Ask HN: How to start building a remote working career in Software?
I am a Software Engineer at an e-commerce company and have a long term goal to settle down in home-town with a good remote working Software Engineering job. I come for a tier-2 city in India and it does not have any Software opportunities as such. Most of the resources that I have read online about remote working are fluff and does not answer a lot of critical questions. Advice on this topic would be very helpful.
My main question is -
- "How can I get started slowly towards remote working without completely leaving my current job?" . I have not found an answer about how to get started. Some concrete steps in this direction would be very helpful.
Some other questions for which I am also looking for an answer -
- A lot of websites mention "Remote (US)". How about Asia? Or better would be "Anywhere"?
- What are the best in class engineering companies which support remote jobs?
- Stumbled upon "Basecamp" which was one company which hires across the globe without pay normalisation (what I read in text). What are other companies where one could get handsomely paid irrespective of the location?