Remote job #3 so far for me, and networking in various ways greased the wheels for it significantly.<p>1) went to a local tech meetup, spoke a few times and attended regularly. The organizer for the meetup worked remotely for the company, they referred me in.<p>2) I wound up on a slack group for people using my particular tech stack. Had a crummy day on the job and asked in their hiring channel if anyone was hiring remote. Someone reached out to me and took my resume, and it led to an offer in fairly short order.<p>This job encouraged conference/meetup attendance and speaking. I spoke at a couple conferences as well at a meetup or two in my company's HQ. Which led me to:<p>3) Sent my resume to people I knew at the company, whom I'd met from meetups and conferences, as well as interacted with on that Slack. The interview was, as a result, super chill. The vibe really was "from a technical perspective you're a known quantity to us, we want the rest of the team to talk to you and make sure you're not a jerk."