Re:Ask HN: What skills would get me the best remote job?
by needajobb on Thursday May 03, 2018 @04:12PM
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Not sure I particularly enjoy being a web developer, it just seems to be where I have landed. I do love coding of all types though. There are definitely some open source libraries I am interested in though. I guess this leads to further questions, say I were to contribute heavily to a decent project, would this be sufficient to get a company's interest up (in your opinion) - or do you think it should just be one part of my strategy?
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Re:Ask HN: What skills would get me the best remote job?
by stevekemp on Friday May 04, 2018 @06:58AM
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It's hard to say. Some employers will be pleased, impressed, and weigh in open-contributions. Others won't care in the slightest.
If nothing else I've found such things can come up in interviews, and be useful points of reference. It's better to say "Yes I've done XX, YY, ZZ and you can see examples in this project I published .." than to not have good examples.
Re:Ask HN: What skills would get me the best remote job?
by lacker on Friday May 04, 2018 @12:03PM
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The most important thing is for you to get better. If you really are becoming a better and better engineer over time, some companies will realize that and offer you more money. So find a project that challenges you enough that it will improve your skills to work on it.