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I miss the excuse to ride my bike on a commute every morning, but I'm definitely not going back to an office anytime soon. Hopefully companies will become more

by erikw 5y ago

I miss the excuse to ride my bike on a commute every morning, but I'm definitely not going back to an office anytime soon. Hopefully companies will become more open to remote working. There is supposedly a shortage of software developers in the US right now, but: 1. Most companies only hire within a small physical distance of their office(s); 2. Of those that hire remote workers, most will only hire them if they are physically located in the US, or with luck Canada / Mexico; 3. Of those that hire globally, most will only hire through an agency, so there is some middleman taking a sizable chunk out of salary. Bonus: When you finally find a company that hires remotely, hires internally, and hires globally... they will only offer what they think is the minimum needed in your country. So... no thanks! I'll keep contracting independently for now. I'm not opposed to working for a company, but until US companies start recruiting reasonably, they are leaving out the majority of people- even the majority of English speakers if that is a requirement.

BrissyCoder 5y ago
> 2. Of those that hire remote workers, most will only hire them if they are physically located in the US, or with luck Canada / Mexico; Have seen a lot advertising in Australia recently for remote workers. Presumably because of the cultural fit and there is still a bit of time zone overlap.
5555624 5y ago
> I miss the excuse to ride my bike on a commute every morning Commute halfway to work, turn around, and ride home. I no longer ride my bike to work; but, when I did, on the days I worked from home, I had my "commute to nowhere" every morning. (I admit that if the weather was nasty, I'd skip it.)
jmisavage 5y ago
I miss my bike commute too, but a couple months before COVID hit my satellite office was closed and the main office is a 30+ min drive. Now that I've been working at home I try to get a ride in after work or if I'm having a particular hard day I take a long lunch and ride to clear my head. It's probably help keep me sane during all of this.

by erikw 5y ago

BrissyCoder 5y ago

> 2. Of those that hire remote workers, most will only hire them if they are physically located in the US, or with luck Canada / Mexico; Have seen a lot advertising in Australia recently for remote workers. Presumably because of the cultural fit and there is still a bit of time zone overlap.

5555624 5y ago

> I miss the excuse to ride my bike on a commute every morning Commute halfway to work, turn around, and ride home. I no longer ride my bike to work; but, when I did, on the days I worked from home, I had my "commute to nowhere" every morning. (I admit that if the weather was nasty, I'd skip it.)

jmisavage 5y ago

I miss my bike commute too, but a couple months before COVID hit my satellite office was closed and the main office is a 30+ min drive. Now that I've been working at home I try to get a ride in after work or if I'm having a particular hard day I take a long lunch and ride to clear my head. It's probably help keep me sane during all of this.