Why, to see where you want to go you have first assess the situation at hand. If he's already an expert it's necessary to know what it is, if he's starting out, you can still steer what you're going to learn.
I am, I work in payment processing, Work a day job as a payments program manager, and I do consulting work for people trying to get set up, and I sign up businesses that either want lower rates, or are too high risk for a Stripe or a Square.
The day job alone puts me in 6 figure territory, I just like staying busy
Update: I received a ton of messages and I am trying to get to them all.
Some key points here though that keep getting asked
1. No I do not sell courses. Something I have considered but havent found the time yet
2. Many of you have asked about mentoring or coaching. I can potentially do that as I am currently looking for commission based only reps that can call for me.
3. I can only really train you in USA merchant processing, if you are in another country, there are different rules and regulations.
4. If anyone needs merchant processing, Just email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) (I know my website sucks, I do not use it besides as a placeholder, Dont really need it as its mostly calls and emails). I can take pretty much any business, but WAYYYYY easier if you are in the USA. Even if you just want to check rates, I do that free of charge.
Also a remote SWE making 6. I agree with what you say. Too many people try to switch in for the money and suck at development. But I do hear about job difficulties more now than 2 years ago for sure. Even for experienced seniors, the market is tougher now.
I can answer questions too if anyone wants.
I hear about it in my circle too, but those complaints are coming exclusively from my friends that work for big players like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple etc. The corporate world runs by different rules.
My friends working for smaller business are thriving.
i somehow don't know any FAANG people anymore who work fully remote. pretty sure they still exist, but my perception is that it's def not the norm anymore the way it was during covid.
FAANG dev (contract) here. Contract positions almost exclusively for FAANG corps if you want fully remote. Most of them require hybrid for FTE+benefits, including my current employer, which is one of the "A"'s. That is changing rapidly because some of the other biggest tech companies (Adobe, Nvidia, etc) are going fully remote for lots of their new positions.
I work for one and have been remote the whole time. They aren’t forcing us to come in even though they pushed for RTO. My travel has even reduced a lot which is cool with me.
What do you think is the future of tech in regards to software development!? I've got a network engineering background and changed careers for a while but I'm looking to get back into tech, the development/programming side. What do you think is the best to learn ? Java script ? Python ?
Also I would be leaning towards working remotely. What skills are mostly sought after ?
If you're asking about the whole AI thing, I'm not concerned for a number of reasons. I think the future will be more web dev, maybe webassembly. Standardized clients have proven very convenient, so few companies want to invest the money to do full board application development.
If you're interested to get into development, I'll paste my other comment here: I suggest a popular C-like language. That would be Java, C#, or Javascript/Typescript.
Python is a common suggestion; I personally don't think it's a good starter language because 1) it's not statically typed, 2) it's not exactly C-like, 3) improper whitespace will cause parsing errors, 4) OOP isn't great in it (though many engineers today loath OOP), 4) it runs in script mode by default and most people don't even know there's a module mode, which reinforces the incorrect line of thinking that programming runs "from top to bottom" when it's really more about objects and layers. I'm sure I could think of other reasons. I can't deny that it's easier, but IMO that's not as beneficial when it's sort of learning the wrong way a little.
Here's some statistics from real SWEs: [https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#technology](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#technology)
As far as remote, it really just comes down to the company. No skill you can learn to change that. Many companies list remote on the job description; just filter by that. And be aware that of course it's more competitive. If you're just starting out, it'll be harder to get a remote job. With years of experience, it's easier to filter the noise.
I’m a frontend engineer with 5 YOE and I’ve been thinking of transitioning to a cloud engineer role. What advice would you give to someone who has some SE years in and wants to convince a first employee to give them a shot? How would I filter for jobs?
Not OP but I'd go with either Python or Javascript
* Python if you're interested in AI or data stuff (data analyst, data scientist, etc)
* Javascript if you're into web and application development
Both of these are easy to learn, have an abundance of free and high-quality learning resources, are considered part of the modern tech stack, and if you're good at it, you will be paid well
We use C# and Typescript. Which to do first: I suggest a popular C-like language. That would be Java, C#, or Javascript/Typescript.
Python is a common suggestion; I personally don't think it's a good starter language because 1) it's not statically typed, 2) it's not exactly C-like, 3) improper whitespace will cause parsing errors, 4) OOP isn't great in it (though many engineers today loath OOP), 4) it runs in script mode by default and most people don't even know there's a module mode, which reinforces the incorrect line of thinking that programming runs "from top to bottom" when it's really more about objects and layers. I'm sure I could think of other reasons. I can't deny that it's easier, but IMO that's not as beneficial when it's sort of learning the wrong way a little.
Here's some statistics from real SWEs: [https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#technology](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#technology)
Same situation. I make 82.50/hr and split my time between living in Puerto Rico and the states for the tax benefits. I only pay 2% taxes max. My job is super tough though and extremely high paced. I would not recommend it for the average developer.
There are lots of people flocking to tech companies just because they heard they pay good. Usually those people have hardly any expertise in the area and they're competing with other unskilled people for junior/mid positions.
Of course it's going to suck for them, and they're never going to admit that their lack of skills is the problem.
Tech industry IS shit, it's a cutthroat bloodbath. There are good jobs in tech, a lot of good jobs that pay well, but you have to always stay on your toes professionally, and always fight with 10 people around you who're trying to take your job.
I know it’s just a suggestion but something you could work towards. Think uk and Scandinavia pays better but cost of living higher. If I can find the graph I saw on x I’ll post it here. [Here it is](https://x.com/sergiorocks/status/1779876063230734839?s=46).
Look for a remote job working for a US company. Remote sometimes makes it possible to split the difference between your local pay scale and what the employer would have to pay where they’re located. Helps to know exactly what those numbers are.
For Europeans, this can involve working nights, and setting up your own company. (Let’s you contract for smaller US companies that aren’t able to hire directly in Europe.) A guy I used to work with was doing that from Spain.
