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If you are a "senior-level" programmer (ie you have a bunch of experience and have shipped products) one possibility is to make contact with a SV consulting com
by cgh 13y ago
If you are a "senior-level" programmer (ie you have a bunch of experience and have shipped products) one possibility is to make contact with a SV consulting company for subcontracting to larger enterprises. Such is the dearth of talent that big, boring companies can't find anybody and end up hiring a lot of H1Bs and contractors. Going with a contracting company rather than contracting yourself directly has several advantages, like you don't have to buy your own insurance (can be very expensive) or incorporate, if you don't want to.
A caveat is that you'll almost certainly be working with Java rather than iOS, but not necessarily. Just get your name out there and talk to a few places.
I know this approach works because it's what I did. I don't even live in the US (western Canada) and it's worked out fine. I have to fly down and hang with the client once a quarter and that's about it.
- millerm 13y agoThanks for the info. I have been searching for the contract approach. I've been a Java developer since 2000. I have been an architect and lead. So, I am a senior developer. My latest job offer is also a senior position. "Architect" is not in my career path as I do not like that title. It brings about too much baggage and too little tech. So, I'll keep trying. I'd really like to move out to Fort Collins, Colorado to be with family out that way. But, they aren't a tech city and I need remote work to pull it off.
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- tubbzor 13y ago> But, they aren't a tech city and I need remote work to pull it off. Hewlett Packard, Intel, AMD, Avago, National Semiconductor, LSI, and Wolf Robotics all have offices in Fort Collins. Fort Collins-Loveland was rated 2nd in the "Top 10 Metro Areas for High-Tech Startup Density" in the United States (with Boulder at #1). [0] We even have an incubator, Rocky Mountain Innosphere [1], if that tickles your fancy. In short, I don't think you'd have a problem here despite it not being a "tech city". [0] http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/young-high-tech-firms-outpace-private-sector-job-creation.aspx http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/young-high-tech-firms-outpa... [1] http://www.rmi2.org/ http://www.rmi2.org/
- byoung2 13y agoWow, Colorado has 4 entries on that top 10 list, with 3 beating Silicon Valley! Unexpected, to say the least.
- tubbzor 13y agoColorado feels really under-represented on HN for some reason. On Who's Hiring I've only ever seen at most 2-3 Colorado based companies hiring. However, Fort-collins/Boulder/Denver all have a very rich tech culture if you look hard enough for them. disclaimer: I'm a senior at Colorado State and have no intention of leaving Colorado.
- lifeisstillgood 13y agoApparently Portland Oregon lead the way on this - by focusing in the early 90's on new zoning, bicycle pathways and greener parks, they became a nicer place to live, so people who could move (young,professional) choose to move there - and young professional people attract companies who want to hire them (not it turns out so much the other way round) this seemed to work so well for Portland it also arose in other nice places to live and work - Denver apparently being a winner in that respect internationally too.
- timbonicus 13y agoI work in Fort Collins as a technical lead; I've never had trouble finding work here. That being said, there are many more opportunities in Boulder, Longmont and Denver. I've turned away lots of opportunities in order to stay in FC; many of my tech friends have moved further south.
- azov 13y ago>one possibility is to make contact with a SV consulting company for subcontracting to larger enterprises Any particular companies you can recommend?