I make a site called https://remoteok.io where I collect most new remote jobs from traditional job boards, as well as have fully-remote companies post directly.
You can also set up email alerts on there to get notified first when a new remote job appears in your specific niche (like DevOps).
Hope it helps and let me know if you have feedback.
As they say: "Looking for a job should be a full time job", or in other words: put your full time and effort in it. When not applying for job - study. When you are applying - do your research about every company you send your mail to. That way even with shittiest tools you can have success. Good luck!
Yep that's the approach I took when I started my job search a year ago. Took notes on every potential employer, managed my interview schedule very carefully, made sure always to have my phone with me. It worked very well and within 6 months I got like 20-30 really good paying jobs at reputable and respectable companies, and several of them were remote (or mostly remote) positions. So it's doable if you make a point of it.
The best jobs come when you have an in. Someone refers you, someone you know is a manager inside, etc.
You get ins by building your network. Meet people, talk to them, make what you do public. This can be easier in a big city.
But, if you aren't in a big city, one strategy: find a Slack channel for a big city nearish to you and hang out in there. Get to know people. Demonstrate competence.
The Chicago Tech Slack is a great example of a place that would be great for this.
Jobs are posted all the time in there. There's a guy in there who does job placement services and I got added to his rolodex just by existing inside of the Slack.
Another option: participate in Hacker News. I got one job by saying "Yeah I spent a year traveling and doing remote Django work." To which someone responded "Are you still interested in doing remote Django work? I need someone."
Finding work is "all luck", but increasing your "luck surface area" by exposing yourself to more serendipitous events can systematize that "all luck".
The easiest way is to have an office job and slowly switch to remote. Once you have remote experience, it's much easier to get a fully remote position from a job board or connections.
I find remote work by simply demanding it, but be willing to do office visits if needed. If the hiring manager likes you, they’ll come around. Also I find not budging on rate because of working remotely is a better look. Don’t be desperate. Be Patient.
I had luck in the past being a solid member of a dev team and asking for more remote time. Finding good devs is really hard and a remote one is better than a new one.
I found my current job (remote, full time) on https://weworkremotely.com/. It's been a little over two years so I'm not sure how the site is now, but at the time it seemed pretty decent. Maybe a little low traffic compared to non-remote boards, but I think that's to be expected.
Is working remotely something you put on your resume? I am currently a remote intern for a company that would be a Fortune 500 if it did not domesticate to Switzerland. I am graduating in next month and will move into an office based full-time position, but remote work does sound great. Is it in the realm of possibility for a new graduate?
upwork.com - I am a remote developer for over a decade now, started working remote when was still odesk.com in Dec 2007. Best decision ever, I have my own hours, bid on what interests me, get to have time with kids all day.
You can also set up email alerts on there to get notified first when a new remote job appears in your specific niche (like DevOps).
Hope it helps and let me know if you have feedback.
You get ins by building your network. Meet people, talk to them, make what you do public. This can be easier in a big city.
But, if you aren't in a big city, one strategy: find a Slack channel for a big city nearish to you and hang out in there. Get to know people. Demonstrate competence.
The Chicago Tech Slack is a great example of a place that would be great for this.
Jobs are posted all the time in there. There's a guy in there who does job placement services and I got added to his rolodex just by existing inside of the Slack.
Another option: participate in Hacker News. I got one job by saying "Yeah I spent a year traveling and doing remote Django work." To which someone responded "Are you still interested in doing remote Django work? I need someone."
Finding work is "all luck", but increasing your "luck surface area" by exposing yourself to more serendipitous events can systematize that "all luck".
You could also look at the popular job aggregators like remoteok, weworkremotely... etc
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