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Anyone with a remote job making 80k a year?

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There are lots of job postings, but they seem either US-Resident-only or 15k a year posts. Anyone really has a great, remote job?

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I made an aggregator of remote jobs called http://remoteok.io

Hey, is it legal to scrape a lot of data and put in an aggregator? I ask because I want to do an idea pretty much like yours and this my concern at the moment. I was thinking about emailing the person to ask for permission before posting, how do you handle it (if you don't mind sharing)

thanks

I think most people follow: Do it, ask forgiveness later.

Seems like if it is public info it is hard to argue against it.

Yes.

I am a US resident though -- and a native American English speaker (which is more important than many realize).

Why do people care if you speak Native American English vs. just normal english? I didn't even realize Native Americans had their own dialect.

There was a capital letter there that you ignored which changes the context of the statement.

North American English is easier to understand for North American employers and staff. Some folks have a difficult time with accents (hearing issues, etc). Anecdotal, but I have an aunt who always hangs up on customer support who have accents because her ears can't process the tones. Even British English can be difficult for some North Americans. Then again, so can southern American dialects for North Americans and non-Americans alike.

https://weworkremotely.com/ aggregates remote-friendly and remote-only tech positions.

that site is the worst, many of the postings are low quality

While I don't disagree in the least do you have any other good suggestions?

Working remotely (albeit interstate within the U.S., not internationally) at $100k. Definitely possible. Have seen remote positions up to $180k+ so I imagine there's still plenty of room to grow.

It seems like companies are uneasy hiring people a) for significantly more than they already make or b) for their first remote position.

I work at Trello, and the FogCreek, Trello, StackOverflow trio of companies (1) hire remote (2) even non-US and (3) pay US market salaries.

See their respective sites for current openings.

I found this job on Careers.StackOverflow.com (which has a lot of remote jobs and good filtering) -- if you need an invite, my contact info is on my HN profile page.

Colleague easily makes 100k, working in the east coast of Canada, while still doing her undergrad. The rest of her team works in Redmond. I'll leave you to guess where she works.

$110k/yr from two time zones away. There's a ton of remote Drupal jobs if you know what you're doing. Remote is the norm instead of the exception.

There's no reason a role should pay less for being remote. Remote workers that I know get market rates. Especially considering how much more productive a remote worker is not to mention the savings to the employer. I think the key is not for looking for "remote" jobs, but roles which are good fits and asking about the possibility of remote. If they balk, explain how it benefits them.

I can't find anything remote. I've been a WordPress and front end dev for about five years but I don't know Angular/React so no luck for me...In my experience, I only see the 15k a year posts too.

If you have five years exp. with front end development (inl. js, I hope), picking up ReactJs and AngularJs is pretty trivial. I was able to pick up Angular in about 3 weeks, and React in about the same, though it did take a little while for everything to settle in. Best advice? Take something you wrote WITHOUT those technologies, and refactor it with them.

I was, working in a niche role which you can't find locally. MySQL DB administrator - a role which is grown organically at companies which use MySQL, it's not one which is taught in school.

Yes, I make 100k+ a year as a Designer, fully remote. I'm Australian.

But that's for companies outside Australia, right? My experience has been that Australian companies are not still open to the idea of remote work(Melbourne).

I work remote for an Australian company. https://aptira.com/

Yep, that's right. I work for a US company.

I'd agree with that about Australian companies not being open to remote. TBH, I don't even consider Australian companies anymore.

In my experience, salaries are lower and I feel that we're years behind, both in terms of the projects you work on and the people you work with.

Yes, I'm outside of the US, making 100k+ working for a US company, using my favorite language (c#). The company hires people from Europe, Asia, South America, wherever there's talent.

Which is the company, if you don't mind?

I'm working remotely making >100k. I was -1hr and now I'm +2hrs relative to the home office and the majority of the clientele. I'm very happy. I'm a US Resident though.

Yes. Also a US resident but living outside of the US. Took a 20% pay cut to be able to work fully remotely but still over 100k. I found it on Angellist and interviewed in person.

Very cool. What time zone/country do you live in? How often do you meet face to face?

Nice, what kind of stack/work?

Started at a company locally, then I became remote. I feel that may the path of least resistance if you're looking to make that type of money. US resident here.

80k? Man I would work for 45~50k remote (making 30k ATM with 11+ ex and leading a front end team now angularjs/nodejs) Bio in my HN profile.

You sound like you have a solid background, I'm sure you could easily find a job that pays triple if not more than your current position (or do I just live in a bubble?)

Thanks for the vote of confidence. The competition is just too high it seems for remote jobs. I haven't had much luck so far.

Unfortunately, and you will hear this a lot if you ask, all of the really sweet jobs don't ever make it to job boards, and especially not race-to-the-bottom cesspools like eLance/oDesk/Upstart.

You have to network, and you have to network hard. Not to promote yourself (that's advertising), but to learn what challenges the tech teams at companies need help with today. And when you find a mutually beneficial opportunity, they will be EXTREMELY GRATEFUL if you were to mention your skills and leverage them to solve real business needs.

What those needs are, how your skills apply, and how you approach the situation are entirely up to you and the circumstances you encounter.

Upside: Choose Your Own Adventure

Downside: I can't give you any general advice that would help; it's a skill everyone has to cultivate in their own, I think.

Maybe I'm wrong about the downside. I'd love to find out if I am.

Thanks, these are great points and I know I need to work on my networking/marketing skills a bit.

How much in AUD will you work for?

We're a remote company looking for a front-end developer.

Would you mind sending me an email? My email is in my HN profile. Australia timezone would work great for me actually as I'm in Taipei GMT+8.

Yes. I work in Washington state making a six digit salary remotely. Have been doing so for several years.

Most definitely, it helps to know people in person rather than applying through a job posting though.

I had a 100% remote job (senior level) making considerably more than that. They are out there.

Very cool.. here in India even for on premise jobs thats a distant dream

on premise 60 k is easy in India 80k is not difficult. Look for captives and most of them give work from home so it is like remote with standard income.

Yeah, I'm making 100k+ a year working fully remote. US resident

where are you based out of?

was there any programming interviews? where can you find these type of jobs?

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