Re:Ask HN: Can new graduates get (good) remote work?
by bbcbasic on Friday November 11, 2016 @02:23PM
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Makes me sad to read this as my first job didn't have any great technical mentor like that, but was a bunch or regular devs trying to ship a run of the mill product.
How can a grad tell they are going to work for a top company that is great for their career within a good team? Especially if outside the US so not necessarily just going to work for Google.
Re:Ask HN: Can new graduates get (good) remote work?
by brudgers on Friday November 11, 2016 @10:12PM
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My take is it was a good right out of school job. But it wasn't Google awesome. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8736450
Anyway, regular devs shipping regular product is, to me, a better first job than remote work for most people. The people for whom remote work right out of school is less likely to be detrimental are probably people who were banging out open source or side projects while in school...i.e. those with a strong established independent habit.
Re:Ask HN: Can new graduates get (good) remote work?
by bbcbasic on Friday November 11, 2016 @10:38PM
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Ok I see. Tangentially, I remember when I graduated I would have hated work at home as the social side was important, and getting to hang out with other techies is a bonus. Now work from home would be good for the family life
That's the other aspect. Working in an office expands one's professional network more usefully than remote work ever can...Norvig later went to NASA's Ames Research.
I'll put it another way. Being a new graduate means lacking the experience to make highly informed professional judgments. Recognizing that you're in that position is useful when considering making a radical career decision at the start of one's career. Don't kid yourself, choosing to work remote has a high probability of being seen as a negative trait in future hiring because it is hard to determine if it is a 'real' job. Remote work creates a deficit in social proof (alongside the deficit in social network and the experience deficit).
Finally, difficulty finding remote work is symptomatic of a weak professional network. If it's really a priority, then underpaying freelance work from the notorious freelance sites are where to start. If that's unattractive then, it's not a priority.
Good luck.