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Is he a very special kind of dev ? Why would an US company go to that length to hire someone.

I know a lot of US companies hiring remotely. Two reasons: 1) costs (you're not competing with Google and Facebook on salary, at least not directly) and somewhat related 2) bigger applicant pool. This is especially true if you're looking for specific skills - much easier to find somebody if you're looking at 10x market. For many developer positions, having a person in the office is not much better than having remote employee, and may be both more expensive. You don't really have to be "very special", just plain good, and there are a lot of good developers all over the globe.

Where does one find these companies?

Almost all remote job posts that I find end with "(US only)"

Example: https://hnjobs.emilburzo.com/#remote%20%22us%20only%22

Usually people get the job while in the US, become well liked and needed, then move where ever they damn well please.

Or have to move because of H1B which ends after 3 years, and it's pure luck to get an extension in time. That's how I ended back in Germany doing remote for US.

Unfortunately I can't give good advice as I know most of these people after they were hired, and didn't ask them how they were hired. I know there are companies doing that, and social networks are also very useful in it, otherwise there are companies like http://www.safeguardworld.com/ (just one I know, not a recommendation since I never worked with it, but I know some people who did and found good remote jobs) which usually help connecting employers and employees.

My employer is hiring multiple remote positions: https://www.coinbase.com/careers

My company is 100% remote. 400+ folks around the world. Stuff like that is becoming more popular.

So... are they hiring?

It sounds nice. Are you hiring?

I've been considering applying to your company, any advice / comments about working for them?

Could you please mention what company you're talking about?

Judging from past comments: https://github.com/Automattic/legalmattic

He's good, and he's paid a SV salary.

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