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Ask HN: Where are you looking for remote jobs?

38 points by mr_o47 3y ago

Hello, I would love to hear your experience regarding finding a remote job and where are you looking for it

codetrotter 3y ago
I found mine by searching “Who’s hiring” threads from HN using third-party indexers, and choosing to only look at job listings that mentioned that they use my favourite programming language. I got my job at the company about 1 year ago. I interviewed with a handful of companies and this one was the only one that wanted to hire me out of those :) There were also some companies that I contacted that never even bothered to reply back to me at all. It was discouraging and tiresome, but I was lucky to finally find a company that was interested in my skills.
- Racing0461 3y ago
  anyone this recently worked out for?
- mr_o47 3y ago
  I’m glad it worked out for you. I haven’t had much success with those but maybe its because the market is not that great at the moment
jhwhite 3y ago
I found mine networking through previous colleagues.
wmat 3y ago
I just learned of this site today, not sure if it's any good but it's specific to remote: https://developers.expertremote.io/ https://developers.expertremote.io/
toomuchtodo 3y ago
Potential resources: https://remoteok.com https://remoteok.com https://4dayweek.io https://4dayweek.io https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job https://weworkremotely.com https://weworkremotely.com https://awesomejobs.io https://awesomejobs.io https://remotewide.co/ https://remotewide.co/ https://himalayas.app/companies https://himalayas.app/companies https://kennytilton.github.io/whoishiring/ https://kennytilton.github.io/whoishiring/ (rely on my network primarily though)
- mr_o47 3y ago
  Thank you for sharing these. When you say you primarily rely on your network do you mean your LinkedIn or is it something else
  - toomuchtodo 3y ago
    Network = colleagues I can call or text and say, "I'm looking, what do you have?" Unfortunately, this takes time and effort to cultivate.
- johnea 3y ago
  I seems like most of those site's listings are either outdated, or very web dev oriented. I'm in embedded s/w dev, and didn't find anything current...
  - toomuchtodo 3y ago
    Give me 5 example companies that do this work and I will build a resource for you.
andrelaszlo 3y ago
I was contacted by a former colleague. Didn't really look for a job at the time (almost 4 years ago), but I was already freelancing remotely, so it wasn't a big step either (like, say, having to quit a job). We're listed on https://remotesweden.com/ https://remotesweden.com/ - a site that lists companies that hire for fully remote positions in Sweden. It's a bit outdated sometimes, but worth checking if you want to be hired in Sweden for some reason (I can think of a few).
atlasunshrugged 3y ago
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SxC97 3y ago
You can try here: https://github.com/remoteintech/remote-jobs https://github.com/remoteintech/remote-jobs But I haven’t had much luck lately as someone looking for entry level and junior software engineering positions. Maybe seniors will have more luck.
ilaksh 3y ago
For me it's not jobs but contracts and I find them most easily on Upwork. It's not ideal for multiple reasons starting with the low rates, but this seems to be by far the place with the most projects that are easiest to get. I also know of one called Gun.io which might be decent. Although they are Net-30 payment which is not ideal but many may consider standard still. Some somewhat better contracts came through reddit or even Discord communities. I usually work on my startup until I am really broke and then have to go to Upwork because I am out of time. If you have savings and/or a network that might provide referrals, Upwork is probably the last option you should try. If someone knows of a website for freelance work that is an alternative to Upwork let me know. They seem to have kind of a monopoly.
marcotm 3y ago
HN‘s „Who is hiring“ threads can be a good source for remote opportunities. Self promotion: I run hacker-jobs.com [1] which indexes these threads and lets you filter by remote opportunities. [1] https://www.hacker-jobs.com/ https://www.hacker-jobs.com/

38 points by mr_o47 3y ago

Hello, I would love to hear your experience regarding finding a remote job and where are you looking for it

I found mine by searching “Who’s hiring” threads from HN using third-party indexers, and choosing to only look at job listings that mentioned that they use my favourite programming language. I got my job at the company about 1 year ago. I interviewed with a handful of companies and this one was the only one that wanted to hire me out of those :) There were also some companies that I contacted that never even bothered to reply back to me at all. It was discouraging and tiresome, but I was lucky to finally find a company that was interested in my skills.

Racing0461 3y ago
anyone this recently worked out for?
mr_o47 3y ago
I’m glad it worked out for you. I haven’t had much success with those but maybe its because the market is not that great at the moment

jhwhite 3y ago

I found mine networking through previous colleagues.

wmat 3y ago

I just learned of this site today, not sure if it's any good but it's specific to remote: https://developers.expertremote.io/ https://developers.expertremote.io/

toomuchtodo 3y ago

Potential resources: https://remoteok.com https://remoteok.com https://4dayweek.io https://4dayweek.io https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job https://weworkremotely.com https://weworkremotely.com https://awesomejobs.io https://awesomejobs.io https://remotewide.co/ https://remotewide.co/ https://himalayas.app/companies https://himalayas.app/companies https://kennytilton.github.io/whoishiring/ https://kennytilton.github.io/whoishiring/ (rely on my network primarily though)

mr_o47 3y ago
Thank you for sharing these. When you say you primarily rely on your network do you mean your LinkedIn or is it something else
- toomuchtodo 3y ago
  Network = colleagues I can call or text and say, "I'm looking, what do you have?" Unfortunately, this takes time and effort to cultivate.
johnea 3y ago
I seems like most of those site's listings are either outdated, or very web dev oriented. I'm in embedded s/w dev, and didn't find anything current...
- toomuchtodo 3y ago
  Give me 5 example companies that do this work and I will build a resource for you.

andrelaszlo 3y ago

I was contacted by a former colleague. Didn't really look for a job at the time (almost 4 years ago), but I was already freelancing remotely, so it wasn't a big step either (like, say, having to quit a job). We're listed on https://remotesweden.com/ https://remotesweden.com/ - a site that lists companies that hire for fully remote positions in Sweden. It's a bit outdated sometimes, but worth checking if you want to be hired in Sweden for some reason (I can think of a few).

atlasunshrugged 3y ago

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SxC97 3y ago

You can try here: https://github.com/remoteintech/remote-jobs https://github.com/remoteintech/remote-jobs But I haven’t had much luck lately as someone looking for entry level and junior software engineering positions. Maybe seniors will have more luck.

ilaksh 3y ago

For me it's not jobs but contracts and I find them most easily on Upwork. It's not ideal for multiple reasons starting with the low rates, but this seems to be by far the place with the most projects that are easiest to get. I also know of one called Gun.io which might be decent. Although they are Net-30 payment which is not ideal but many may consider standard still. Some somewhat better contracts came through reddit or even Discord communities. I usually work on my startup until I am really broke and then have to go to Upwork because I am out of time. If you have savings and/or a network that might provide referrals, Upwork is probably the last option you should try. If someone knows of a website for freelance work that is an alternative to Upwork let me know. They seem to have kind of a monopoly.

marcotm 3y ago

HN‘s „Who is hiring“ threads can be a good source for remote opportunities. Self promotion: I run hacker-jobs.com [1] which indexes these threads and lets you filter by remote opportunities. [1] https://www.hacker-jobs.com/ https://www.hacker-jobs.com/