I want to work remotely. Where to begin?

Question

Freelance

The end of the university is approaching (special: "software of computer technology and automated systems"). I want to find a permanent job remotely (I'm interested in C++, C# Python, etc.). Just not the Web! What do you need to do to show yourself from the most favorable side? Need to build a portfolio?

Possible options:
1. participation in open-source projects;
2. start your project(s);
3. registration of individual entrepreneurs and job search at various labor exchanges; *
4. Participation in various competitions, etc.

* - this option worries me about possible problems: difficulties with registration, checks, fines and other troubles. Perhaps I'm exaggerating.

I would like to find a remote job with the conclusion of an employment contract (without registering an individual entrepreneur).

Share your experience, please.

Answer 1

For starters, I think it’s worth picking up a portfolio on freelance. A few decent jobs to do.
If you like it, then you can continue to freelance, in principle, you can do without an individual entrepreneur, but large customers disappear.
Alternatively, you can recruit a team of freelancers, register an individual entrepreneur and work as an office.

Answer 2

Start by buying a Mac Book Pro with a Retina display and a good chair like the Aeron, better on credit. Very inspiring and motivating.

Answer 3

I recommend not working remotely for a start, gain experience, and then think about remote work.

Answer 4

Participation in large open source projects is always a worthy step, which is not a shame to show in the portfolio. Also, if the project is really large, then it will be team work, and work with foreigners, and planning.
Come, for example, to us at ScummVM if you are interested in games and C++. Several members of our project, thanks to their experience in it, today work in large near-game and not so companies. Details in a personal.

Answer 5

There is always work to start at free-lance.ru.
Portfolio and reviews are not required, although it all depends on you and your skills.
For example, I have been freelancing for only a year (you can say a beginner), but before that I worked as a sales manager.
So, I came to freelance.ru, immediately bought a pro account (about $20), which gives access to a larger number of orders per day.
I found orders that were interesting to me, about which I have something to say, and wrote a unique commercial offer for each (I sometimes wrote 10-20 rather voluminous texts a week).
Some of the customers responded. Some of those who responded made an order.
What I was not ready for was the fact that there would be more orders than I could fulfill. I had to leave freelance.ru after 2-3 months.
I don’t have a portfolio yet (I’m not a designer, why should I put the code there? I wrote mostly all sorts of things for internal use, I can’t even show it). But there are regular customers.
In short… The most important thing is to choose Clients for yourself (for me, this is a small business and private traders not from the IT sector, for example), and then make sure that you can take a job. If not, change the target group of Clients, undergo training or find an assistant manager.
And the IP ... I just opened it a month ago. Because one of the regular Customers can no longer pay in cash.

Answer 6

You need a portfolio, without it people don't really trust. I recommend going through forums, freelance sites, and see what desktop applications are in demand. Write a software (even better than one) and put it in public for a small price. And then, if buyers are satisfied with everything, customers will find you themselves, and permanent ones may also appear. The main thing is to find a sought-after area. Good luck in your endeavors!

Answer 7

You can also look for vacancies on specific sites =) They also say it helps.