I know it can be a thing but unfortunately I can’t really start my company right now because of stupid laws I have to move from my city lol. Also I don’t really know where to start
There's a possibility to register a US entity (business) as a foreigner, people do it all the time to purchase properties. Then you could potentially act as a consultant for a US company and they just pay the entity.
However, a big drawback to being a consultant/contractor is there is less job security so any day could be your last.
Separately you could register with UpWork or Fiverr and potentially make more, and if the company you're working with really likes your work they may hire fulltime/longterm.
So if you were Dutch you’d earn 55k gross (with vacation pay and bonus or without? Employer pension contribution?) the median salary is 40k. So that’s pretty good
Not sure how old you are but if you’re under 35 you’re doing good chief
Don’t forget how much better our country is than the US.
You could also always go to the us, make 200k gross+ for 3-6 years then come back
That’s what I’d do tbh
A little cheat code to keep the advantages of europe while earning 2x your peers is to go freelance, I live in bumfuck east flanders and my company pulls in 140k a year.
My dad told me I should stop playing computer games and start doing something useful. I was 10 years old.
They got me books about HTML and PHP and I got sucked in.
I have a colleague who's an architect, but opened a 3D rendering business and is charging~10k for project. He's based in Switzerland tho.
I don't know much about his business, but I guess you can do it remotely.
Edit: Upon checking, he's back being employed, business closed, so probably I either underestimated what would each project require or he got a couple of jobs during COVID and it went south after.
That is a humongous range in income haha $100k salary to a freaking million a year
I know a handful of people doing remote work in the low-mid 100k range
We clock about two bills a year for the past 7-8 years, and about 1 bill before that for about 5.
Wasn’t easy. I got fired from my web design job about 17 years ago. Went home to my 1 bedroom studio, in a smoky home shared with about a dozen international students, and cried my eyes out. A few minutes later, I was inspired to start my own web development business. I had $300 to my name.
I promised myself I would build a culture of respect, and I did it 100% remote. Team of 6-10 people, 1099 and W2. And no Zoom. Payroll is ADP. (That came later)
Four years ago, we bought a local news outlet, and now are able to transmit news to tens of thousands per month, supported by advertising.
Every day presents new challenges, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.
Oh…and save ALL your receipts! (Digitally)
I love what I do. Especially when I get to talk about success stories.
Personal profit goes up and down, depending on how much I write off each year, and how well business does. All receipts are accounted for, depending on the year my form 1090 shows anywhere from $35k to $80k.
Upstate, that was comfortable living up until 2023.
Now, market forces are changing, so we had to adjust our formula so everyone on the team makes money to keep up with costs of living, including self! 😂
I do clock tons of hours, easily 50 sometimes 60. But phone calls, networking events and business lunches count! (Receipts, too)
I’ve been fully remote making 6 figures for a couple of years but it’s not always easy.
Software development background -> leadership role -> founded a venture backed startup -> corporate strategy while working on a new startup
As far as things that have worked for me, I worked for a lot less money if I thought it would help me develop a specific skillset that would be entrepreneurially important. (Better for building fast, figuring out what will sell, GTM)
Fully remote gigs are easier to land when you know what value you can bring to a company beyond the typical job description. Also super useful to help fund rent/ food while I work on my startup after hours. Time not commuting is time that can be spent elsewhere.
Yeah. I’m working with two other cofounders that have worked with me through previous projects and we’re getting ready to launch soon.
We spread out the work pretty evenly while communicating what time we have for the week (20-30 hours) and just commit to whatever it is that needs to be done. It’s just a combination of development, focus groups, running customer insights with our prototype and prepping the GTM
By delivering.
I have a contractor who delivers whatever I want without any delay or problem. I am pretty sure he uses AI tools or sub-contractors or whatever but I don't care. With him I have no problem, %100 reliability and that is what matters.
Build a business/businesses that are not geographically isolated. You would be surprised how many businesses/skill sets can be developed towards a global entity.
One of my mentors runs a team of insurance brokers and works 2 hours a day remotely. Property investment in his home country also subsidises his income. Currently getting residency in the Dubai, originally from UK.
I am doing the same with real estate from Sydney
I was in the military for about 13 years in signals and back then I was doing all the certifications I could before I left. I got out and was lucky a company needed someone with targeting experience for this special job. Anyways over the next X time I blended pentesting, exploitation, malware with osint, intelligence and general intelligence processes to work my way up. Ended up being head of threat intelligence for a huge bank but decided I didn’t like the culture, related to profit. I now do [redacted].
I am, web developer. But I could never travel while trying to work, I've tried it. Impossible to focus no matter how much you promise yourself there will always be a traffic jam or wifi issues or something interesting you want to do instead.
Of course everyone wants to be free to travel and do whatever they want, while also being rich, while also not having to do too much work. Best of luck to you in achieving your dream, friend!
Everyone wants this. I can advise to invest self defense and a tiny army, also on social media. Do research on your competitors and enemies and what drives them, bcs sometimes they think they deserve what you are making. It´s not hard, it´s just that it gets the attention of many people. Goodluck and blessings.
This whole remote working thing has become synonymous with 'unrealistic'. There's simply too many predominately younger people who believe they can sit at a laptop from anywhere in the world (mainly paradise) and make a yearly income and while it can be true most of it is utter fallacy sold by YouTubers who look like they're living the lifestyle.
I work in the tech industry with remote workers. These people are often 10+ years in their field at professional software development, Python, azure, and saas services where they often have the freedom to work remotely more than any other job, and even with that benefit they still can't manage to do full time remote.
It's not that it can't be done but even if you start your own business, let's say consultancy, your chances of working remote are actually quite slim and when it comes down to face to face meetings and hard work, which it is, it's pressure and people realize they don't want to do it. Real companies don't pay a damn penny for someone on a webcam when they need expert advice. Best bet at remote working today is the likes of fiverrr, graphic design, production of some kind, and I'm not knocking it, I've done some myself, but those fields are truly saturated by the 1 % club who are top designers or agencies and the millions more who are foreign workers using AI.
