Not my AMA but I followed you on Github :). Remote can be really hard to crack into but it is worth pursuing if you are anything like me. Traditionally in US corporate culture for example it tends to be an opportunity given to senior people who have demonstrated themselves on-site. There are some companies like Stripe, which are significantly expanding their remote workforce. Some remote jobs are not great jobs and they leverage the fact some people really need/want to work remotely and are very demanding so just keep that in mind it isn't all peachy.
I got a remote job as a junior for a small company and I think I did a lot of things right but it honestly felt like an enormous amount of luck and circumstance- It was remote but the boss came from the same city as me and there were some other connections. It was really hard not having a senior around in person at times and I accessed every community support I could to get me through hard times. Its great now but phew!
This is just my personal opinion- it really helps to personalize your web presence with a good photo if you feel comfortable. It helps people relate to you as a person when they look at your github projects etc and kind of helps with building trust. You can accomplish this in lots of other ways as well but this stuff is important to some people working remotely.
lmk if you want anymore advice/add me on linkedin whatever
Thanks! Really appreciated this advice!
Well, I'll look into the personalization phase, and I'll sure as hell create a LinkedIn profile and follow you. I've been kinda cautious of putting personal data on the web since I live in a country where that could mean trouble, but building trust is a very important aspect. I'll go into my personal site as well. Remote it's kinda the only option I got left, since the 8-5 on-site job I had was paying me $30/month as a Ionic dev, and that's pretty much the norm around here...
Not my AMA but I followed you on Github :). Remote can be really hard to crack into but it is worth pursuing if you are anything like me. Traditionally in US corporate culture for example it tends to be an opportunity given to senior people who have demonstrated themselves on-site. There are some companies like Stripe, which are significantly expanding their remote workforce. Some remote jobs are not great jobs and they leverage the fact some people really need/want to work remotely and are very demanding so just keep that in mind it isn't all peachy.
I got a remote job as a junior for a small company and I think I did a lot of things right but it honestly felt like an enormous amount of luck and circumstance- It was remote but the boss came from the same city as me and there were some other connections. It was really hard not having a senior around in person at times and I accessed every community support I could to get me through hard times. Its great now but phew!
This is just my personal opinion- it really helps to personalize your web presence with a good photo if you feel comfortable. It helps people relate to you as a person when they look at your github projects etc and kind of helps with building trust. You can accomplish this in lots of other ways as well but this stuff is important to some people working remotely.
lmk if you want anymore advice/add me on linkedin whatever
Thanks! Really appreciated this advice!
Well, I'll look into the personalization phase, and I'll sure as hell create a LinkedIn profile and follow you. I've been kinda cautious of putting personal data on the web since I live in a country where that could mean trouble, but building trust is a very important aspect. I'll go into my personal site as well. Remote it's kinda the only option I got left, since the 8-5 on-site job I had was paying me $30/month as a Ionic dev, and that's pretty much the norm around here...
Best of luck Garador, you can absolutely make it happen 💪