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Ask HN: Which are the remote-friendly places to work nowadays?
I've always worked remote for several companies as a senior dev but I've lost track on the cool-companies-to-work-being-remote. Any good recommendations? I want to do some fun stuff during 2015.
- MichaelCrawford 12y agoI don't know about "cool" but here are some companies that employ remote coders: http://www.warplife.com/jobs/computer/telecommute/ http://www.warplife.com/jobs/computer/telecommute/ I'll have lots more soon - I have identified the companies, but do not yet have complete information.
- elcuervo 12y agoNice!. Thank you for that.
- devb0x 12y agoWhy does God in your footer not have the 'o'?
- MichaelCrawford 12y agoIt is out of respect. I'm not Jewish myself, however among Jewish people, it is considered disrespectful to every destroy a document that has "G-d" spelled correctly. So they write "G-d" unless they intend to keep the document around forever, such as old copies of Torah.
- mtmail 12y agohttps://weworkremotely.com/ https://weworkremotely.com/ lists a couple of companies
- elcuervo 12y agoYeah, not having much luck with that. No response so far. Not even ACK :(
- Iftheshoefits 12y agoThose companies are mainly looking for "language X developers". I understand how that is friendly to people who have recent experience directly with " language X," but like so many other companies it artificially restricts the candidate pool. That to me isn't generally friendly to workers, remote or otherwise.
- dubin 12y agoBuffer's entire team is remote, and they write a lot about their approach https://open.bufferapp.com/distributed-team-benefits/ https://open.bufferapp.com/distributed-team-benefits/
- MalcolmDiggs 12y agoAnywhere, really. I think with the exception of Yahoo, most tech companies today will at least entertain the conversation. Of course it depends on what you're doing. It's an easier sell for a dev than a pm, for example. And much easier sell for a software person than a hardware person. I'd say line up a job and then drop the telecommuting bomb during your salary negotiation. Always worth a shot.
- phantom_oracle 12y agoI can't tell you which companies are "cool", but I can tell you which ones will not entertain(or do not understand or are generally shitty to work at) remote. Also, there is a flawed understanding by some US companies where they classify "remote" as anywhere near their offices/city/state/USA (apparently the world is too big). Avoid: - Startups: Especially ones in tech-zones like Silicon Valley, NY, London, etc. - Massive companies: Especially ones that are only starting to understand what remote-working is. There are exceptions, but generally, the AmaMicroOracIBMs of the world invest in buildings/offices and measure the lifetimes of those assets over decades - Hack shops: Small companies that are involved in the Joomla/WordPress sphere. Generally, it's best to avoid these shops under all circumstances, as they are focused on the commodity side of development That leaves you with a decent-enough spectrum.
- jarstorm 12y agoI,ve been looking for remote jobs since 2013. I think it´s very hard to find a company with remote positions that fits perfectly a person. So for this reason I found a startup called watho (www.watho.net) We are focused on contacts between companies which have remote jobs available with the applicants from any part of the world.