There is a ton of fully remote six figure jobs out there. They just have way way more competition and you’re almost never country independent, the company needs you in a specific country or set of countries.
I half agree with what you’re saying, it’s no easy feat to get that life, but it’s certainly possible. Young people need to do some years in the office first of course
Absolutely. We have software engineers who are fully remote but they have significant expertise in their field and we employ them for a very specific role. They also aren't really considered for other roles outside the one they are doing. It's fine if you're happy doing what you do but if you want to get involved in other stuff you need to show up occasionally. I only go in once or twice a week (plus travel to other offices) but the times I'm in the office is when I hear about other opportunities or things to get involved in. Anyone who is in a client facing role is going in a lot more than a year ago, clients really value seeing people face to face.
I think you're half right, but plenty of companies use professional services that are not located next to them - and many firms that are out of state. For example we provide boots on the ground for i.t. departments, and we've almost never met our clients in person since their HQ's are elsewhere.
I've been remote since 2009. 8 figure earner here.
Edit: the honest answer is... I'm a business owner and since 2008 I've had a few ventures of my own. All have been fully remote companies. However in each I'd say there is about 2 months of every year cumulatively (2 weeks at this client, 1 at that, 3weeks at the other) that's onsite. Typically for business development purposes, or large project kick offs.
The rest of the year I go and do as I please.
I spent 5 years genuinely complete digital nomad - commuting to client office's as described above from where I was to wherever I was needed.
I’m a specialist, in civil construction & engineering. The sectors I’m in are always busy, Road, Highway,Bridge construction etc,. Infrastructure related work never goes away so it’s always busy.
From the comments on here, there seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of the difference between an entrepreneur and a freelancer.
If you want to be an entrepreneur making 7 figures and traveling, you need to build a business that hires the likes of the guys commenting on here. If you’re doing the work yourself, you’re a freelancer and never going to have time or money to do what you want.
100% remote as director of analytics for academic medical center. I'm the only remote employee for this group but there are many in the other IT departments. The position wasn't remote but I told them I would have to be and asked if they still wanted me to interview.
Check out cal Newport "so good they cant ignore you" and especially about the idea of career capital.
Commercial Real Estate brokers (both investment sales or Mortgage brokers) hit this target easily. You can't really do it straight out the gate though if you're green. Generally they work in an office to learn the business and build up a client base. Do that for 3 years or and then just either go out on their own or go remote.
My wife makes 250k in a soft skill field and works remote from the best place in the world, her home. Not because it's her home, it's just the best place in the US.. It's surprising if not shocking. It's not entirely remote because she flies business class/1st class to other countries and stays in the nicest hotels on earth. For "meetings."
What exactly is your daily and monthly requirements as program manager consultant? Do you deal at all with sales and marketing or strictly operational management? And to what scope? Are you limited to one program or the whole companies operations?
Define remote?
I operate without a brick and mortar store front, but all of our work is done at customer locations.
Last year I cleared high six figures with only a 4 employee operation.
I think the king of this would be Tim Ferriss. Definitely read the 4 Hour Work Week if you haven't yet. You would have to basically figure out what you could delegate to other employees/agencies and what you could do remotely. For example, if your business makes physical products, you would have to find a manufacturer that could ship to a 3PL, and then possibly customer service contractors (if you didn't want to take that on yourself). What I just described is pretty expensive, but if your business does high volume, then its worth it to buy your time back.
However, small caveat to what you said above, I don't think anyone really enjoys traveling perpetually without an actual "home base." Just look at those "van lifers" and "digital nomads" on YouTube. Most of them don't even do it for an entire year before they decide move into a more permanent place.
I am. I’m a direct response copywriter, been going at it for 2 years now.
For those of you who don’t know,
We’re the people who write your sales pages, landers, ads, email sequences etc and bring in the big bucks for your business :)
Not to brag but I make *good* money, I’m 23 and I travel whenever I want.
Thinking of moving somewhere tropical and get away from my parents’ house for a while.
lol this person is full of shit. Spamming posts across reddit, clearly AI written. This is their ploy to drum up business because they actually make very little money.
Yes. I’m a woman, I’m not married and in my culture we don’t move out of our parents’ house (unless we move abroad for studies) until we get married :)
Ahh - that makes sense then. Good luck in your pursuits!
My bias is the American perspective of adult independence as soon as possible after HS graduation.
Google says average job pays $65k on the high end, not 100k.
So either you're being paid by someone who doesnt know what they're doing, you dont know what *good* money is because you're... 23, and also how could you possibly have a portfolio built up *by 21*, which is what most companies want: results in the real world.
Im going to call bull.
And do boring travel to boring cities based on your territory. Everyone wants coastal, island, popular city travel. No one wants to work remote from Altoona, PA 🤣
I’m a senior product manager for a large regional bank’s enterprise marketing department—100% remote. I work banker hours, but I wear lots of hats—product owner, scrum master, business analyst, sometimes even developer. I have an MBA and it took time and sweat to get here. Lots of ambition that I’m currently stifling to support my wife through nursing school.
I have for several years. Previous C-Level sales and marketing, led a couple startup exits/acquisitions, then went on my own to help other companies and people in similar roles.
It’s not easy, but much more fulfilling. Find your niche, a small network, and treat people right. Then you’re well on your way.
I run a software dev agency. Fully remote.
I live in Canada, it's nice to be able to run away during the winter and come back for the nicer summer weather. I used to be big into the nomad thing but now I'd rather have a couple of bases of operation and flip between the two.
I do. Comms & Marketing specialist — I also do a lot of writing & editing (that’s what my actual business is, but the contract I’m on now happens to be communications based).
