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Re:Ask HN: Can new graduates get (good) remote work? by bbcbasic on Friday November 11, 2016 @02:23PM (#12933506)
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.

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Re:Ask HN: Can new graduates get (good) remote work? by brudgers on Friday November 11, 2016 @10:12PM (#12936394)
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.

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Re:Ask HN: Can new graduates get (good) remote work? by bbcbasic on Friday November 11, 2016 @10:38PM (#12936473)
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
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