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Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by xwdv on Sunday November 07, 2021 @06:57AM (#29138691)
Especially doctors. My doctor asked me the other day if I was working from home. Yup, doing like 4-5 hour days mostly. He was jealous. It’s tough being a doctor all day and though you’re well compensated it’s still so many hours of your life given away to work each day.

Really it’s hard for me to imagine any job cushier than working in software in the comfort of your own home. The work can be mentally stimulating when you want it to be and usually isn’t very difficult if you know what you’re doing, and it’s well paid. Thank god most people don’t have the mind or patience for it, else we might be paid far less.

Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by throwaway6734 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @07:58AM (#29139075)
Doctors also work in a highly credentialed industry that ensures that they will always be paid exceedingly well for the entirety of their career. Their job security is second to none.

A few of my partner's friends do "social media" operations for a large company and I think they work less than 10 hours a week while getting paid a

Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by ChuckNorris89 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @07:14AM (#29138805)
I can assume that's your experience in your own bubble (in the US maybe?) But where I am in Europe the market is a bit worse and there are companies who will try to squeeze 8 hours worth of coding out of you due to an oversupply of talent and a shortage of innovative companies to work for.
Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by xwdv on Sunday November 07, 2021 @07:26AM (#29138863)
Not the case here in the US.
Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by ChuckNorris89 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @07:27AM (#29138872)
I thought so :) I'm envious of you. You should rejoice you live in a market that favors devs so much.
Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by mehphp on Sunday November 07, 2021 @08:43AM (#29139374)
How often do you see Europeans work remotely for US companies? Is it extremely rare in your experience?
Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by ChuckNorris89 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @09:05AM (#29139523)
>Is it extremely rare in your experience?

In my experience yes but I live in small country in western Europe that's never on the radar of recruiters from the US, unless they're looking for a holiday destination :).

I never found US tech jobs open for remote candidates that were not some off-shore sweatshop kind of slave work looking to undercut the local US market wages with candidates willing to work longer hours for less pay than the local talent.

The good US tech companies never put their crown jewels in the hands on remote workers from abroad they haven't already known before or gotten through some internal referral.

I'm sure there are a few exceptions and glad to be proven wrong though but that's what the market looks like from my PoV.

Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by bitexploder on Sunday November 07, 2021 @10:39AM (#29140320)
Got any solid devs to refer with good English? I need to hire someone and I’ve been dragging my feet: http://stackoverflow.com/jobs/517498/intertoob-scanner-build...
Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by ChuckNorris89 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @11:37AM (#29140911)
Looks really good, thanks for sharing, appreciate it. The timezone requirement is a shame though :(
Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by bitexploder on Sunday November 07, 2021 @12:30PM (#29141467)
It's not a firm requirement, probably just need a bit of overlap with mountain time for logistical purposes. We have one person who works in Spain already.
Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by bitexploder on Sunday November 07, 2021 @11:32AM (#29140850)
xwdv, the comp range is listed on the job post and it would be straight salary with benefits for a US employee. [can't reply any deeper, just email [email protected] and reference this discussion and I will find you].
Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by xwdv on Sunday November 07, 2021 @11:29AM (#29140821)
Competitive pay?
Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by throwaway6734 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @07:56AM (#29139058)
This is highly dependent on where you work
Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by xwdv on Sunday November 07, 2021 @11:33AM (#29140861)
If a company is understaffed yes you might find yourself working at max capacity to make up for the lack of developers.