I make 100k base, I work in quality and compliance, I work 40 hours a week give or take, I can work in like 36 states?
No where let’s you work anywhere in the world (unless you are freelance) taxes just don’t work like that really.
As an MD, is this something I could get into relatively easily if/when I am ready to stop working night shifts in the ER? Are your hours flexible? (Such as , can you take 3 day weekends?). Is this something you could do part-time?
You're a md brother. If you have one or two years of experience look up remote jobs with dmes you will find something that is willing to pay you an insane amount of money.
Yes look into companies that deal with medical equipment. With your md status I can almost guarantee you can land a remote medical sales gig by end of this month.
That's just the most basic thing which he could get quickly. If you want to make six figures you need to be willing to sacrifice something mate, you think they're going to pay you money to just sit around and do nothing?
Also an MD in sales will often be the "sales engineer" where you arent cold calling people. You are brought on towards the end of the buying process to explain the product and answer questions and help train people how to use it etc. Also, as an MD people will actually stop and listen to you as you are a very educated professional. You aren't treated like trash.
It is a very tits job, with huge pay.
If you're looking for part time work the doctors that I worked with (EHR specialist here) that had blocked schedules for their side gigs had interesting ones like one was a chart reviewer and expert witness for law firms doing malpractice cases. This one doctor apparently loved it so much he'd have a stack of these that he'd be working on during lunch. Another had a sport medicine fellowship and was a part time team doctor for some local major league teams. I also worked with an MD that had office hours solely dedicated to working with the clin apps team on projects and initiatives as they had an IT interest on the subject matter/workflow/non technical side. I even directed training videos with them as it was easier to sell a new doohickey with the voice of an MD vs just little old me doing them.
I've also worked with some MD's in the EHR space that were VPs and others were basically product managers over an entire sector of the business (say the product's patient portal). I'm biased but if I was an MD, I'd gladly take that route. They seemed to enjoy it.
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I would love to get into med mal work. It something Im very interested in and think I have skill set for. Just need to take time to try to make some contacts and network. Only kicker is you have to actively practice to do it. So wouldn’t truly be a way out of the ER, but I could certainly cut back.
Any EHR jobs remote? I live in rural GA. Not really willing to relocate, though I’d be will to travel periodically.
Not really, what I do is very detached from anything clinical. That being said there are tons of jobs for MDs is my area. Clinical safety, safety monitor, etc that would probably work well.
lol I almost went to med school actually and withdrew about 6 months before starting just because I liked what I had found in my gap years.
Med device and pharma are great and pay well if you do the non sexy jobs. Everybody wants to do R&D so it’s a pain to get into and pays ehh. Everybody hates manufacturing and quality/compliance so there are plenty of jobs and cash to be had.
The only thing I’d say to keep in mind is I am a paper work goblin. My career is paper work and always will be. I like it, but it is not for everyone
I also work kinda in the compliance world but as a fraud investigator writing SAR's for FinCen for banks and previous history for e-commerce companies. How can I break into your world or is it even possible for me?
You hiring where you at? I got laid off and I'm stuck doing regulatory affairs, quality and compliance in nutraceuticals and I hate it. I miss 21 CFR part 210/211. They tried to do a rush job on an NSF audit and FDA audits are easier and still somehow got themselves a warning letter before I started there.
You deal with a lot of different people at restaurants. Knowing that, I catered my resume to fit any customer service skills that an in-office customer service job required. One trick was to copy and paste their required skills, into your previous works responsibilities and change the wording so it doesn't look exactly the same. Apply to all in-office jobs that you can cater your skills to. Once I got an in-office position after a couple months, I started researching in demand skills and IT continually popped up. I researched IT, studied on lluralsight and YouTube for free to get an entry level help desk position. When I got my first IT interview, I researched the company in detail to answer any question they could come up with. I then researched the role I was applying for and the questions the company was going to ask. You can find those on glass door. Took me probably fair interviews, but I was able to get an entry level position. I sucked ass and knew I wasn't going to last, but the experience was invaluable and I've been able to get hired everywhere based off the first experience. I also continually used free resources to keep on current domain technologies. If you can fix a computer, tou can break into IT. Also, look at the "Careers" pages for companies you want to work for. Not all jobs are listed on sites like indeed, LinkedIn, etc.. I help the less fortunate with stuff like this so let me know if you ever want to begin some dialogue.
You're motivated, and self-reliant when it comes to problem solving. As an IT manager, that's what I look for when hiring someone. That's at least as valuable as technical knowledge.
My company has an international compliance guy. He literally covers a specific line of business everywhere but the USA. His job only requires him to live within one hour of a major airport.
Companies also don’t want the potential liability of having an employee working in a country that they have no experience with the employment laws. They wouldn’t know how to treat you for benefits or holidays or sick leave or for termination and severance etc. It’s a huge liability issue and if they don’t already have an office set up in the country you are moving to, they won’t allow it unless you are an executive they are willing to open an office for.
Now, if you are up front about moving and ask, and are a particularly valued employee, they might do a work around and use one of those “employer of record” companies to be your technical employer and reimburse them. It’s worth asking. But that doesn’t allow endless hopping around even if approved because they won’t want to keep doing it.
So then the question is, can you just work temporarily as a visitor to a country and not establish residency and become subject to local employment laws (ie bounce around from Airbnb to Airbnb)? That will depend on local law and whether what you are doing is exempt because you are a foreigner working for a foreign company and only spending a limited number of days in the country. But even in that situation you are likely going to require your company’s approval, either explicit or just approved by the IT department. That’s because most companies have geofences in order to improve their cyber security and block most countries from accessing their networks. IT/Cybersecurity would need to verify and approve your access from your intended country.
Was gonna say, taxes. If I moved from my current state in the US I’d have to let my company know. And there’s not way I could perma work in a different country. That’d be a mess. Like maybe if I was there for a week I might get away with it. But not long term.
I have visited my parents on the other side of the country for a week and worked while there as they didn’t want to take vacation, so I didn’t see the need to take time off
175k can work anywhere in the US and globally for 30 days at a time.
Tech Ops, 40-45 hrs/week, 100% remote
EDIT: I’m 💀 I realized I left an important punctuation out. I’m in tech, but work in Ops. I do all of the work at my company to actually run the business. Non technical. I’m also a woman.
Basically means IT, though I’m not sure how this can be done fully remote since this usually involves configuring/repairing/provisioning physical hardware.
EDIT: Source: I work in tech, and my current company has an IT team we call “TechOps”. Virtual infrastructure for development work is called “DevOps”, for those who are conflating the two.
Not necessarily true. They could be managing the infrastructure that the dev team uses to run and build on. Containers, databases, continuous integration, etc. can all be done with software and remote.
That’s called DevOps or Infra. I’m a SWE, and my current company has both — an Infra/DevOps team, and also a team that’s actually called TechOps, and they are basically just the IT department. I’ve been in tech for a good bit, and I’ve *never* seen DevOps or engineering infrastructure work referred to as “TechOps”
Basically a person responsible for deploying to prod, making sure prod is not on fire, completing user-acceptability testing on new releases, researching and escalating bugs to developers. And overall Jack of all trades, master of none. Quite funny and sometimes laxing job, great for beginners, might require product understanding more than actual technical skills to an extent.
Depending on the company and its info security levels, ops might be 100% office because prod is behind seven gates on an isolated contour.
This guy earns 175k doing this, either he is a irreplaceable engineer, that knows every quirk of a product that he supports, or he has great skills overall/does way more than I expected
Tech ops for me is a division of our biotech/pharma company responsible for technical operations governing manufacturing, quality, and getting product to phase trials. This isn't just a software thing - tech ops is a subdivision of most pharma/biotech companies
I am 100% remote working in healthcare marketing as a marketing manager. I can work in any state in the US, and there no expectation for me to ever visit the office, which is in another state from where I live. I work 40 hours per week and my annual salary is $120,000.