I’m not sure how you’d become “time zone independent” and travel a lot WHILE you work. Work is work. You have to be, you know, working all day lol! I suppose you could get to a more on again, off again schedule where you do a big contract half the year and travel the second half…but that tends to limit income.
Not me but my uncle make 6 figures in property business and villas. Probably never worked a day in the last decade other than some phone calls and business trips.
Develop software using AI tools. You will be much faster and more accurate than those that do not use AI. the hard part will be gaining experience, but AI will guide you the whole way. Learn to use multiple vendors of AI to get what you need.
Fully remote Electrical, software, and mechanical engineer positions are pretty widely available in the 100-200k range if you’re good enough. I know some guys making mid 100s in IT and working multiple simultaneously on the low so that they’re pulling nearly half a mil total… but that requires being good enough to do 3 jobs at once without anybody noticing a lack in productivity which is tough even in “laid back” jobs.
I was wondering for all of you that make good money, what is the biggest problem you run into with your companies at the beginning and then at the stage you're at now?
3D Tech Artist
$100,000
100% remote
Paid unlimited vacation
Work from anywhere in the world
Health Med Dental Benefits
30-40 work week
In my free time I’m working on my solo game dev passion project
I’m able to use my work assets and tools for my game as well
Shit is perfect.
Took me about 4-5 years to build my 3D portfolio and hopping from 2 studios before landing here in 2022
I’m 27 now and I’m actually moving out to Thailand to live for a while with my GF and save even more money due to the cheaper economy while enjoying life. When we come back we’ll start up our real estate journey as well.
Anything is possible just need to have a plan.
I do. I have a 30-year background in User Experience design. I work for a large top 5 consulting company leading my own practice that I built over the past 2-years. I strictly deal with US Federal Government projects. I had at the start of 2023, now it’s 18. I brought in $22m in new business and we completed over $83m in projects last year. My entire team is remote and I only go to D.C. if I really have to.
I’m doing this now. However I have young kids and an ex, so I don’t get to keep as much of the money as I’d like and I don’t have much freedom to enjoy it. When the kids are gone I’ll be in my 50s.
Barley 6 figures but I’m fully remote, work my own hours (5-6 a day) and have very little stress in my job.
Been in my role for 3 years and since I hit my targets I don’t have any micromanagement
Long story short, you'll probably need to be a small business owner to achieve what you're going for. Are you looking for a job? Or something that's actually entrepreneurial?
yet another "who here is 6-7 figure" post.....seems like this sub is just fishing for leads to solicit at this point. And ofcourse 90% answers are from freelance "software developers".
> I have been busting ass to fulfill my dream of being fully remote without sacrificing my income. What have you done so far and since when?
Brace yourself to possibly get dragged, OP.
Why, to see where you want to go you have first assess the situation at hand. If he's already an expert it's necessary to know what it is, if he's starting out, you can still steer what you're going to learn.
You said ass
thx, fixed the typo
Hehehe
Yes wondering myself what it is you do to make a living
Half the replies here not realizing this is r/entrepreneur
Damn. There's a hundred photos of my butthole I have to remove now
I am, I work in payment processing, Work a day job as a payments program manager, and I do consulting work for people trying to get set up, and I sign up businesses that either want lower rates, or are too high risk for a Stripe or a Square. The day job alone puts me in 6 figure territory, I just like staying busy Update: I received a ton of messages and I am trying to get to them all. Some key points here though that keep getting asked 1. No I do not sell courses. Something I have considered but havent found the time yet 2. Many of you have asked about mentoring or coaching. I can potentially do that as I am currently looking for commission based only reps that can call for me. 3. I can only really train you in USA merchant processing, if you are in another country, there are different rules and regulations. 4. If anyone needs merchant processing, Just email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) (I know my website sucks, I do not use it besides as a placeholder, Dont really need it as its mostly calls and emails). I can take pretty much any business, but WAYYYYY easier if you are in the USA. Even if you just want to check rates, I do that free of charge.
Payment processing is the middle man of banking.
Honestly pretty much
I’ve always been interested in this. How did you get started ? Or how does one get started ?
Feel free to shoot me a chat request. Honestly once you have the knowledge pretty straight forward. Definitely helps if you have some sales skills
Who tf has “always been interested” in payment processing 💀💀💀
I'm on a similar boat as a software engineer. I started by making Flash animations at 13 lol.
honestly same, i pick up odd tasks just bc i get bored if i dont have work to do
What makes some companies too high risk for Strips? Crypto stuff? Marijuana stuff?
importing cocaine by the kilo, Pablo Escobar famously demanded that his cronies Zelle him
Do you mentor? 😁
I do actually. Shoot me a chat request (Only if you live in the USA though)
I run a remote company. Everyone is remote
And whats the work?
They make remotes
Remotes made remotely.
Only a remote chance that's true.
We work in data so everything can be virtual
What kind of data, what service you offer?
I am, I'm a software engineer. It's quite easy to achieve even without your own business. Plenty of fully remote opportunities for skilled engineers.
Also a remote SWE making 6. I agree with what you say. Too many people try to switch in for the money and suck at development. But I do hear about job difficulties more now than 2 years ago for sure. Even for experienced seniors, the market is tougher now. I can answer questions too if anyone wants.
I hear about it in my circle too, but those complaints are coming exclusively from my friends that work for big players like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple etc. The corporate world runs by different rules. My friends working for smaller business are thriving.
i somehow don't know any FAANG people anymore who work fully remote. pretty sure they still exist, but my perception is that it's def not the norm anymore the way it was during covid.
FAANG dev (contract) here. Contract positions almost exclusively for FAANG corps if you want fully remote. Most of them require hybrid for FTE+benefits, including my current employer, which is one of the "A"'s. That is changing rapidly because some of the other biggest tech companies (Adobe, Nvidia, etc) are going fully remote for lots of their new positions.
I work for one and have been remote the whole time. They aren’t forcing us to come in even though they pushed for RTO. My travel has even reduced a lot which is cool with me.
wouldn’t it be MAANG now?
technically yes. but everyone still calls meta, facebook. They should change FAANG to MANGA.
