[soneca]

One that live in Brazil would be around that.

I do, I am mid level, but I work for a company in the US hiring globally remote. So I earn more than that because I speak English and take the time to find companies that are paying US salaries. But I know a lot of developers that are much better and experienced than me that earn less than that.

[slyzmud]

Would you mind sharing which ones I could apply?

[soneca]

Look for companies that hire globally remote but are not explicitly targeting “low-cost” countries with their job ads (those that do are trying to make the salary arbitrage work on their benefit, you are trying to make it work on your benefit).

Look for American companies. They pay much better than companies even from other rich countries like UK and Germany.

Skip agencies and software shops in general because their core product is to arbitrage developer salaries. Look for startups, ideally funded ones.

Look for smaller companies because they are more likely to hire people from outside the US in a contractor agreement. 100% of the companies with more than, say, 500 employees that I approached or approached me hire remote in the US only.

Check if they hire globally remote in the first email. A lot of companies are not explicit about it in the job description but their remote is “remote in the US only” (remember that you are looking at companies advertising their jobs to Americans).

I had good luck applying to jobs from HN’s “Who is hiring?” thread. You might find something on Angellist and at YCombinator’s “Work at a startup”, but I learned that in those places I am less likely to even get a response from my application. Worth a try though.

My suggestion would be to wait next Who is hiring thread and be very diligent about reading all posts and applying quickly to the jobs that are a fit for you.

[slyzmud]

Most of the interesting positions I find hire only in the US but it's because they are for bigger companies (more than 500 employees). I will have to target smaller ones.