And there you are waiting impatiently in line for your mislabeled coffee cup (you’re already going to be 20 minutes late to the office), take a step back and think: THIS could be your office. You could skip the commute, bring your laptop and charger, and power through your to do list from anywhere, wherever you are.
Working remotely – whether from home, Starbucks, or another creative place – is booming. Some says it's a scam - but hey! I'm a living testament that working from home is a REAL DEAL!
You just have to have the skills and resources to find a gig that would give you that kind of flexibility.
If working remotely tickles your fancy, then check out these sites to help you land your first project.
1. FlexJobs
FlexJobs has over 50 career categories, with jobs ranging from freelance to full-time, entry-level to executive. The best part? They screen the jobs before posting, so you don’t have to dig through shady opportunities. The site currently hosts more than 20K job listings including part-time and freelance opportunities!
Sponsored by Remote, the book by famed 37Signals founders, this job board is a catch-all of remote jobs from customer service to web design to programming. With the catchy subtag “Office not required,” and the cache of the 37Signals brand behind it, this site is sure to host remote opportunities at some of the hottest tech companies.
WorkingNomads (formerly goRemotely) delivers a curated list of remote jobs right to your inbox. Choose daily or weekly emails to make the remote job search come to you.
4. Staff.com
Instead of focusing on contract jobs, Staff.com features primarily long-term telecommuting jobs in a range of industries from personal assistants to programming. Choose to work either 80 hours a month (part-time) or 160 hours a month (full-time), and the site recruiters start matching you with employers!
With a great name, a great resources tab (listing authors to follow and sites to check for help in the remote job world), and a decent listing of remote jobs, this site is true to its eponymous mission. Use what the site provides, you can completely skip that ugly morning commute.
The job board for web professionals. Just click the “wireless logo” (you’ll recognize it) and filter by remote jobs. Beautifully designed and easy to use, as you’d expect from a job board for creatives and developers!
7. Dribble
Dribble is a great site for designers to find their next gig. There’s a location tab right on top where you can click “remote / anywhere” and be off to the races finding your next work-from-home gig.
8. AngelList
Always dreamed of working for a startup, but don’t live in a startup city hub? Head over to AngelList, a top site for startup jobs. Sign up for AngelList. (It's 100% free.) Showcase your experience and skills. Browse jobs by location, role, market, technology, salary. Click Yes on companies you're interested in. Startups get notified when you click Yes. You'll be introduced via email to startups that say Yes to you.
Stack Overflow is a go-to jobs board for many top tech talent, especially web developers. Type in “remote” in the location field and you’ll bring up a list of more than 2,000 jobs that fit the bill. Your dream job, found on your terms
Want to sit back and be contacted by companies? Ask questions about interesting roles? One developer CV to rule them all - Show off the things you care about: open source projects, Stack Overflow activity, blog posts, talks you’ve given, and more.
10. Ruby Now
A job board entirely dedicated to Ruby developers. Once you graduate from the Web Developer Blueprint, and watch Adda’s video on how to get hired as a Ruby Developer, head on over and get to work landing a remote gig here.
(Note: I'm not in any way an affiliate of the abovelisted freelance sites. These websites have been listed to help new freelancers to get their first online gig.)
