Comment by Lazar Pavlovic on "Digital Nomad Programming ?"

Firstly, I started as a freelancer and I really enjoyed working whenever I want, wherever I want.

Before I joined Hashnode, I had a terrible experience while I was applying for one big company in my town where I saw how the state actually is and decided to start my own remote career.

So far, I can only say that it is truly awesome. I find myself more productive, happier, motivated... basically, I found my dream job.

There are tons of groups on Facebook where you can search for jobs, such as:

and many more.

Also, you have platforms such as Upwork and PeoplePerHour. Even tho they are oriented towards freelancers, around 20% of all the jobs are full time (minimum).

I've been a part of a local coworking space, where we have remote workers and I've been on regional conferences with over 600 delegates from coworking spaces and everyone agrees that this is the future.

By the latest trends, corporations are making creative spaces and giving more "home-office days" to employees because they seem happier and more productive.

Jump on our band-wagon as soon as possible 😎

P.S. Here is the list of 900+ startups hiring remotely

Thanks for the list :-)

Often however I feel the problem is the international competition. I suppose there are a lot of job opportunities out there, but how would you suggest to tackle it, when, where I come from, a decent salary starts at $50 and a fair (freelance) is about $100 per hour? It's very hard to attract much attention as there are always someone offering the same for $5-10 per hour and for that salary I would almost have to work 1,000 hours per month.

YES!

This is a problem I have been thinking about ! It is great that so much work can be distributed internationally but it opens up very interesting competition. Just on Upwork I have found hundreds of people who are looking for workers but have an average payout of $4.34 or something like that ....

It is an interesting problem.

Platforms like Upwork are known for lower payments (I've worked on Upwork and I did work for a lower salary as I didn't see myself as a full-time freelancer).

On the other hand, it's a good place to start and to get some experience because there are a lot of jobs where you can apply and get your first experience.

Maybe my mistake was to start instantly to work remote with no prior corporate job, but I decided that I would never want to work in a corporation which is lacking organization culture, which is the majority of companies, sadly.

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