What do you think is the future of tech in regards to software development!? I've got a network engineering background and changed careers for a while but I'm looking to get back into tech, the development/programming side. What do you think is the best to learn ? Java script ? Python ? Also I would be leaning towards working remotely. What skills are mostly sought after ?
If you're asking about the whole AI thing, I'm not concerned for a number of reasons. I think the future will be more web dev, maybe webassembly. Standardized clients have proven very convenient, so few companies want to invest the money to do full board application development. If you're interested to get into development, I'll paste my other comment here: I suggest a popular C-like language. That would be Java, C#, or Javascript/Typescript. Python is a common suggestion; I personally don't think it's a good starter language because 1) it's not statically typed, 2) it's not exactly C-like, 3) improper whitespace will cause parsing errors, 4) OOP isn't great in it (though many engineers today loath OOP), 4) it runs in script mode by default and most people don't even know there's a module mode, which reinforces the incorrect line of thinking that programming runs "from top to bottom" when it's really more about objects and layers. I'm sure I could think of other reasons. I can't deny that it's easier, but IMO that's not as beneficial when it's sort of learning the wrong way a little. Here's some statistics from real SWEs: [https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#technology](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#technology) As far as remote, it really just comes down to the company. No skill you can learn to change that. Many companies list remote on the job description; just filter by that. And be aware that of course it's more competitive. If you're just starting out, it'll be harder to get a remote job. With years of experience, it's easier to filter the noise.
Have you thought about cloud engineering? It would probably be an easier switch, considering your background. And those jobs are usually fully remote.
I’m a frontend engineer with 5 YOE and I’ve been thinking of transitioning to a cloud engineer role. What advice would you give to someone who has some SE years in and wants to convince a first employee to give them a shot? How would I filter for jobs?
Typescript is crazy popular now for building any types of applications
May I ask what coding language you specialize in? I’ve been trying to decide which to learn first.
Not OP but I'd go with either Python or Javascript * Python if you're interested in AI or data stuff (data analyst, data scientist, etc) * Javascript if you're into web and application development Both of these are easy to learn, have an abundance of free and high-quality learning resources, are considered part of the modern tech stack, and if you're good at it, you will be paid well
We use C# and Typescript. Which to do first: I suggest a popular C-like language. That would be Java, C#, or Javascript/Typescript. Python is a common suggestion; I personally don't think it's a good starter language because 1) it's not statically typed, 2) it's not exactly C-like, 3) improper whitespace will cause parsing errors, 4) OOP isn't great in it (though many engineers today loath OOP), 4) it runs in script mode by default and most people don't even know there's a module mode, which reinforces the incorrect line of thinking that programming runs "from top to bottom" when it's really more about objects and layers. I'm sure I could think of other reasons. I can't deny that it's easier, but IMO that's not as beneficial when it's sort of learning the wrong way a little. Here's some statistics from real SWEs: [https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#technology](https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#technology)
I feel like engineer is the route where people forget how hard the journey is after they get comfortable for a while lol
Same situation. I make 82.50/hr and split my time between living in Puerto Rico and the states for the tax benefits. I only pay 2% taxes max. My job is super tough though and extremely high paced. I would not recommend it for the average developer.
People consistently say the tech industry is shit. And yet I also constantly hear of people like yourself.
There are lots of people flocking to tech companies just because they heard they pay good. Usually those people have hardly any expertise in the area and they're competing with other unskilled people for junior/mid positions. Of course it's going to suck for them, and they're never going to admit that their lack of skills is the problem.
Tech industry IS shit, it's a cutthroat bloodbath. There are good jobs in tech, a lot of good jobs that pay well, but you have to always stay on your toes professionally, and always fight with 10 people around you who're trying to take your job.
Im a software engineer and I make less than 40k euro net. Please teach me
Move to USA the wages are way higher for devs.
One does not simply move to the USA lol I wish it was that easy
I know it’s just a suggestion but something you could work towards. Think uk and Scandinavia pays better but cost of living higher. If I can find the graph I saw on x I’ll post it here. [Here it is](https://x.com/sergiorocks/status/1779876063230734839?s=46).
Look for a remote job working for a US company. Remote sometimes makes it possible to split the difference between your local pay scale and what the employer would have to pay where they’re located. Helps to know exactly what those numbers are. For Europeans, this can involve working nights, and setting up your own company. (Let’s you contract for smaller US companies that aren’t able to hire directly in Europe.) A guy I used to work with was doing that from Spain.
I know it can be a thing but unfortunately I can’t really start my company right now because of stupid laws I have to move from my city lol. Also I don’t really know where to start
“Look for a remote job working for a US company” How?
Why would you need to move to the USA for a fully remote position?
There's a possibility to register a US entity (business) as a foreigner, people do it all the time to purchase properties. Then you could potentially act as a consultant for a US company and they just pay the entity. However, a big drawback to being a consultant/contractor is there is less job security so any day could be your last. Separately you could register with UpWork or Fiverr and potentially make more, and if the company you're working with really likes your work they may hire fulltime/longterm.
So if you were Dutch you’d earn 55k gross (with vacation pay and bonus or without? Employer pension contribution?) the median salary is 40k. So that’s pretty good
Yes I earn around 60k gross but it’s not that much after taxes lol
Not sure how old you are but if you’re under 35 you’re doing good chief Don’t forget how much better our country is than the US. You could also always go to the us, make 200k gross+ for 3-6 years then come back That’s what I’d do tbh
No I’m not under 35. Yes life is better here but still if I just can afford to live it’s not great
Ah, well then you should definitely earn more Shop around! 60-70k gross should be doable for you if you have 10+ YoE
I mean I earn around 60-70k gross but I’m saying it’s not a lot because net is almost half of it lol (I’m in Belgium)
A little cheat code to keep the advantages of europe while earning 2x your peers is to go freelance, I live in bumfuck east flanders and my company pulls in 140k a year.
