• Chris Herborth (unregistered)

    I already sent this to Ellis, but maybe it'll help other folks. While I was searching, I collected a big list of companies doing remote work: https://taffer.ca/posts/2025/remote/

    Good jobs are out there, but it's going to take you a while to find yours. Listen to Ellis' advice and be kind to yourself while you do this ridiculously difficult thing!

  • Alex (unregistered)

    save yourself some time by skipping straight down to the Qualifications list. Do you satisfy all or most of those? If not, move on.

    I would expand on this a bit. You can boil qualifications requirements down into three groups: "we know what we want" (e.g. certification for an accountancy position); "we don't know what we want but it's gotta be awesome"; and "we know who we want but don't want to admit it" ("candidate must have precisely 1.3 years experience and a name that rhymes with 'trellis'").

    In the first and third cases, there's no point sticking in an under-qualified CV. In the second case - which is where you get stupid job ads demanding ten years experience of a five-year-old technology - there may legitimately be room to say "I don't have QuertyUiop, but look at my amazing portfolio of AsdfgHjkl".

    Of course, you also have to be aware what you're getting into: a potentially lucrative role, but at a company that's run by the less-clueful.

  • Jonathan (unregistered)

    We're all pulling for you, Ellis. Good luck!

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