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Jacob Schaefer
Jacob Schaefer
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Posted by Jacob Schaefer
Jacob Schaefer
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Stay-at home dad looking for advice on entry-level remote work.

I'm a stay-at-home dad trying to get whatever education I can from Treehouse, and a few other online schools. My biggest challenge is time. Balancing time between taking care of my kids, cleaning, and working on my 'homework' is a tricky thing. For me, this makes skill retention difficult. I'm trying to build a portfolio website with what I've learned so far, but I fear that my skills are far below what will be needed for an entry-level job, let alone a remote one.

Has anyone in a similar situation found remote entry-level work? What are some of the ways you make the best use of your time? And what are the most important skills I should focus on developing?

Thank you.

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craigbennettii
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craigbennettii
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http://careers.stackoverflow.com/

Jacob Schaefer
Jacob Schaefer
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Jacob Schaefer
Jacob Schaefer
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Thank you. I'll check it out.

craigbennettii
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craigbennettii
craigbennettii
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No problem, and good luck. Just remember to hit the remote button on the location.

Keep in mind, there is a few jobs in there that are part time remote. Just make sure you are up front with all the places you want a fully remote spot, and you will not move on this.

Oddly enough, you will find most normal coding jobs are remote. But the team head jobs aren't. If you find this, you may not want to work there since there is no reason to have the team head to be at a given place when everyone else is 100% remote.

Jacob Schaefer
Jacob Schaefer
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Jacob Schaefer
Jacob Schaefer
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Thanks again! What are some good search keywords? I'm having difficulty finding anything that doesn't require full-stack experience or back-end mastery.

craigbennettii
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craigbennettii
craigbennettii
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Search for platforms. Depending on the platform, you're going to see a lot of a little of that.

Keep in mind, there is no harm in putting in for those jobs. Most of them want that, but you can only hire what you get. (There is a ton of people who has gotten jobs because of this.)

One thing you will need on ALL jobs is an active github profile. I'm not sure what companies think of this site. If you don't have a github profile, or it's not really being used that much. Then you're most likely not going to get hired.

Bruce McMinn
Bruce McMinn
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Bruce McMinn
Bruce McMinn
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Hey Jacob, same situation here. I have a 2.5 year old and I've been studying code a little longer. Let me tell you, I haven't made much progress! And we're planning on having another. But my little girl is going to start going to preschool a few hours a week and I'm looking forward to those hours.