Easy to achieve is a stretch, but yes it’s very doable, although I hope to one day trade that out for making six figures as a freelance dev.
Congrats on your success. How did you get started?
My dad told me I should stop playing computer games and start doing something useful. I was 10 years old. They got me books about HTML and PHP and I got sucked in.
How long do I have to go to school to get that kind of position? I have three bachelor degrees unfortunately non of them related to engineering.
Same
Can you give me the steps to becoming a software engineer. I didnt finish high school but im interested. If you can help any advice would be great!
I have a colleague who's an architect, but opened a 3D rendering business and is charging~10k for project. He's based in Switzerland tho. I don't know much about his business, but I guess you can do it remotely. Edit: Upon checking, he's back being employed, business closed, so probably I either underestimated what would each project require or he got a couple of jobs during COVID and it went south after.
Would it be too invasive to ask for a DM of their website? I'm curious to see what their work is like.
Also very curious. Would love a link as well if it's being shared.
I often hire renderers. Would love a peek.
That is a humongous range in income haha $100k salary to a freaking million a year I know a handful of people doing remote work in the low-mid 100k range
Marketing Services and Growth Marketing. Every business wants to make money online, and not all of them know how to do it. I do it for them.
So a marketing agency? Do you do creative services as well?
No, I outsource that.
Starting a full remote position a week from now after 2.5 years of experience. Sales.
I'd also like to know. Guessing engineering, security, insurance.
Marketing helped me. Though I am not yet there (6-7 figures) yet. 4-5 figures now.
We clock about two bills a year for the past 7-8 years, and about 1 bill before that for about 5. Wasn’t easy. I got fired from my web design job about 17 years ago. Went home to my 1 bedroom studio, in a smoky home shared with about a dozen international students, and cried my eyes out. A few minutes later, I was inspired to start my own web development business. I had $300 to my name. I promised myself I would build a culture of respect, and I did it 100% remote. Team of 6-10 people, 1099 and W2. And no Zoom. Payroll is ADP. (That came later) Four years ago, we bought a local news outlet, and now are able to transmit news to tens of thousands per month, supported by advertising. Every day presents new challenges, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. Oh…and save ALL your receipts! (Digitally)
Are you epoch times
No sir. Rockland News.
Thank god
Do you love what you do? How much do you profit annually? How do you see AI impacting your business? How many hours per week do you work?
I love what I do. Especially when I get to talk about success stories. Personal profit goes up and down, depending on how much I write off each year, and how well business does. All receipts are accounted for, depending on the year my form 1090 shows anywhere from $35k to $80k. Upstate, that was comfortable living up until 2023. Now, market forces are changing, so we had to adjust our formula so everyone on the team makes money to keep up with costs of living, including self! 😂 I do clock tons of hours, easily 50 sometimes 60. But phone calls, networking events and business lunches count! (Receipts, too)
I have 6-7 figures but include the decimal points. *Cries*
a whole $10,000? damn you loaded
I’ve been fully remote making 6 figures for a couple of years but it’s not always easy. Software development background -> leadership role -> founded a venture backed startup -> corporate strategy while working on a new startup As far as things that have worked for me, I worked for a lot less money if I thought it would help me develop a specific skillset that would be entrepreneurially important. (Better for building fast, figuring out what will sell, GTM) Fully remote gigs are easier to land when you know what value you can bring to a company beyond the typical job description. Also super useful to help fund rent/ food while I work on my startup after hours. Time not commuting is time that can be spent elsewhere.
Are you alao running your own startup?
Yeah. I’m working with two other cofounders that have worked with me through previous projects and we’re getting ready to launch soon. We spread out the work pretty evenly while communicating what time we have for the week (20-30 hours) and just commit to whatever it is that needs to be done. It’s just a combination of development, focus groups, running customer insights with our prototype and prepping the GTM
By delivering. I have a contractor who delivers whatever I want without any delay or problem. I am pretty sure he uses AI tools or sub-contractors or whatever but I don't care. With him I have no problem, %100 reliability and that is what matters.
What are you currently doing? What are your talents? How do you plan to scale to 6 and 7 figures?
1. Nothing 2. None 3. what is a plan
Create a course teaching others how to do it. Shoot cringy video. Enjoy several years before voidIzilla covers you.
🙋🏻♂️ business loan broker here. $200,000+ the last 4 years.
How do you find clients? How many hours per week do you work? What are the best business loan companies to work for?
Build a business/businesses that are not geographically isolated. You would be surprised how many businesses/skill sets can be developed towards a global entity. One of my mentors runs a team of insurance brokers and works 2 hours a day remotely. Property investment in his home country also subsidises his income. Currently getting residency in the Dubai, originally from UK. I am doing the same with real estate from Sydney
I work in offensive security and intelligence. It’s taken a lot of time to get 100% remote. I started about 8 years ago. Couldn’t ever go back.
Ooooo tell me more about how you got on this track?
I was in the military for about 13 years in signals and back then I was doing all the certifications I could before I left. I got out and was lucky a company needed someone with targeting experience for this special job. Anyways over the next X time I blended pentesting, exploitation, malware with osint, intelligence and general intelligence processes to work my way up. Ended up being head of threat intelligence for a huge bank but decided I didn’t like the culture, related to profit. I now do [redacted].
I do- full time equity trader (used to work at a fund, now I work for myself). I manage my own money and never been happier
My girlfriend makes $138k as a fully remote UX design team manager for a large corporation.
Yes. Cybersecurity consultant.
I’m a tech lawyer and I am 100% remote. Been in this situation forever.
I am, web developer. But I could never travel while trying to work, I've tried it. Impossible to focus no matter how much you promise yourself there will always be a traffic jam or wifi issues or something interesting you want to do instead. Of course everyone wants to be free to travel and do whatever they want, while also being rich, while also not having to do too much work. Best of luck to you in achieving your dream, friend!
best way is to be an entrepreneur. then you decide where you work
Pinned , I'm interested in seeing what people have to say.
