Re:How to find a remote job
by bigtunacan on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @06:00PM
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Is it something though where you would have to do a normal 40 hours/week on 9 to 5 hours and so couldn't hold down your day job or are there people working a day job and then doing 20 hours of Toptal work nights and weekends?
You can definately work nights and weekends, but most people don't need to hold down their regular local jobs.
Why would you keep your local $30k/y job when you can work full-time on Toptal for $80k/y?
Toptal covers hourly (min 10h/week), part-time (20h/week), and full-time (40h/week) engagements. Some months I've worked 60h/week (on my own accord).
Otherwise, it's a completely different story.
As a developer I've used Toptal in the past and honestly, they're doing a great job. I'm based in central europe where average salary can be as low as $22,000/y. Toptal allows you to 3x-5x that easily by working 40h/week, 100% remote.
It's literally transformed hundreds of lives within my city.
There are tons of long term projects (6-12+ months), and I've never had problems finding a new project (front-end, js). Once I start looking, I expect to be working the next week.
For some, it's a great long term solution. For others who are more ambitious, it's a great stepping stone into the $70-100+/h market.
They do take a pretty big cut, but the developer is still left with tons of cash.
I dropped it after a while, because I started receiving fat offers directly from other clients, but I'd still recommend it to anyone who doesn't have a well developed client network.