Those are all the responses I get after sending CV and github account:<p>Sorry not looking for rails devs<p>----------<p>Are you willing to relocate?<p>----------<p>Hey, thanks for your application.
The current position requires being on-site in Amsterdam.
I’ll keep your profile for possible future opportunities.<p>----------<p>Hi,<p>Thank you for your interest in our company. I am sorry to say that we currently do not have remote positions available for our IT department.
If you are ready to consider full time roles in Amsterdam, you can take a look at all available positions on our careers page: https://workingatbooking.com/<p>Best regards,
Recruitment Team<p>----------<p>Hi,<p>Thank you for applying to Sauce Labs! At this time, we are moving forward with a couple candidates whose experience is a better fit to our current hiring needs. We will keep your resume on file and will reach out if anything else opens up that fits your experience.<p>We appreciate your interest in Sauce and encourage you to reach out again in the future. Please let me know if you have any questions.<p>Cheers,<p>----------<p>Hey,<p>Unfortunately we are looking for full time positions only at this time. Thanks so much for reaching out to us!<p>----------<p>Thank you for your interest.
We are looking for a rails developer who is willing to relocate to Myrtle Beach, SC and take on the role of lead developer for a composite of salary and equity for a funded startup.
Any interest in that?
I think most of the responses are pretty self-explanatory.<p>For every position where it wasn't remote, did their job ads say remote? If not, there's nothing you can do about it.<p>The competition for remote positions is fierce, which is something I've mentioned before.<p>You seem like a talented guy if they got to the point of offering you relocation and you've also been offered senior positions, so perhaps your initial remote-work should be freelancing for mid-level projects at a decent rate (how about starting at $25-$30 dollars or something along those lines?).<p>If I had to run a survey asking remote applicants how many times they've applied for multiple positions, the answer (on average) will be like +10.<p>Take up freelancing or start your own remote agency. If you can't be the worker, be the boss.
I even tried applying to jobs that are shown in <a href="https://weworkremotely.com/" rel="nofollow">https://weworkremotely.com/</a> and since they post there, one would think that they accept remote work, but no.<p>They all reply the same fucking thing: "Are you willing to relocate", "We are looking for onsite people now", etc.<p>So tired of this.
I apply to everything as well, but don't land anything. However, historically, nothing I've gotten that's remote has come from job ad postings. I've always gotten remote work because I know somebody who knows somebody. However, the market's gotten tight in my field, so I'm in the same position you are again.<p>It's much harder for me, also. I'm a C++/obj-C/C/R/python/ruby guy who only dabbles in web technology. I try to pitch web people on letting me learn, even at a short-term discount, and that doesn't work either. I thought putting out some iOS work would improve my remote-ability, but no go.<p>Funny thing is, before reading this post, I would've guessed Rails people had it much better than me. :-)
keep trying, there are companies out there looking for remote software engineers. I wrote a script to collect remote job listings from various job boards... in the last 30 days there were more then 700 of them. sign up with <a href="http://remoteworknewsletter.com" rel="nofollow">http://remoteworknewsletter.com</a>, we are launching soon.
I lucked into a remote job. Applied thinking it was an in-office position..<p>Anyway, have you talked to recruiters? As much hate as they get on here, they can be very useful. A great recruiter will know your needs as well as the company's, and can give you an idea of a position's flexibility. In my opinion it doesn't hurt to reach out. Worst case scenario, you end up with some extra emails in your inbox every week.
Your approach sucks. Looks like your going around, hat in hand, looking for someone to give you a job. As if people owe you or something.<p>Look for ways to help people. If you got big bad skills, prove it. Make people come to you.