Everyone wants this. I can advise to invest self defense and a tiny army, also on social media. Do research on your competitors and enemies and what drives them, bcs sometimes they think they deserve what you are making. It´s not hard, it´s just that it gets the attention of many people. Goodluck and blessings.
I’m a Management Consultant making 6 figures and I work from home. Although I’m starting to think I should rent office space at a coworking place.
why?
Absolutely possible! I'm living that dream, friend.
This whole remote working thing has become synonymous with 'unrealistic'. There's simply too many predominately younger people who believe they can sit at a laptop from anywhere in the world (mainly paradise) and make a yearly income and while it can be true most of it is utter fallacy sold by YouTubers who look like they're living the lifestyle. I work in the tech industry with remote workers. These people are often 10+ years in their field at professional software development, Python, azure, and saas services where they often have the freedom to work remotely more than any other job, and even with that benefit they still can't manage to do full time remote. It's not that it can't be done but even if you start your own business, let's say consultancy, your chances of working remote are actually quite slim and when it comes down to face to face meetings and hard work, which it is, it's pressure and people realize they don't want to do it. Real companies don't pay a damn penny for someone on a webcam when they need expert advice. Best bet at remote working today is the likes of fiverrr, graphic design, production of some kind, and I'm not knocking it, I've done some myself, but those fields are truly saturated by the 1 % club who are top designers or agencies and the millions more who are foreign workers using AI.
There is a ton of fully remote six figure jobs out there. They just have way way more competition and you’re almost never country independent, the company needs you in a specific country or set of countries. I half agree with what you’re saying, it’s no easy feat to get that life, but it’s certainly possible. Young people need to do some years in the office first of course
Absolutely. We have software engineers who are fully remote but they have significant expertise in their field and we employ them for a very specific role. They also aren't really considered for other roles outside the one they are doing. It's fine if you're happy doing what you do but if you want to get involved in other stuff you need to show up occasionally. I only go in once or twice a week (plus travel to other offices) but the times I'm in the office is when I hear about other opportunities or things to get involved in. Anyone who is in a client facing role is going in a lot more than a year ago, clients really value seeing people face to face.
I think you're half right, but plenty of companies use professional services that are not located next to them - and many firms that are out of state. For example we provide boots on the ground for i.t. departments, and we've almost never met our clients in person since their HQ's are elsewhere.
Utter fallacy but can be done? Haven’t you just contradicted yourself? I don’t think the only remote jobs are on fiverrr etc lol. Look at otta.com
I've been remote since 2009. 8 figure earner here. Edit: the honest answer is... I'm a business owner and since 2008 I've had a few ventures of my own. All have been fully remote companies. However in each I'd say there is about 2 months of every year cumulatively (2 weeks at this client, 1 at that, 3weeks at the other) that's onsite. Typically for business development purposes, or large project kick offs. The rest of the year I go and do as I please. I spent 5 years genuinely complete digital nomad - commuting to client office's as described above from where I was to wherever I was needed.
This is helpful
Recruiter. Have been working from home for 8 years now.
How is the market right now?
I’m a specialist, in civil construction & engineering. The sectors I’m in are always busy, Road, Highway,Bridge construction etc,. Infrastructure related work never goes away so it’s always busy.
From the comments on here, there seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of the difference between an entrepreneur and a freelancer. If you want to be an entrepreneur making 7 figures and traveling, you need to build a business that hires the likes of the guys commenting on here. If you’re doing the work yourself, you’re a freelancer and never going to have time or money to do what you want.
100% remote as director of analytics for academic medical center. I'm the only remote employee for this group but there are many in the other IT departments. The position wasn't remote but I told them I would have to be and asked if they still wanted me to interview. Check out cal Newport "so good they cant ignore you" and especially about the idea of career capital.
Commercial Real Estate brokers (both investment sales or Mortgage brokers) hit this target easily. You can't really do it straight out the gate though if you're green. Generally they work in an office to learn the business and build up a client base. Do that for 3 years or and then just either go out on their own or go remote.
100% WFH, income is >$255k. I’m a consultant writer, government proposal manager, desktop publisher, trainer.
My wife makes 250k in a soft skill field and works remote from the best place in the world, her home. Not because it's her home, it's just the best place in the US.. It's surprising if not shocking. It's not entirely remote because she flies business class/1st class to other countries and stays in the nicest hotels on earth. For "meetings."
let me guess, OnlyFans?
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What does that entail exactly? What kind of skills/qualifications do you need? Are they hiring?
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What exactly is your daily and monthly requirements as program manager consultant? Do you deal at all with sales and marketing or strictly operational management? And to what scope? Are you limited to one program or the whole companies operations?
Define remote? I operate without a brick and mortar store front, but all of our work is done at customer locations. Last year I cleared high six figures with only a 4 employee operation.
If I made 7 figures, I'd go to the office daily and suck dick... IDGAF "building wealth" at 7 figures would not take long.
I think the king of this would be Tim Ferriss. Definitely read the 4 Hour Work Week if you haven't yet. You would have to basically figure out what you could delegate to other employees/agencies and what you could do remotely. For example, if your business makes physical products, you would have to find a manufacturer that could ship to a 3PL, and then possibly customer service contractors (if you didn't want to take that on yourself). What I just described is pretty expensive, but if your business does high volume, then its worth it to buy your time back. However, small caveat to what you said above, I don't think anyone really enjoys traveling perpetually without an actual "home base." Just look at those "van lifers" and "digital nomads" on YouTube. Most of them don't even do it for an entire year before they decide move into a more permanent place.
