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Employers want to be sure you're not out surfing on their dime.

The top things I look for in a remote resource is a person who can solve a tough problem in a concise fashion and an ability to show their work in a team setting.

Inexperienced workers may not have cultivated the discipline required for remote work and don't receive the benefit of the doubt.

If you really want to work remotely, mention your willingness and desire to embrace those ways of working - namely ways of holding you accountable; Hangouts/Zoom/Skype/Bluejeans what have you.

Even better, if I were trying to get started I'd get on Twitch and start building a community around what I know or interests me; live-coding, group problem solving (for the fun of it), and talking that up on social media.

One or two successful "conferences" with a few notable attendees should make a name for yourself.