software in New York and someone from New York who happens to be residing in Mexico at the moment is working for me, I’m selling $10k/y licenses and paying him 20k/y something seems off. OTOH if he moves to San Fransisco, Kensington in London, Monaco or Hong Kong I say ah ok here’s $200k. He’s doing the same stuff! Doesn’t make sense to me. Instead say well he is worth $100k to us, he then chooses to live wherever in the world makes sense and is affordable. For a remote first company that’s make sense.
  - cutemonster 6y ago
    Thanks for the reply I too think things get weird, when a low living costs country person moves to a high cost place (or the other way around) and that now s/he makes more money (or less), although the same work. > if developers refuse a bad deal it will ... The thing is, I think, that it's a good deal to them (Otherwise the company just raises the salary until it is) To me, this is both confusing and makes sense at the same time depending on from which "angle" I start thinking
langitbiru 6y ago
It's still good money for people who live in developing countries. In OP's case, OP can get much more than $1.5k / month by working in Gitlab.