Wow! Neat, more than 30 repos! I'm trying to get there too...
I have a question... What advice would you give someone who's trying to land a remote job, without much confirmed work experience (office-based job), with an associate's degree on informatics, and from a non-english-speaking country?
Remote can be a tough one, and I haven't personally worked full time remote. My first job was in office and my current job is only part time remote after a period of full time in office when I first started. I don't know your exact level of experience, but from what I have heard from recruiters and colleagues in Australia, remote tends to be offered to more experienced developers, as when you are a junior the expectation is that you will need a little more guidance from the team until you build up your skills and reputation. I would personally recommend an in office job when starting out if it is possible for you, simply due to the amount you learn by working side by side with your team members.
If you are set on full time remote though, make sure you have a solid portfolio of work that demonstrates a range of skills and a proactive attitude to learning. If you can also demonstrate collaboration with a remote team, e.g. a personal or freelancing project where you collaborate with a designer, that would be even better!
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...
Wow! Neat, more than 30 repos! I'm trying to get there too...
I have a question... What advice would you give someone who's trying to land a remote job, without much confirmed work experience (office-based job), with an associate's degree on informatics, and from a non-english-speaking country?
Hey Garador,
Remote can be a tough one, and I haven't personally worked full time remote. My first job was in office and my current job is only part time remote after a period of full time in office when I first started. I don't know your exact level of experience, but from what I have heard from recruiters and colleagues in Australia, remote tends to be offered to more experienced developers, as when you are a junior the expectation is that you will need a little more guidance from the team until you build up your skills and reputation. I would personally recommend an in office job when starting out if it is possible for you, simply due to the amount you learn by working side by side with your team members.
If you are set on full time remote though, make sure you have a solid portfolio of work that demonstrates a range of skills and a proactive attitude to learning. If you can also demonstrate collaboration with a remote team, e.g. a personal or freelancing project where you collaborate with a designer, that would be even better!
Best of luck with your search :D
Thank you for your wise words!! I'll act accordingly.
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 💪