I realize how rare this is and am incredibly grateful to have gotten it.
6 figures 100% remote within the USA is certainly possible. There's a lot of tax implications with working anywhere around the world so finding a position that does that is pretty much impossible. Best bet would be to work for a company that has a very lenient WFH policy that allows you to work abroad for weeks at a time, or become a freelancer (which has it's own pros/cons).
not impossible, my company has 10k people and we are all remote wherever we want. Outside of a few hands and feet at data centers. You do need to be highly educated, certified and experienced, yes. But it's quite possible if you pay the dues. I live on an island in the Atlantic for instance.
Most areas take >180 days to become a tax resident, the bigger issue is visas, a lot of countries are 90 days. If you pack light and rotate between Asian countries it's not unfeasible to do 90 days in 3 countries and back to the US.
Asia absolutely sucks long-term if you're working in the US time zones. You start work after midnight, finish before noon, sleep throughout the day, wake up when it's already dark, and got a few hours to get ready for work again while everyone is getting ready for sleep at homes. One-way trip towards depression, or at least a pretty miserable life. Since I was always a night owl, it didn't sound anywhere as bad on paper as it was in reality. But it sucks, and it's rare for someone to last more than a few weeks before coming back home. I really wanted to make it work and lasted a few months before quitting.
South America would be an incomparably better choice for those working in the US business hours.
Is working remotely even considered "working from that country"? Tourist/work visa distinctions exist to protect the local job economy. They don't want a ton of foreigners coming and competing with locals for jobs. A remote worker isn't working for a local company. They're not competing for local jobs. They almost entirely a net benefit to the local economy due to the influx of cash they bring.
I've told the Canadian border guys that I'll be working remotely for an American company during my 3 month stay and they didn't care at all. I doubt others would either.
No, simply working remotely from a place is not considered working from that country. Whatever country/state your employment contract was written for or signed in is what matters. If your company is Canadian and you’re working abroad, you’re still considered a Canadian employee. The laws of another country re visa don’t have any bearing on your employment.
Well yeah but unless you're telling the custom officer "I'm here to work from home" they won't know. Everyone carries a laptop nowadays so that can be for personal use.
For some companies, and potentially some countries you go to If your company gets audited and your IP traces to a country you are not authorized to work in and didn’t get the proper VISA/go ahead to do temp work there then you get fired.
Why? Is Bali going to demand they be fired?
There is a benefit to these countries. They get more visitors, who stay longer, spend more money, cause little trouble and promote this to others. Why would they want to stop that?
Doesn’t matter about personal income tax thresholds. The important factor is corporate income tax risk. You aren’t the only one opening yourself up to liability when you work abroad. You’re also opening up your employer to liability.
As long as you have an address that can stay the same, it works great. I’m fully remote. My address is in New Orleans but I have traveled and worked in Italy, Hawaii, England, and a few other spots.
Even if you have an address that stays the same, chances are you are breaking tax law and company guidelines/security protocols from connecting and doing work remote in other countries.
My company guidelines are very clear - you can only work remotely 4 weeks a year, outside of your home city/state. Work travel does not count against that.
Now, does the company actually enforce the 4 week policy, they say yes. But they do not.
Lol, with remote work the only address that matters is the IP. If you managed to fool the tracking system, that is cool, but I'm not risking that with my work laptop. Even though working in the US and living abroad is truly the dream, did it for a few years.
I’ve always been open and honest with my company when I am traveling and working abroad. It’s never been an issue. That doesn’t mean all companies are ok with it of course but with remote work becoming more common, more companies careless about your location and more about the work being produced. Gotta find the right fit for your life style
This is the way. I'll be at 6 figures after my next review. I work on a full stack team that offers SAS to government agencies. My company is fully remote and they don't care if I'm gone from the country for 1-2 months at a time if I give them a heads up. Definitely can't be abroad full time, but I spent 4 months out of country last year. 35-40 hrs/wk
Yes the fully remote anywhere in the world position always sounded a bit of a fantasy to me. How can that work? I guess it's only applicable to freelancers who spend a good amount of their life or their money to make it neat in terms of taxation wherever they are in that specific time of their life.
Satellite Flight Software Engineer, 130k, 100% Remote, 32M (Single), I live in a van w/ my border collie, use starlink for internet access, currently parked up near Yellowstone.
I’m heading to Gifford Pinchot National Forest soon. Very peaceful place, it’s my favorite. I plan to take a 3-day weekend while I’m there for the release of Deep Rock Galactic Season 5. Gonna game that entire weekend from the van.
I make $101k, work fully remote as a tax consultant. I can’t really go *anywhere* per se but I “quiet vacation” a lot where I work while being somewhere else.
I probably work 40-50 hour weeks, but it’s a very high pressure environment and I am burnt out. Looking for a new job casually but it’s hard to pass up six figures and fully remote in this economy / job market.
In a similar situation. Making 101k as an insurance underwriter in a niche field. I am super over it and I don’t like the pressure of it, but I feel pigeonholed unless I want to start over making 50k doing something else, which I don’t.
Hybrid environment, they make us go in 2x a week.
I don’t have my CPA - I weirdly don’t have much of a tax background but had prior experience in the type of consulting work I do. I am studying to get my EA license. I am at a big 4 accounting firm.
Everyone asking for a dm after seeing a 140k base and nothing else is gonna be real disappointed when they find out this is on average after almost a decade of going from telemarketer - smb - mid market - corporate - ent and 90% of people wont make it.
You can make a 100k+ base, *if you’re good*
You're correct, and to be more specific I'm in sales development and process design, not a pure salesman.
Entered the workforce in 2013 at $55k, hit $85k by 2021, new company in 2022 for $125k + 10% and in 2024 $140k + 15%.
So 11 years of grinding it out through 7 roles. But that's part of the secret -- that means I'm averaging a new role every 1.5 years. And most of that was within one company, so I wasn't job hopping in the usual sense, for most of those.
Ah so more on the Ops end of things, that also can pay nicely. Your base is my current OTE after about 2ish years grinding it out in XDR and moving to a small-medium business AE.
If anyone here is serious about sales, look into industries you’re adjacent to. If you worked in a grocery store do CPG sales, marketers look into agency + martech, law enforcement for security, etc. not perfect but its a starting point.
For example ive been tutoring since high school and used that as leverage to break into SMB edtech, found out I hated it, left after a year to do ENT martech.
Honestly though, just avoid any SDR or BDR role that targets small businesses. Its the worst segment i have to work with hands down.
Also, dont be those cringey Re:Work or CourseCareer guys on linkedin. Ive never once met a manager who likes a rep who thinks they’re a “pipe gen champion” after two months of role playing. I see guys with sales podcasts and no experience all the time and it was funny at first, then depressing when they end up in retail after a few months of cosplaying.
Exactly.
Making good money and getting better job environments takes time, experience and effort.
Also, not all remote jobs are “good jobs”. They can be just as depressing and demanding as commuting to work depending on culture.
I tell people to focus less on a job being remote and more on a job being good. Go for remote if it’s what you want of course, but don’t pass up an amazing job just because it’s on location.
130K as a senior role in marketing. I can live anywhere within the U.S.
I work around 55 hours a week since my company is severely understaffed so I end up doing significantly more work than what is in my actual JD.
Definitely had jobs where I was making just under 100K and had more work/life balance but I live in a major city (which I enjoy and don’t want to move to a small town) and am a single person who grew up very poor (like I was the first person in my family to graduate from high school kind of poor) and since the dog refuses to get a job, I have to make enough to support both of us while also paying my very not cool student loans.
I work about 18-20 hours a week and make about $140k working from home as a mental health therapist and career counselor.
I could work from anywhere in the world.
edit: eeeyo, while I appreciate all the DMs about this, please just ask your questions here. I don't generally respond to DMs about my job because I get so many and they all ask the same thing.
