camwoodsum

WeNomad was created out of extreme frustration with the unreliable and sometimes fabricated information on the leading site in the "city guides for remote workers" space.

I've grown tired of scouring the internet and forums for insightful information, so instead, I assembled a talented team to compile everything you need to discover and move to cities you'll love!

Good related thread here! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17022563

Fixing this now! Thanks for letting me know :)

You make some good points but a company's payroll provider (i.e. Gusto) handles all of these domestic employee taxes automatically so this is generally a non-issue.

Although there are other complications and this is a really good thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17022563

Thanks for the request, maybe I'll add this on the next edition! Would be a fair amount of work to go back and add that now.

If you click on the jobs link for each company then it will take you straight to their job listings (will show you locations).

They were only omitted because their two year growth is much slower than the rest of the companies on the list. Cool company though!

This is an awesome tip! Thanks for sharing.

You make a valid point. It's important to note that they weren't bragging though, they were trying to showcase why other companies should hire remotely:

"We ended up with over 1,200 applications for the programmer opening at Basecamp. If you’re having trouble attracting talent, feel free to copy our playbook: Hire remote, be explicit about pay, detail job exhaustively."

A fair number of the companies on the list are 100% remote and don't have an office or any sort of local setup.

This is a damn good breakdown.

The one thing I'll add about 100% remote companies is that because they operate with much more written collaboration than a traditional company, the application and interview process frequently reflect that.

This is a big part of why you'll very robust application processes upfront. They want to see if you can effectively communicate your thoughts in writing.

Hey guys! I created the product so I can answer this one.

You're right that Elastic and Github (and Stripe and Twilio) aren't startups. The list is really just the fastest-growing companies (not necessarily just startups).

This is good feedback. I might clarify this in the text before the table itself.

Even though these companies are big, they're growing fast and I thought it would be helpful to add them.

Hey guys! Cam here (the creator of the product).

Thanks for taking the time to check out this list and for commenting about it :).

Revenue growth and profit growth would be awesome metrics to have but those aren't publicly available for most of the companies on the list.

I think employee growth is the best objective metric because it captures fundraising and/or profit growth in one combined metric (because companies that are hiring either raised money, are making money, or perhaps aren't good at running their business).

This is really just a starter metric to compare thousands of companies to each other but obviously if you were going to join one of these companies you would want to do much deeper due diligence.