[swerner]

German here as well - the lack of employer flexibility is why in the last 15 years, I have been working exclusively for companies overseas, remotely. I found it much easier to negotiate remote work with an employer based in San Francisco than one in Berlin or Munich.

[ChuckNorris89]

That's awesome. How do you find such good remote gigs?

[swerner]

Part of it is pure luck - being at the right place at the right time. An on site internship gave me a foot in the door for my first remote job. After that, I had experience in a certain niche and a couple of open source contributions under my belt.

Another part is just having the guts to ask for a remote job straight away and accept getting turned down dozens of times.

[ChuckNorris89]

Nice, sounds like it worked out for you. Could you please say which niche or contributions gets you the most chances in landing remote work?