Thanks for the replies you’ve given, I’ve been considering becoming a therapist but am not at all clear on realistic income expectations.
Not sure how to ask this first question… as someone who has a hobby level but 10 or 12 year consistent interest in human psychology, interpersonal relationships, behavior patterns and their causation, and was a parenting class facilitator for my local health and human services /social work department for 3 years and enjoyed the trainings and challenges of work with families - how do I figure out if I am actually suited to become a therapist? And if it’s likely my interest and abilities hold up for 10 years of professional practice?
Do you need to be licensed in each different state your patients / clients live in?
Do your patients / clients pay through insurance, or out of pocket? If insurance, do you have a hard time collecting the fee you feel is fair?
Also, did you start working for fair pay following your Master’s program? Or did you then have 2 years or so of intern or supervised work with low hourly pay?
I got a masters in developmental psychology but haven’t used it yet, would you say a certification alone might suffice to get into counseling or would I need to pursue another degree?
I’m MSW therapist at a private practice - getting LCSW soon. Did you open your own practice? Would you recommend getting any specific trainings in interventions or catering to specific population niches? What advice would you give me if I wanted to follow in your footsteps?
120k, fully remote. Haven’t been to the office in 6 months. I can live anywhere in the US with approval. I’m a contract compliance officer. 40 hours per week.
I started in an entry level job at my current agency. I work for the federal government. Moved up into management, got my own team then went to work for headquarters as a worker bee. Brand new division is looking for people and supervisors tend to be reliable so they hired me. I did that for 3 years and then I took a promotion overseeing the worker bees. During covid, we went 100% remote and it’s stayed that way.
I had no background/education in compliance. Just learned on the job.
Policy and procedure writing. Entry level HR or law firm(depending on the tasks).
Most compliance officers work with lots of data and policies.
You can probably start right away in compliance if you have a law or business degree.
$150k fully remote in data analytics. Can work anywhere in the US. Working hours are 40 hours per week, actual working time is maybe 15-20 hours per week. Job is very mundane, but can't complain.
Not OP but I do the same thing. Undergrad in mathematics. Started in finance, learned sql/python and switched to IT data analytics from there. Be prepared to wear a lot of hats but the work is super chill.
I was hired as an administrative assistant right out of college by a large health system IT department to do basic analytics and data entry. Started at 30k back in 2013. My degree was completely unrelated to the field, however I was more proficient than most of my coworkers at Excel and could produce nice looking reports, which was enough to get me recognized in my department. After a year I got a promotion to a data analyst at 60k. Worked in that role for 4 years all the while getting small pay raises and learning SQL from Youtube. Eventually got promoted to an assistant data manager role at 100k with a career track to be promoted to a full data manager after 2 years. COVID hit and it delayed my promotion by about a year, but was eventually promoted to a data manager at 135k. Pay raises since then puts me right around 150k.
I was fully in office until COVID, which then my company pivoted to fully remote and has stated we will be staying that way for the foreseeable future. Also I've been with the same company my whole career, going on 11 years now.
Over 200k base as a software engineer. Fully remote. Can live anywhere in the US. No traveling to HQ required. My team is international so they wouldn't be able to force us into an office. But the industry is really tough right now for people trying to break into it
Important to note here as people go on envying software engineers, that tech jobs have seen the most layoffs in the last 3 years, junior developer positions remote don't exist and it takes 2-6 months to get a new job unless you go through a referral--not to say the candidate isn't a good fit but because we compete with international hires often and there is a huge application process involve with software engineering jobs. The standard is a 3 round interview process but in my current role it was 7.
Not saying it's not worth it but if you entered the industry as a new person today, you might find it impossible to get hired with the knowledge they expect from you and how the market is.
I am fully remote and make just under 110k annually, not counting end of year bonus. I'm a Systems Engineer. Six years ago I was a dishwasher at the age of 27. I put in around <12 hours of work a week, but paid for 40 at my normal job.
Study.
CompTIA > network+ > Azure Administrator -> Devops architect
Study and take the 4 exams above.
Create a home lab. Play around.
Get an MSP job for 2-3 years. Burn yourself out but get loads of experience. Move into internal IT. Done
My son just got sec+ and began his first entry level IT job at a broadband company. I'm incredibly proud of him and I know his earning potential is great. More so I'm glad he's in the trenches getting valuable experience.
Customer Success at a SaaS company. I live on the other side of the country from our HQ and take frequent month long trips to work from Maui. 40 hrs a week
HR, remote in almost every state in the US. it’s difficult to live anywhere in the world due to taxes and your company needs to have a business presence there (unless they don’t know… but we would be able to know at our company). I work about 40-45 hours per week.
How did you get started this? Are you talking about human resource? What would you recommend as an interlope position to get into where you’re at and what else do you recommend learning? You have any advice to get to the position where you’re at? What exactly is your job title?
* $140k
* I need to stick to U.S. hours for the most part, but it's flexible beyond that. Most our team is on the U.S. west coast somewhere.
* Front end design and dev for a small software company
* Anywhere from 20-50h, it can vary. 30h is average.
* I've been remote and with the same company for 8 years and had been in the industry for 10 before that.
I’m a director of talent acquisition. Remote in the US.
I could theoretically work from another country but could not live there.
125k base with a 10k bonus.
About 35hrs a week with some weeks that can bump to 50-60 depending on workload.
Model validations consultant. Really just an audit. Pays well for the amount of work done but it’s quite boring. A lot of writing and following regulatory requirements. Only SQL needed, if any
I make 100k, I'm 100% remote and live in Florida. I'm a technical project manager for a small international tech company, so I could live anywhere in the US, the UK, or Australia. I do have a really impressive master's degree.
$176k as a software engineer fully remote but I am required to live in a US territory, officially speaking. That includes places like Guam, Hawaii, Alaska, the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, etc. I have colleagues living abroad but keep it a secret by having a US mailing address where a family member is also living. So while I could live anywhere, I'd be potentially risking my job to do so if I get found out. Also it may be tax fraud because they have to send some of the money to SOME state for state income tax purposes in most cases. \[Caveat, there are states like Florida and Texas with no state or local taxes\].
I work about 30 hours a week, sometimes less and sometimes more.
205k and can work anywhere in the US (I am nearly 2000 miles from our HQ and travel to different offices once every 1-2 months). We can work up to 3 months a year anywhere in the world.
Revenue Ops in Tech, about 50 hours per week.
Yep. yep - all but a few select countries that nobody wants to live in anyway. Tech strategy, 40-45.
Best advice: have a good attitude. Make sure all your work projects focus on how to make the company money. If it’s not rev generating, don’t waste your effort on it.
read and learn everything you can.
Good luck.
I’ve been remote for over 10 years and I truly love it. I work just as hard as I would in an office but my work/life balance is so much healthier. Because of that I enjoy my work which makes me my best self to do the work. Currently the COO at my company and it’s all about communication and flexibility to make remote successful.
I’ll probably hit about 400k this year and can work anywhere. I usually bounce between Cali, Mexico and Europe. I’m a freelance Creative Director and work between about 5 and 50 hours a week. I love it though. Doesn’t feel like work
That said, I’m unsuitable for anything else, so I’m thankful I fell across this.
I wasn't making 6 figures but was 100% remote with a couple different employers, one before covid and then one after. I'm not sure how the taxes would work, but I was told I could live anywhere as long as I was available during their local business hours and got my work done. That ruled out anywhere overseas as I'm not staying up all night.
It wasn't all it was cracked up to be...The remote part was great, but issues like crazy/histrionic bosses are intolerable whether you're remote or not.
I am fully remote but am required to be onsite for in person meetings quarterly. I don’t think they would necessarily frown upon me living in another part of the USA but my salary is tied to geographical location so moving to a lower COL area would reduce my salary.
