[kkt262]

Why don't Romanians just get remote jobs?

[radicalbyte]

They come to Western Europe :) Last year I hired two Romanian developers here in The Netherlands, both were very good.

[alexbanks]

Do you believe it to be that easy to get a remote job, such that all Romanians can simply just "get" one?

[elbear]

It's not easy, but you can do it. Source: I'm Romanian and I work remotely. I found the job here in the monthly Who's Hiring thread.

[alexbanks]

My point was not "Romanians can't get remote jobs," but rather "It's not so easy to get remote jobs that all Romanians can simply get a remote job."

[elbear]

It's as easy or as difficult as getting any other programming job. The more you know your stuff and good English, the better the job you'll find.

[ianai]

Jobs grow on trees after all /s

[tedmiston]

I've noticed many of the dev marketplaces (even the more expensive ones) are dominated by international developers. It's definitely a popular path.

[GFischer]

There's a lot of friction for both buying remote work and selling.

It has to be really worth the other party's time.

Not everyone can be a freelancer, that's one of the points behind the theory of the firm.

Technological advances can and have shifted the % of freelancers, but I doubt it will ever be near 100%.

I say that as both having been a freelancer, currently working semi-remote, and hiring freelancers (both locally and from India and Pakistan).