<story><title>Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job</title><text>From my experience most of the companies scouting for developers are trying to minimize costs and using the “fully remote” positions as a mean.&lt;p&gt;I almost never faced an HR ready to discuss salaries higher, than my current “above average” full-time salary in my region (~120-180k).&lt;p&gt;I wonder what should your CV look like and how should you approach the search for companies that can afford expensive developers no matter the geo.&lt;p&gt;If the goal is not worth the effort in the first place — what alternative scalable ways to increase senior programmer’s income can you recommend?&lt;p&gt;Scalable means more or less reproducible in finite timeframe without high risks like in “starting your own startup”.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>mark_l_watson</author><text>Well, it is a workers market right now.&lt;p&gt;Professionally there is nothing special about me except that I really enjoy working, but for the last two remote jobs, the offer letter I received was more than what I verbally agreed on with HR. Since I am also 70 years old, I take this as good evidence of how pro-worker the job market is right now.&lt;p&gt;I offer free mentoring (see my web site) and always talk about the importance to having a beginner’s&amp;#x2F;learner’s mind. I think that what companies want is: prioritizing the company’s interests, being flexible, and being observant looking for opportunities to improve the business. Fairly straightforward strategy.&lt;p&gt;Good luck reaching your financial goals&amp;#x2F;salary number but also please remember money isn’t everything, and is much less important than our relationships with other people.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>alasano</author><text>You&amp;#x27;re certainly a very inspiring person!&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Professionally there is nothing special about me except that I really enjoy working&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I think you may be underselling yourself a touch here ;)</text></comment>
<story><title>Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job</title><text>From my experience most of the companies scouting for developers are trying to minimize costs and using the “fully remote” positions as a mean.&lt;p&gt;I almost never faced an HR ready to discuss salaries higher, than my current “above average” full-time salary in my region (~120-180k).&lt;p&gt;I wonder what should your CV look like and how should you approach the search for companies that can afford expensive developers no matter the geo.&lt;p&gt;If the goal is not worth the effort in the first place — what alternative scalable ways to increase senior programmer’s income can you recommend?&lt;p&gt;Scalable means more or less reproducible in finite timeframe without high risks like in “starting your own startup”.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>mark_l_watson</author><text>Well, it is a workers market right now.&lt;p&gt;Professionally there is nothing special about me except that I really enjoy working, but for the last two remote jobs, the offer letter I received was more than what I verbally agreed on with HR. Since I am also 70 years old, I take this as good evidence of how pro-worker the job market is right now.&lt;p&gt;I offer free mentoring (see my web site) and always talk about the importance to having a beginner’s&amp;#x2F;learner’s mind. I think that what companies want is: prioritizing the company’s interests, being flexible, and being observant looking for opportunities to improve the business. Fairly straightforward strategy.&lt;p&gt;Good luck reaching your financial goals&amp;#x2F;salary number but also please remember money isn’t everything, and is much less important than our relationships with other people.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sidcool</author><text>Mad respect for you sir.  What advice would you give a 35 year old software engineer who&amp;#x27;s worried about being obsolete in 10 years?</text></comment>