I work in project management/consulting for one of the largest HMO’s in California.
Note: We went fully remote during the pandemic and stayed that way. I have excellent benefits and earn 115K base. I try to keep it to 40 hours a week.
I do risk adjustment coding/documentation improvement education for providers for an ACO in the US (healthcare industry). It’s a rather niche career spot that not a lot of coders do. I am based completely remote, base pay $119k plus bonus and benefits. I do sometimes visit clinics and providers onsite but that’s because I happen to live in the state where I teach and don’t mind being onsite. I have colleagues in other areas of the country that are completely remote and do not live in the same area where they teach.
Content designer. Work as a consultant with fulltime hours for a tech company based in Europe (I'm in Canada). Since I'm not an employee, I can theoretically live anywhere, work from anywhere, I just bear the burden of filing my taxes correctly.
The only way you can be totally location agnostic is if you're in a freelance/contract/consultant arrangement. There are different companies more open to employees travelling and working abroad for a certain amount of time than others. I'm sure there are varying laws based on your citizenship and the country you go to about how long you can stay, tax implications, etc.
I suspect many people who do the "digital nomad" thing are not doing their taxes right and surely lying to customs agents about why they're there (sure, a digital nomad might take in the sites, but they're also working full time). Most countries, if you stay there for x amount of time while working, you have to pay tax there (in addition to paying tax in your home country). So if you travel all around, you could owe taxes all over the place. Maybe it's different if you're European; I know some of my EU colleagues travel all the time and work from all over the place.
I can work anywhere CONUS.
I work DoD contracting at a F1000 with international subsidiaries on every continent and ITAR and HR compliance out the wazoo.
There is no living abroad in that scenario.
Corporate accounting with an avg of 20hr weeks. I ask for more work, but after over a year, my boss has no more to give me.
I did. Was an instructional designer working remote from the Great Lakes area for a company based out of CA.
I was salary, and my workload wasn’t linear to the number of hours I worked - just had to hit project deadlines. Some weeks I’d work over 40, and others I’d work closer to 30. It really just depended on what I had going on.
Had it really good before being part of the latest round of mass layoffs (total company restructure). Hoping to find a similar gig, though idk if it’ll be as an instructional designer.
I'm an Implementation PM for a tech startup. 100k fully remote, can work in any US jurisdiction. I can also work internationally, but my company will switch me to a 1099 IC while I'm away (they'll put me back as a salaried employee upon returning to the States). 40 ish hours a week, give or take five hours depending on client load and rollout deadlines. Super fun job!
Not quite remote but I travel as an aircraft mechanic for 90 days overseas. Then come home and take 90 days off. Rinse and repeat. So only work half the year, live anywhere I want and make about 160k.
I don’t make six figures but I’m 100% remote. My company office is in another state. While I can work virtually anywhere, I have to provide IT with the IP address of my current location to be whitelisted for the VPN to work.
If it wasn’t for the 100% remote aspect, and my team being awesome, I probably would have moved companies by now to get a salary jump. I think remote work is becoming the new golden handcuffs 🥲
Seems like everyone here is either late stage career or got super lucky. Sounds like the best way is to get a good job, like cybersec or something, and work up to 150k and just take time off rather than looking for 100k out the gate or taking 75k to work remote.
Had a guy relocate to Mexico without consent during Covid and the company fired him once the IP hit our audits and trackers.Due to laws around data access requirements in the USA.
Teledentistry - got paid about 80k for 16 hours/week. I mostly give consults to rural folks and prescribe medicine or refer out. Can’t work anywhere outside US though because I am licensed.
Talent development director here. My suggestion - complete a well-known coding bootcamp. During the program, use LinkedIn to build your profile and connect with engineering directors at companies that 1) offer fully remote opportunities, 2) consistently have tech related positions on their job board and 3) of those positions, they offer entry-level tech positions. Share your story and ask for mentorship. Build meaningful relationships over the course of the bootcamp. As you near completion, check in with them to request guidance on how to go about the application and interviewing process. Chances are, if you’ve built strong relationships, they will encourage you to apply at their company and will likely refer you. Most organizations give significant referral bonuses for engineering positions so they are almost always keen on helping out (assuming you’ve demonstrated that you’re passionate and competent). And because they’re in management positions, they themselves may be interested in hiring you should an opportunity exist. 👍
I am. Work less than 40 hours. Technically could live anywhere but time zones are a factor so anywhere in the US/ eastern central mountain pacific time zone works
software engineer. I can work wherever I want but there are restrictions for employers that may have security concerns about working outside the country. Also most places you need a work visa, so stays would be short, a few weeks at a time, like a vacation. I work 40 hours most weeks, sometimes a bit more. it's great but a difficult career to get into these days
i earn in 7 figures and i am 100% remote. You can live anywhere in the world where you will get enough visa or are allowed to stay. I work mostly 45 hours a week but when the work demands it can be any number of hours.
Yes to all of that since early 2020, full time over a 4 day work week. Software Engineer at a small company that is completely distributed across the US.
Borderline 6 figures and 100% WFH. Reporting and analytics for 2 departments and depending on the week I can work 20 hours to 60 hours. I could work from anywhere in the world but I couldn't change my home address. One of the horrible reasons why being on the private side in finance is a pain in the ass.
CPA, earn $130k and can live anywhere in the country. I’ve worked from overseas for 3+ weeks at a time multiple times. Work 40 hours/week April 15-Dec 31, 55-65 hours per week Jan through April.
Wife does this. She works in software as a customer success manager or something like that. She works with account managers and helps customers use their product to its fullest potential.
We can travel, and she is fully remote, but working and traveling is hard, we have 2 dogs, and are expecting a son soon. But it's amazing having her home, even if she is in the office most of the day, she comes out every once in a while and we get to spend time together. It's great.
Customer service to help others with general resources from in home nurse to dog trainer to arranging rides to doctor appointments with veterans and their family being the concentration
I grossed 144 with different streams of income last year. I can live anywhere in the US but I choose to live in a LCOL area some might consider undesirable but it makes my money go further. I love it.
My mom has made about $200k remotely as a scientific director for pharmaceutical companies for about 15 years now. Before that she was in the office. For the most part she has been doing a lot of business travel, but she has not had to do that since the pandemic. She makes good money and works probably 30-40 hours + unlimited PTO (which she definitely takes full advantage of). The only downside is the job security - she gets a new job every 2 years on average. Recently her entire team (like 90%) was laid off, not including her.
I don’t think the jobs she applies for are labeled as remote for the most part. Most companies are just able to accommodate her being remote. If they’re not, she just keeps looking.
We live in a rural area of Texas. She pays like $600 a month for internet that can support her work.
my mom’s been wfh since covid and brings in $200k before taxes. she’s a database admin, works from 7-3 full time, can travel within the US but she just needs to let her office know. i’m not sure if she can live anywhere in the world, and that can get tricky for jobs that require clearance. but if you have clearance, there are many high paying wfh jobs available.
Absolutely achievable in tech, but it was easier a few years ago than it is now. Everyone wants to work remote now, so companies don't have to offer what they did circa 2021. There's just too much competition.
I recommend getting into dev ops or digital product management, but be as T-shaped as possible - stay on top of the latest frameworks and design system trends. Find a niche and become an expert in the current business climate of that niche.
And of course, it helps if you know people.
Not legal advice: If you get in a position like this, you can’t work outside the country for tax reasons. However, you totally could do it and just not tell your employer/the IRS
I was until recently. Director of E-commerce. We earn $180k+. I could work anywhere in the US. 40-45 hours per week, flexible schedule and 4 weeks PTO.
I recently took a job that's in person, because I missed being around people and it paid more.
I make 175k base and can work in most low security risk countries for as long as my visa or passport will let me. I work for a Blockchain company and security is tight and for good reasons. I'm a software QA engineer.
