iExploder

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by iExploder 3y ago
> From a US company perspective, you can do your work as an individual or a local registered business entity: you agree to gross terms, and that's what you get, and they have that as an expense. this seems the most sensible > How
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by iExploder 3y ago
> The larger tech companies all have a presence in the EU, could you not contract with those? my experience so far was working with small to medium sized businesses and this is where I felt the most comfortable. no experience with big t
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Ask HN: How to contract for US companies as EU national
58 points by iExploder 3y ago|62 comments
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by iExploder 3y ago
knowing how to invert a binary tree is skill you cant learn from an employed software engineer, a pathway to many entry positions some recruiters consider... overpaid
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by iExploder 3y ago
mate you think retirement age is 67, thats very cute of you. just wait for 20 years and see how many times this milestone will change with the way the world population is going :)
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by iExploder 3y ago
it might have worked for some people at some times. I'm just saying there is judgement, not substantiated judgement in my eyes, as willingness to go extra mile associated with reality of being a contractor should be seen as a positive,
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by iExploder 3y ago
time to grind job applications and be prepared to take a financial hit, be extra flexible and approachable, a doormat if you can really. its a numbers game at this point, wish you good luck mate.
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by iExploder 3y ago
this is a nice thing to tell yourself to feel better, however in practice people will judge you and the current market is not going to make that one bit easier. being career software engineer is dead anyways, time to re-skill. /rant of
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by iExploder 3y ago
I agree with Jon Blow, and Techlead has also interesting take on software development as a whole... multiple forces at effect. investment drying up, the strong assumption AI will replace coders in couple of years, nobody giving a damn about
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by iExploder 3y ago
when I finish one of these calls with these UK recruitment agencies I feel so sick to my stomach. they really are hustlers and grifters in the worst sense of the word. never again...
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by iExploder 3y ago
posting minimum salary is requirement and I guess the HR in those companies is so brain-dead the most they can do is comply and paste a few sentences. a high salary in job posting can attract the wrong crowd, so it's also not very advi
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by iExploder 3y ago
in Vienna 55k in not a livable wage for someone who has aspirations of having a family. two people making each 55k is fine if you can be reasonably frugal with your life. most I have seen publicly offered for senior IC is 75k. you can get m
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by iExploder 3y ago
exactly, stealing someone who is already employed feels much better because from the company's point of view you have already been pre-selected. it also gives you a leverage when asking for more $$. don't hate the player, hate the
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by iExploder 3y ago
I dont really go for big tech, usually I target small to medium sized companies. So for me when I want to work for a company with embedded / audio etc I just google who is providing such services in the location I wanna work at. Once I
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by iExploder 3y ago
its not just Norway, a lot of recruitment companies based in the UK are focused on european mainland market, germany, switzerland, denmark, etc.. a lot of cowboys over there who figured out putting people into chairs is very profitable and
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by iExploder 3y ago
easy, you put it right under your photo with your pronouns and twitter handle. exhibitionist don't have any qualms about such sort of behavior
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by iExploder 3y ago
the ideal candidate has 3-4 years of experience in exactly everything you need so you dont need to train. has no idea what they are worth so you can underpay. and doesn't have a family so they can sit in the office 24/7. this is w
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by iExploder 3y ago
lol you really are not afraid someone's going to press a cancel button on you? based.
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by iExploder 3y ago
lower your keyboards and surrender your coffee mugs. your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our training data sets. resistance is futile.
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by iExploder 3y ago
how its suppose to be done and how it worked for me in past in order of the most effective to least: 1. social circle 2. attend conferences, exchange business cards, contact info 3. apply to companies through their own job portal or direct
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by iExploder 3y ago
as a rule of thumb I ignore all UK agents, they have the attention span of a coked up butterfly. from my experience they try extract as much information out of you (your salary, last company, are they hiring, give me phone number to their m
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by iExploder 3y ago
cloak and dagger my friend.. cloak..and..dagger
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by iExploder 3y ago
not sure here, from my experience the aftermath presents itself with a delay, usually in the home setting later that day
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by iExploder 3y ago
You can add me and I believe many more to the list, unfortunately based on my search on public sites it often states Remote US. I assume one has to be well known expert in the field or have personal connections to secure such contracts.
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by iExploder 3y ago
well I'm not German and don't have experience running a business other that sole-proprietorship, but I often think about this as well. From my point of view the taxation, bureaucracy and cost of everything including hiring new peo
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by iExploder 3y ago
Not sure whether this completely applies to you, but here are some of the things I wish I would have done during my time at Uni (I was not taking full advantage of this and just coasted...) - look at your professors who are running successf
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by iExploder 3y ago
no need to hire anymore, everything of value was already done and the rest will be implemented by chatgpt in a few months.
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by iExploder 3y ago
the way I see it is there are 3 things to consider. confidence in test coverage, tolerance of the client and whether we charge by the hour.
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by iExploder 3y ago
This is no argument. Both cats and lions have legs and both pose the same risk.
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some people dont mind a tiny bit of bulk, some people dont mind kids mining cobalt barehanded and getting cancer in the process

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