[jordinl]

It's more difficult than finding local jobs. Supply/demand does not work in your favor.

Edit: Besides many companies look for previous remote experience. So it's hard to get a remote position without having had a previous remote position.

[Scea91]

You are right that getting a remote job is probably more difficult than finding a local one. OTH the existence of remote jobs market definitely works in your favour in some situations because you simply have more choices.

Fo example, I am a machine learning scientist / engineer currently based in Prague. The ability that I would be able to easily find a remote job definitely increases my negotiation power which would other way be quite limited in Prague because there are not as many great local options in my field here.

[jordinl]

You're right. As an individual looking for a remote job you also have many more options than if you focused in local jobs. And I would definitely recommend anybody not living in a major tech hub to get a remote job.

[germainelol]

This was definitely a big thing I noticed when looking around. A lot of places thought I might be suitable from a technical perspective, but that I lacked remote working experience. I've worked in places where it's common to have colleagues working in different countries for extended periods but never in a fully remote environment.

I do wonder how people get their foot in the door with a good remote company. Did you just get lucky when you were first hired? Did your communication skills have to shine a lot for them to hire you?

[jordinl]

My first remote job was for a company I had been working onsite for a few months that also had a small amount of people working remotely. I didn't join the company with the intention of going remote, but at some point I decided I wanted to work remotely so I just asked.

After that I joined Toptal and got a couple of projects through them.

IMO Toptal is not a bad choice to get started in remote work, although long term it's better if you find your own work.

[tasuki]

> It's more difficult than finding local jobs. Supply/demand does not work in your favor.

Don't both depend entirely on where you're based?

[jordinl]

I guess... Assuming relocation for a local job is not possible.