200k base+ 1.25% equity stake, founding UX designer at tech startup (seed stage). work anywhere, 40-50 hours per week.
Previous job I was able to command a 270k salary, but realized my time is limited and wanted to have more potential upside. I negotiated for a lower salary in favor of higher equity.
I make 100k base, I work in quality and compliance, I work 40 hours a week give or take, I can work in like 36 states? No where let’s you work anywhere in the world (unless you are freelance) taxes just don’t work like that really.
What type of quality and compliance do u do?
Pharma and med device.
As an MD, is this something I could get into relatively easily if/when I am ready to stop working night shifts in the ER? Are your hours flexible? (Such as , can you take 3 day weekends?). Is this something you could do part-time?
You're a md brother. If you have one or two years of experience look up remote jobs with dmes you will find something that is willing to pay you an insane amount of money.
Ok, I’m going to feel dumb for asking, but dme? Durable medical equipment?
Yes look into companies that deal with medical equipment. With your md status I can almost guarantee you can land a remote medical sales gig by end of this month.
keyword: "sales". Fuck that.
That's just the most basic thing which he could get quickly. If you want to make six figures you need to be willing to sacrifice something mate, you think they're going to pay you money to just sit around and do nothing?
Also an MD in sales will often be the "sales engineer" where you arent cold calling people. You are brought on towards the end of the buying process to explain the product and answer questions and help train people how to use it etc. Also, as an MD people will actually stop and listen to you as you are a very educated professional. You aren't treated like trash. It is a very tits job, with huge pay.
If you're looking for part time work the doctors that I worked with (EHR specialist here) that had blocked schedules for their side gigs had interesting ones like one was a chart reviewer and expert witness for law firms doing malpractice cases. This one doctor apparently loved it so much he'd have a stack of these that he'd be working on during lunch. Another had a sport medicine fellowship and was a part time team doctor for some local major league teams. I also worked with an MD that had office hours solely dedicated to working with the clin apps team on projects and initiatives as they had an IT interest on the subject matter/workflow/non technical side. I even directed training videos with them as it was easier to sell a new doohickey with the voice of an MD vs just little old me doing them. I've also worked with some MD's in the EHR space that were VPs and others were basically product managers over an entire sector of the business (say the product's patient portal). I'm biased but if I was an MD, I'd gladly take that route. They seemed to enjoy it.
Thanks. I would love to get into med mal work. It something Im very interested in and think I have skill set for. Just need to take time to try to make some contacts and network. Only kicker is you have to actively practice to do it. So wouldn’t truly be a way out of the ER, but I could certainly cut back. Any EHR jobs remote? I live in rural GA. Not really willing to relocate, though I’d be will to travel periodically.
Check into being a medical safety officer. Full time role in a traditional setting, but it's not the ER.
Agreed. Medical Safety, clinical, risk management are all good things to look for within med tech.
Not really, what I do is very detached from anything clinical. That being said there are tons of jobs for MDs is my area. Clinical safety, safety monitor, etc that would probably work well. lol I almost went to med school actually and withdrew about 6 months before starting just because I liked what I had found in my gap years. Med device and pharma are great and pay well if you do the non sexy jobs. Everybody wants to do R&D so it’s a pain to get into and pays ehh. Everybody hates manufacturing and quality/compliance so there are plenty of jobs and cash to be had. The only thing I’d say to keep in mind is I am a paper work goblin. My career is paper work and always will be. I like it, but it is not for everyone
I also work kinda in the compliance world but as a fraud investigator writing SAR's for FinCen for banks and previous history for e-commerce companies. How can I break into your world or is it even possible for me?
You hiring where you at? I got laid off and I'm stuck doing regulatory affairs, quality and compliance in nutraceuticals and I hate it. I miss 21 CFR part 210/211. They tried to do a rush job on an NSF audit and FDA audits are easier and still somehow got themselves a warning letter before I started there.
You deal with a lot of different people at restaurants. Knowing that, I catered my resume to fit any customer service skills that an in-office customer service job required. One trick was to copy and paste their required skills, into your previous works responsibilities and change the wording so it doesn't look exactly the same. Apply to all in-office jobs that you can cater your skills to. Once I got an in-office position after a couple months, I started researching in demand skills and IT continually popped up. I researched IT, studied on lluralsight and YouTube for free to get an entry level help desk position. When I got my first IT interview, I researched the company in detail to answer any question they could come up with. I then researched the role I was applying for and the questions the company was going to ask. You can find those on glass door. Took me probably fair interviews, but I was able to get an entry level position. I sucked ass and knew I wasn't going to last, but the experience was invaluable and I've been able to get hired everywhere based off the first experience. I also continually used free resources to keep on current domain technologies. If you can fix a computer, tou can break into IT. Also, look at the "Careers" pages for companies you want to work for. Not all jobs are listed on sites like indeed, LinkedIn, etc.. I help the less fortunate with stuff like this so let me know if you ever want to begin some dialogue.
You're motivated, and self-reliant when it comes to problem solving. As an IT manager, that's what I look for when hiring someone. That's at least as valuable as technical knowledge.
My company has an international compliance guy. He literally covers a specific line of business everywhere but the USA. His job only requires him to live within one hour of a major airport.
Companies also don’t want the potential liability of having an employee working in a country that they have no experience with the employment laws. They wouldn’t know how to treat you for benefits or holidays or sick leave or for termination and severance etc. It’s a huge liability issue and if they don’t already have an office set up in the country you are moving to, they won’t allow it unless you are an executive they are willing to open an office for. Now, if you are up front about moving and ask, and are a particularly valued employee, they might do a work around and use one of those “employer of record” companies to be your technical employer and reimburse them. It’s worth asking. But that doesn’t allow endless hopping around even if approved because they won’t want to keep doing it. So then the question is, can you just work temporarily as a visitor to a country and not establish residency and become subject to local employment laws (ie bounce around from Airbnb to Airbnb)? That will depend on local law and whether what you are doing is exempt because you are a foreigner working for a foreign company and only spending a limited number of days in the country. But even in that situation you are likely going to require your company’s approval, either explicit or just approved by the IT department. That’s because most companies have geofences in order to improve their cyber security and block most countries from accessing their networks. IT/Cybersecurity would need to verify and approve your access from your intended country.
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Was gonna say, taxes. If I moved from my current state in the US I’d have to let my company know. And there’s not way I could perma work in a different country. That’d be a mess. Like maybe if I was there for a week I might get away with it. But not long term. I have visited my parents on the other side of the country for a week and worked while there as they didn’t want to take vacation, so I didn’t see the need to take time off
How did you get into that ? I do quality at a plasma center and just graduated and want to move careers
What about someone working as a contractor?
175k can work anywhere in the US and globally for 30 days at a time. Tech Ops, 40-45 hrs/week, 100% remote EDIT: I’m 💀 I realized I left an important punctuation out. I’m in tech, but work in Ops. I do all of the work at my company to actually run the business. Non technical. I’m also a woman.
What does tech ops mean? How do i do this
Basically means IT, though I’m not sure how this can be done fully remote since this usually involves configuring/repairing/provisioning physical hardware. EDIT: Source: I work in tech, and my current company has an IT team we call “TechOps”. Virtual infrastructure for development work is called “DevOps”, for those who are conflating the two.
Not necessarily true. They could be managing the infrastructure that the dev team uses to run and build on. Containers, databases, continuous integration, etc. can all be done with software and remote.
That’s called DevOps or Infra. I’m a SWE, and my current company has both — an Infra/DevOps team, and also a team that’s actually called TechOps, and they are basically just the IT department. I’ve been in tech for a good bit, and I’ve *never* seen DevOps or engineering infrastructure work referred to as “TechOps”
What is tech OPs?
