Anyone with a remote job making 80k a year?

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by sbastidasr • 11 years ago

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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?

stray• 11 years ago

Yes.

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

bob_zombie• 11 years ago

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.

mkaziz• 11 years ago

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

cpursley2• 11 years ago

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.

FlopV• 11 years ago

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.

loumf• 11 years ago

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.

goodoldboys• 11 years ago

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

PerfectElement• 11 years ago

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.

lenomad• 11 years ago

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

larrykubin• 11 years ago

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

seekingcharlie2• 11 years ago

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

scorpioxy• 11 years ago

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).

stonith• 11 years ago

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

seekingcharlie2• 11 years ago

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.

edunham• 11 years ago

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

curiousjorge2• 11 years ago

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

joshstrange• 11 years ago

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

curiousjorge2• 11 years ago

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

leetbulb• 11 years ago

where are you based out of?

dennybritz• 11 years ago

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.

eshvk• 11 years ago

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

panorama• 11 years ago

Nice, what kind of stack/work?

pieterhg• 11 years ago

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

aprdm• 11 years ago

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

anilgulecha• 11 years ago

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

FireBeyond• 11 years ago

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

tosser20150825• 11 years ago

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.

kachhalimbu4• 11 years ago

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.

muzmath• 11 years ago

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?)

kachhalimbu4• 11 years ago

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.

shearnie• 11 years ago

How much in AUD will you work for?

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

kachhalimbu4• 11 years ago

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.

cweagans• 11 years ago

$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.

dark_knight3141• 11 years ago

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

jsudhams• 11 years ago

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.

Gaessaki• 11 years ago

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.

falcolas• 11 years ago

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.

cpursley2• 11 years ago

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.

jlewallen• 11 years ago

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.

thisisdallas• 11 years ago

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.

jcmurrayii2• 11 years ago

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.

jcmurrayii2• 11 years ago

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

Anyone with a remote job making 80k a year?

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