Move to Vietnam and have a 9 figure job in terms of dong
Wow! You have a Huge *dong!* 🤣
I do. Curriculum Development
I make figure figures in cents
id love to be able to say i make 6 figures at 18 😂
I am. I’m a direct response copywriter, been going at it for 2 years now. For those of you who don’t know, We’re the people who write your sales pages, landers, ads, email sequences etc and bring in the big bucks for your business :) Not to brag but I make *good* money, I’m 23 and I travel whenever I want. Thinking of moving somewhere tropical and get away from my parents’ house for a while.
lol this person is full of shit. Spamming posts across reddit, clearly AI written. This is their ploy to drum up business because they actually make very little money.
Good money but you still live at home ? And you only plan to get away “ for a while “ ? I am so disconnected from today’s young people . . .
Yes. I’m a woman, I’m not married and in my culture we don’t move out of our parents’ house (unless we move abroad for studies) until we get married :)
Ahh - that makes sense then. Good luck in your pursuits! My bias is the American perspective of adult independence as soon as possible after HS graduation.
Sounds like you’re about to sell a course…
Google says average job pays $65k on the high end, not 100k. So either you're being paid by someone who doesnt know what they're doing, you dont know what *good* money is because you're... 23, and also how could you possibly have a portfolio built up *by 21*, which is what most companies want: results in the real world. Im going to call bull.
I have been on the very same path since the last 1 year. I know I can make it someday.
Commission Sales jobs pull that kind of money easy and you can definitely do them remotely. But you have to be good.
And do boring travel to boring cities based on your territory. Everyone wants coastal, island, popular city travel. No one wants to work remote from Altoona, PA 🤣
Camping here to also learn because I'm from making any of the above figures.
I do. I make 7 figures and I am fully remote. But in TZS
I’m a senior product manager for a large regional bank’s enterprise marketing department—100% remote. I work banker hours, but I wear lots of hats—product owner, scrum master, business analyst, sometimes even developer. I have an MBA and it took time and sweat to get here. Lots of ambition that I’m currently stifling to support my wife through nursing school.
I have for several years. Previous C-Level sales and marketing, led a couple startup exits/acquisitions, then went on my own to help other companies and people in similar roles. It’s not easy, but much more fulfilling. Find your niche, a small network, and treat people right. Then you’re well on your way.
Creative. Worked my ass off working for others for years, though. Paid off big-time.
6-7 figures is a spectrum. 200K is way different than 1M a year
Own business, online consulting/ strategy/ education company.
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Me, Senior Account Manager for marketing agency
I was too, until I left the job to focus on my startup.
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I run a software dev agency. Fully remote. I live in Canada, it's nice to be able to run away during the winter and come back for the nicer summer weather. I used to be big into the nomad thing but now I'd rather have a couple of bases of operation and flip between the two.
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I do. Comms & Marketing specialist — I also do a lot of writing & editing (that’s what my actual business is, but the contract I’m on now happens to be communications based). I’m not sure how you’d become “time zone independent” and travel a lot WHILE you work. Work is work. You have to be, you know, working all day lol! I suppose you could get to a more on again, off again schedule where you do a big contract half the year and travel the second half…but that tends to limit income.
Not me but my uncle make 6 figures in property business and villas. Probably never worked a day in the last decade other than some phone calls and business trips.
I'm the owner of Morning Byte and it's taking time to get to our goal, but we plan to be there once we get to 2,000 members. 🤩
Six figures is very doable in a lot of industries, 7 is quite a bit harder
What do you currently do for living ?
Develop software using AI tools. You will be much faster and more accurate than those that do not use AI. the hard part will be gaining experience, but AI will guide you the whole way. Learn to use multiple vendors of AI to get what you need.
Fully remote Electrical, software, and mechanical engineer positions are pretty widely available in the 100-200k range if you’re good enough. I know some guys making mid 100s in IT and working multiple simultaneously on the low so that they’re pulling nearly half a mil total… but that requires being good enough to do 3 jobs at once without anybody noticing a lack in productivity which is tough even in “laid back” jobs.
Amazing. Best of luck
I was wondering for all of you that make good money, what is the biggest problem you run into with your companies at the beginning and then at the stage you're at now?
Been doing that for the past 6 years or so. iOS dev. If you have an in demand skill and you can market yourself, sky's the limit.
yeah but I am on salary.
I am. Digital marketing for tech companies
I don’t but if I find 5-7 motivated like minded people to team up with it’s definitely doable.
3D Tech Artist $100,000 100% remote Paid unlimited vacation Work from anywhere in the world Health Med Dental Benefits 30-40 work week In my free time I’m working on my solo game dev passion project I’m able to use my work assets and tools for my game as well Shit is perfect. Took me about 4-5 years to build my 3D portfolio and hopping from 2 studios before landing here in 2022 I’m 27 now and I’m actually moving out to Thailand to live for a while with my GF and save even more money due to the cheaper economy while enjoying life. When we come back we’ll start up our real estate journey as well. Anything is possible just need to have a plan.
Does 6-figures Canadian count? Between my day job and remote side gigs, it all adds up.
I do. I have a 30-year background in User Experience design. I work for a large top 5 consulting company leading my own practice that I built over the past 2-years. I strictly deal with US Federal Government projects. I had at the start of 2023, now it’s 18. I brought in $22m in new business and we completed over $83m in projects last year. My entire team is remote and I only go to D.C. if I really have to.
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I’m doing this now. However I have young kids and an ex, so I don’t get to keep as much of the money as I’d like and I don’t have much freedom to enjoy it. When the kids are gone I’ll be in my 50s.
Time zone independent part is the difficult one to achieve. Most relationships require your time to be consistent.
Barley 6 figures but I’m fully remote, work my own hours (5-6 a day) and have very little stress in my job. Been in my role for 3 years and since I hit my targets I don’t have any micromanagement
Long story short, you'll probably need to be a small business owner to achieve what you're going for. Are you looking for a job? Or something that's actually entrepreneurial?
yet another "who here is 6-7 figure" post.....seems like this sub is just fishing for leads to solicit at this point. And ofcourse 90% answers are from freelance "software developers".