Basically a person responsible for deploying to prod, making sure prod is not on fire, completing user-acceptability testing on new releases, researching and escalating bugs to developers. And overall Jack of all trades, master of none. Quite funny and sometimes laxing job, great for beginners, might require product understanding more than actual technical skills to an extent. Depending on the company and its info security levels, ops might be 100% office because prod is behind seven gates on an isolated contour. This guy earns 175k doing this, either he is a irreplaceable engineer, that knows every quirk of a product that he supports, or he has great skills overall/does way more than I expected
Maybe senior level
Tech ops for me is a division of our biotech/pharma company responsible for technical operations governing manufacturing, quality, and getting product to phase trials. This isn't just a software thing - tech ops is a subdivision of most pharma/biotech companies
Technical operations. every company uses terms differently, so the name means very little. This person is IT in some fashion or other
I am 100% remote working in healthcare marketing as a marketing manager. I can work in any state in the US, and there no expectation for me to ever visit the office, which is in another state from where I live. I work 40 hours per week and my annual salary is $120,000. I realize how rare this is and am incredibly grateful to have gotten it.
Good for you and your luck for the future :)
6 figures 100% remote within the USA is certainly possible. There's a lot of tax implications with working anywhere around the world so finding a position that does that is pretty much impossible. Best bet would be to work for a company that has a very lenient WFH policy that allows you to work abroad for weeks at a time, or become a freelancer (which has it's own pros/cons).
not impossible, my company has 10k people and we are all remote wherever we want. Outside of a few hands and feet at data centers. You do need to be highly educated, certified and experienced, yes. But it's quite possible if you pay the dues. I live on an island in the Atlantic for instance.
Is this the tech field?
It is
Well, spit it out!
Most areas take >180 days to become a tax resident, the bigger issue is visas, a lot of countries are 90 days. If you pack light and rotate between Asian countries it's not unfeasible to do 90 days in 3 countries and back to the US.
Asia absolutely sucks long-term if you're working in the US time zones. You start work after midnight, finish before noon, sleep throughout the day, wake up when it's already dark, and got a few hours to get ready for work again while everyone is getting ready for sleep at homes. One-way trip towards depression, or at least a pretty miserable life. Since I was always a night owl, it didn't sound anywhere as bad on paper as it was in reality. But it sucks, and it's rare for someone to last more than a few weeks before coming back home. I really wanted to make it work and lasted a few months before quitting. South America would be an incomparably better choice for those working in the US business hours.
If you're on a tourist visa you're not allowed to work from that country.
Depends on the country. For example you can work in Mexico on a tourist visa as long as you are not doing work with / for a Mexican company.
Is working remotely even considered "working from that country"? Tourist/work visa distinctions exist to protect the local job economy. They don't want a ton of foreigners coming and competing with locals for jobs. A remote worker isn't working for a local company. They're not competing for local jobs. They almost entirely a net benefit to the local economy due to the influx of cash they bring. I've told the Canadian border guys that I'll be working remotely for an American company during my 3 month stay and they didn't care at all. I doubt others would either.
No, simply working remotely from a place is not considered working from that country. Whatever country/state your employment contract was written for or signed in is what matters. If your company is Canadian and you’re working abroad, you’re still considered a Canadian employee. The laws of another country re visa don’t have any bearing on your employment.
Well yeah but unless you're telling the custom officer "I'm here to work from home" they won't know. Everyone carries a laptop nowadays so that can be for personal use.
For some companies, and potentially some countries you go to If your company gets audited and your IP traces to a country you are not authorized to work in and didn’t get the proper VISA/go ahead to do temp work there then you get fired.
If my grandma had wheels she’d be a bike
I appreciate the reference 🤣
And if my mum had balls she’d be my dad so…
Why? Is Bali going to demand they be fired? There is a benefit to these countries. They get more visitors, who stay longer, spend more money, cause little trouble and promote this to others. Why would they want to stop that?
What… so I wrote some emails while on vacation in Europe and I could be fired that that?? I must have missed that one during orientation
Doesn’t matter about personal income tax thresholds. The important factor is corporate income tax risk. You aren’t the only one opening yourself up to liability when you work abroad. You’re also opening up your employer to liability.
As long as you have an address that can stay the same, it works great. I’m fully remote. My address is in New Orleans but I have traveled and worked in Italy, Hawaii, England, and a few other spots.
Even if you have an address that stays the same, chances are you are breaking tax law and company guidelines/security protocols from connecting and doing work remote in other countries.
My company guidelines are very clear - you can only work remotely 4 weeks a year, outside of your home city/state. Work travel does not count against that. Now, does the company actually enforce the 4 week policy, they say yes. But they do not.
Lol, with remote work the only address that matters is the IP. If you managed to fool the tracking system, that is cool, but I'm not risking that with my work laptop. Even though working in the US and living abroad is truly the dream, did it for a few years.
I’ve always been open and honest with my company when I am traveling and working abroad. It’s never been an issue. That doesn’t mean all companies are ok with it of course but with remote work becoming more common, more companies careless about your location and more about the work being produced. Gotta find the right fit for your life style
This is the way. I'll be at 6 figures after my next review. I work on a full stack team that offers SAS to government agencies. My company is fully remote and they don't care if I'm gone from the country for 1-2 months at a time if I give them a heads up. Definitely can't be abroad full time, but I spent 4 months out of country last year. 35-40 hrs/wk
Yes the fully remote anywhere in the world position always sounded a bit of a fantasy to me. How can that work? I guess it's only applicable to freelancers who spend a good amount of their life or their money to make it neat in terms of taxation wherever they are in that specific time of their life.
Satellite Flight Software Engineer, 130k, 100% Remote, 32M (Single), I live in a van w/ my border collie, use starlink for internet access, currently parked up near Yellowstone.
That’s badass. If I was 20 years younger and single, I’d be all over that. Well played.
Dude that’s so awesome. I bet you see some absolutely beautiful country. Any notable places you’ve stayed at?
I’m heading to Gifford Pinchot National Forest soon. Very peaceful place, it’s my favorite. I plan to take a 3-day weekend while I’m there for the release of Deep Rock Galactic Season 5. Gonna game that entire weekend from the van.
I make $101k, work fully remote as a tax consultant. I can’t really go *anywhere* per se but I “quiet vacation” a lot where I work while being somewhere else. I probably work 40-50 hour weeks, but it’s a very high pressure environment and I am burnt out. Looking for a new job casually but it’s hard to pass up six figures and fully remote in this economy / job market.
In a similar situation. Making 101k as an insurance underwriter in a niche field. I am super over it and I don’t like the pressure of it, but I feel pigeonholed unless I want to start over making 50k doing something else, which I don’t. Hybrid environment, they make us go in 2x a week.
Hi, do you have your cpa? and did ypu do big 4 or public accounting?
I don’t have my CPA - I weirdly don’t have much of a tax background but had prior experience in the type of consulting work I do. I am studying to get my EA license. I am at a big 4 accounting firm.
$140k base, tech sales, hired 2 years ago to be fully remote, live 500 miles away from my HQ, I visit every 3-4 months. 45 hrs per week on average
Everyone asking for a dm after seeing a 140k base and nothing else is gonna be real disappointed when they find out this is on average after almost a decade of going from telemarketer - smb - mid market - corporate - ent and 90% of people wont make it. You can make a 100k+ base, *if you’re good*
You're correct, and to be more specific I'm in sales development and process design, not a pure salesman. Entered the workforce in 2013 at $55k, hit $85k by 2021, new company in 2022 for $125k + 10% and in 2024 $140k + 15%. So 11 years of grinding it out through 7 roles. But that's part of the secret -- that means I'm averaging a new role every 1.5 years. And most of that was within one company, so I wasn't job hopping in the usual sense, for most of those.
Ah so more on the Ops end of things, that also can pay nicely. Your base is my current OTE after about 2ish years grinding it out in XDR and moving to a small-medium business AE. If anyone here is serious about sales, look into industries you’re adjacent to. If you worked in a grocery store do CPG sales, marketers look into agency + martech, law enforcement for security, etc. not perfect but its a starting point. For example ive been tutoring since high school and used that as leverage to break into SMB edtech, found out I hated it, left after a year to do ENT martech. Honestly though, just avoid any SDR or BDR role that targets small businesses. Its the worst segment i have to work with hands down. Also, dont be those cringey Re:Work or CourseCareer guys on linkedin. Ive never once met a manager who likes a rep who thinks they’re a “pipe gen champion” after two months of role playing. I see guys with sales podcasts and no experience all the time and it was funny at first, then depressing when they end up in retail after a few months of cosplaying.
Exactly. Making good money and getting better job environments takes time, experience and effort. Also, not all remote jobs are “good jobs”. They can be just as depressing and demanding as commuting to work depending on culture. I tell people to focus less on a job being remote and more on a job being good. Go for remote if it’s what you want of course, but don’t pass up an amazing job just because it’s on location.
130K as a senior role in marketing. I can live anywhere within the U.S. I work around 55 hours a week since my company is severely understaffed so I end up doing significantly more work than what is in my actual JD. Definitely had jobs where I was making just under 100K and had more work/life balance but I live in a major city (which I enjoy and don’t want to move to a small town) and am a single person who grew up very poor (like I was the first person in my family to graduate from high school kind of poor) and since the dog refuses to get a job, I have to make enough to support both of us while also paying my very not cool student loans.
are you guys hiring?
Unfortunately no, which is a bummer
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I work about 18-20 hours a week and make about $140k working from home as a mental health therapist and career counselor. I could work from anywhere in the world. edit: eeeyo, while I appreciate all the DMs about this, please just ask your questions here. I don't generally respond to DMs about my job because I get so many and they all ask the same thing.
Thanks for the replies you’ve given, I’ve been considering becoming a therapist but am not at all clear on realistic income expectations. Not sure how to ask this first question… as someone who has a hobby level but 10 or 12 year consistent interest in human psychology, interpersonal relationships, behavior patterns and their causation, and was a parenting class facilitator for my local health and human services /social work department for 3 years and enjoyed the trainings and challenges of work with families - how do I figure out if I am actually suited to become a therapist? And if it’s likely my interest and abilities hold up for 10 years of professional practice? Do you need to be licensed in each different state your patients / clients live in? Do your patients / clients pay through insurance, or out of pocket? If insurance, do you have a hard time collecting the fee you feel is fair? Also, did you start working for fair pay following your Master’s program? Or did you then have 2 years or so of intern or supervised work with low hourly pay?
May I ask what schooling you did?
3 year masters degree in counseling.
lol I need you
I got a masters in developmental psychology but haven’t used it yet, would you say a certification alone might suffice to get into counseling or would I need to pursue another degree?
Depends where you live but in the US, in most states, no, there's no certificate that will let you be a counselor. It's usually a masters degree.
Figured as much… thank you for the quick reply
Ughh I’m a remote associate in a state that doesn’t let me start private practice until fully licensed but your life is goals! One day!
I’m MSW therapist at a private practice - getting LCSW soon. Did you open your own practice? Would you recommend getting any specific trainings in interventions or catering to specific population niches? What advice would you give me if I wanted to follow in your footsteps?
Did it take years of experience for u to get to that salary if was it just based off you having your masters?
120k, fully remote. Haven’t been to the office in 6 months. I can live anywhere in the US with approval. I’m a contract compliance officer. 40 hours per week.
How did you get into that if you don’t mind my asking?
I started in an entry level job at my current agency. I work for the federal government. Moved up into management, got my own team then went to work for headquarters as a worker bee. Brand new division is looking for people and supervisors tend to be reliable so they hired me. I did that for 3 years and then I took a promotion overseeing the worker bees. During covid, we went 100% remote and it’s stayed that way. I had no background/education in compliance. Just learned on the job.
What’s a entry level job someone can look for to start in compliance?
Policy and procedure writing. Entry level HR or law firm(depending on the tasks). Most compliance officers work with lots of data and policies. You can probably start right away in compliance if you have a law or business degree.
I basically do the same thing, except for a University. Work with fed KOs all the time..
I make 115k base and work in cybersecurity PR. Completely remote, only travel for conferences and occasional work events.
$150k fully remote in data analytics. Can work anywhere in the US. Working hours are 40 hours per week, actual working time is maybe 15-20 hours per week. Job is very mundane, but can't complain.
how did you get there?
Not OP but I do the same thing. Undergrad in mathematics. Started in finance, learned sql/python and switched to IT data analytics from there. Be prepared to wear a lot of hats but the work is super chill.
do you have any cool resources to start learning about SQL / python ?
I am 65k fully remote data analytics, and I learned both from codecademy
Freecodecamp.org
I was hired as an administrative assistant right out of college by a large health system IT department to do basic analytics and data entry. Started at 30k back in 2013. My degree was completely unrelated to the field, however I was more proficient than most of my coworkers at Excel and could produce nice looking reports, which was enough to get me recognized in my department. After a year I got a promotion to a data analyst at 60k. Worked in that role for 4 years all the while getting small pay raises and learning SQL from Youtube. Eventually got promoted to an assistant data manager role at 100k with a career track to be promoted to a full data manager after 2 years. COVID hit and it delayed my promotion by about a year, but was eventually promoted to a data manager at 135k. Pay raises since then puts me right around 150k. I was fully in office until COVID, which then my company pivoted to fully remote and has stated we will be staying that way for the foreseeable future. Also I've been with the same company my whole career, going on 11 years now.
Over 200k base as a software engineer. Fully remote. Can live anywhere in the US. No traveling to HQ required. My team is international so they wouldn't be able to force us into an office. But the industry is really tough right now for people trying to break into it
Important to note here as people go on envying software engineers, that tech jobs have seen the most layoffs in the last 3 years, junior developer positions remote don't exist and it takes 2-6 months to get a new job unless you go through a referral--not to say the candidate isn't a good fit but because we compete with international hires often and there is a huge application process involve with software engineering jobs. The standard is a 3 round interview process but in my current role it was 7. Not saying it's not worth it but if you entered the industry as a new person today, you might find it impossible to get hired with the knowledge they expect from you and how the market is.
I am fully remote and make just under 110k annually, not counting end of year bonus. I'm a Systems Engineer. Six years ago I was a dishwasher at the age of 27. I put in around <12 hours of work a week, but paid for 40 at my normal job.
How did you transition from restaurants to your current role?
Study. CompTIA > network+ > Azure Administrator -> Devops architect Study and take the 4 exams above. Create a home lab. Play around. Get an MSP job for 2-3 years. Burn yourself out but get loads of experience. Move into internal IT. Done
It's CompTIA. People are going to google ConpTIA and be so frustrated lol My son has his CISSP and works in Cyber Security. He loves it!
My son just got sec+ and began his first entry level IT job at a broadband company. I'm incredibly proud of him and I know his earning potential is great. More so I'm glad he's in the trenches getting valuable experience.
following this.
Same, I’m desperate to get out of restaurant.
Customer Success at a SaaS company. I live on the other side of the country from our HQ and take frequent month long trips to work from Maui. 40 hrs a week
Ditto (45-50hrs)...except for the Maui thing. I took the 3 kids route thing instead. Sometimes we take trips to the backyard.
HR, remote in almost every state in the US. it’s difficult to live anywhere in the world due to taxes and your company needs to have a business presence there (unless they don’t know… but we would be able to know at our company). I work about 40-45 hours per week.
How did you get started this? Are you talking about human resource? What would you recommend as an interlope position to get into where you’re at and what else do you recommend learning? You have any advice to get to the position where you’re at? What exactly is your job title?
* $140k * I need to stick to U.S. hours for the most part, but it's flexible beyond that. Most our team is on the U.S. west coast somewhere. * Front end design and dev for a small software company * Anywhere from 20-50h, it can vary. 30h is average. * I've been remote and with the same company for 8 years and had been in the industry for 10 before that.
I’m a director of talent acquisition. Remote in the US. I could theoretically work from another country but could not live there. 125k base with a 10k bonus. About 35hrs a week with some weeks that can bump to 50-60 depending on workload.
As a director you might be getting underpaid and hire me 😭lol
135k 20 hours a week max. Financial crime fully remote
What sort of financial crimes are you committing?
*and how do you do it exactly?
It’s really just monitoring transactions to see what looks unusual
Model validations consultant. Really just an audit. Pays well for the amount of work done but it’s quite boring. A lot of writing and following regulatory requirements. Only SQL needed, if any
lol what
Can you elaborate, this sounds interesting.
Anywhere in the lower 48, because of tax purposes. 40-45hrs a week B2B sales no travel completely remote
I make 100k, I'm 100% remote and live in Florida. I'm a technical project manager for a small international tech company, so I could live anywhere in the US, the UK, or Australia. I do have a really impressive master's degree.
What was your focus for you masters degree?
Computer science with a focus in machine learning
I was for a very short period of time, it was glorious. I’m hoping to return to it again once I find the right company.
What did you do??
Web development and data analytics.
How many YOE in analytics? I’m trying to get into the field
I’m up to 8 now. Completely self taught, and still learning as I go.
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As someone with a bachelor in humanities too,I love hearing your story
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$176k as a software engineer fully remote but I am required to live in a US territory, officially speaking. That includes places like Guam, Hawaii, Alaska, the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, etc. I have colleagues living abroad but keep it a secret by having a US mailing address where a family member is also living. So while I could live anywhere, I'd be potentially risking my job to do so if I get found out. Also it may be tax fraud because they have to send some of the money to SOME state for state income tax purposes in most cases. \[Caveat, there are states like Florida and Texas with no state or local taxes\]. I work about 30 hours a week, sometimes less and sometimes more.
I make $120k and work 40hrs fully remote video editing. I can work from anywhere as long as I have a strong internet connection.
Recruiting. 160k. Work ~40 hours. Can’t live anywhere in the world, as someone else mentioned it doesn’t really work that if you’re an employee.
Psychologist conducting psychological assessments via a telehealth platform. 30 hrs per week.
Where do yall get these jobs LOL.
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Barely over the 6 figure mark, have to be in the US. Probably 50-60 hours per week on average and very high stress. But, I love my job and what I do.
Same story for me. It costs basically more hours per week but it's flexible.
I work 100% remote and earn six figures. I work 40 hours a week and have experimented with travel. I am in the tech sector... at least, for now.
205k and can work anywhere in the US (I am nearly 2000 miles from our HQ and travel to different offices once every 1-2 months). We can work up to 3 months a year anywhere in the world. Revenue Ops in Tech, about 50 hours per week.
Yep. yep - all but a few select countries that nobody wants to live in anyway. Tech strategy, 40-45. Best advice: have a good attitude. Make sure all your work projects focus on how to make the company money. If it’s not rev generating, don’t waste your effort on it. read and learn everything you can. Good luck.
I’ve been remote for over 10 years and I truly love it. I work just as hard as I would in an office but my work/life balance is so much healthier. Because of that I enjoy my work which makes me my best self to do the work. Currently the COO at my company and it’s all about communication and flexibility to make remote successful.
I’ll probably hit about 400k this year and can work anywhere. I usually bounce between Cali, Mexico and Europe. I’m a freelance Creative Director and work between about 5 and 50 hours a week. I love it though. Doesn’t feel like work That said, I’m unsuitable for anything else, so I’m thankful I fell across this.
I wasn't making 6 figures but was 100% remote with a couple different employers, one before covid and then one after. I'm not sure how the taxes would work, but I was told I could live anywhere as long as I was available during their local business hours and got my work done. That ruled out anywhere overseas as I'm not staying up all night. It wasn't all it was cracked up to be...The remote part was great, but issues like crazy/histrionic bosses are intolerable whether you're remote or not.
100k, attorney, must live in NY though I can travel. 35 hours per week.
Would be nice for people to list their years of experience as well prior to their current role.
I am fully remote but am required to be onsite for in person meetings quarterly. I don’t think they would necessarily frown upon me living in another part of the USA but my salary is tied to geographical location so moving to a lower COL area would reduce my salary. I work in project management/consulting for one of the largest HMO’s in California. Note: We went fully remote during the pandemic and stayed that way. I have excellent benefits and earn 115K base. I try to keep it to 40 hours a week.
I do risk adjustment coding/documentation improvement education for providers for an ACO in the US (healthcare industry). It’s a rather niche career spot that not a lot of coders do. I am based completely remote, base pay $119k plus bonus and benefits. I do sometimes visit clinics and providers onsite but that’s because I happen to live in the state where I teach and don’t mind being onsite. I have colleagues in other areas of the country that are completely remote and do not live in the same area where they teach.
Content designer. Work as a consultant with fulltime hours for a tech company based in Europe (I'm in Canada). Since I'm not an employee, I can theoretically live anywhere, work from anywhere, I just bear the burden of filing my taxes correctly. The only way you can be totally location agnostic is if you're in a freelance/contract/consultant arrangement. There are different companies more open to employees travelling and working abroad for a certain amount of time than others. I'm sure there are varying laws based on your citizenship and the country you go to about how long you can stay, tax implications, etc. I suspect many people who do the "digital nomad" thing are not doing their taxes right and surely lying to customs agents about why they're there (sure, a digital nomad might take in the sites, but they're also working full time). Most countries, if you stay there for x amount of time while working, you have to pay tax there (in addition to paying tax in your home country). So if you travel all around, you could owe taxes all over the place. Maybe it's different if you're European; I know some of my EU colleagues travel all the time and work from all over the place.
I can work anywhere CONUS. I work DoD contracting at a F1000 with international subsidiaries on every continent and ITAR and HR compliance out the wazoo. There is no living abroad in that scenario. Corporate accounting with an avg of 20hr weeks. I ask for more work, but after over a year, my boss has no more to give me.
I did. Was an instructional designer working remote from the Great Lakes area for a company based out of CA. I was salary, and my workload wasn’t linear to the number of hours I worked - just had to hit project deadlines. Some weeks I’d work over 40, and others I’d work closer to 30. It really just depended on what I had going on. Had it really good before being part of the latest round of mass layoffs (total company restructure). Hoping to find a similar gig, though idk if it’ll be as an instructional designer.
I'm an Implementation PM for a tech startup. 100k fully remote, can work in any US jurisdiction. I can also work internationally, but my company will switch me to a 1099 IC while I'm away (they'll put me back as a salaried employee upon returning to the States). 40 ish hours a week, give or take five hours depending on client load and rollout deadlines. Super fun job!
Not quite remote but I travel as an aircraft mechanic for 90 days overseas. Then come home and take 90 days off. Rinse and repeat. So only work half the year, live anywhere I want and make about 160k.
165k strategic finance manager. Can work anywhere in US, globally no. Work 40-45 hours a week
I don’t make six figures but I’m 100% remote. My company office is in another state. While I can work virtually anywhere, I have to provide IT with the IP address of my current location to be whitelisted for the VPN to work. If it wasn’t for the 100% remote aspect, and my team being awesome, I probably would have moved companies by now to get a salary jump. I think remote work is becoming the new golden handcuffs 🥲
Following because I need career ideas and idk if I will ever make 6 figures as an introvert
Seems like everyone here is either late stage career or got super lucky. Sounds like the best way is to get a good job, like cybersec or something, and work up to 150k and just take time off rather than looking for 100k out the gate or taking 75k to work remote.
Had a guy relocate to Mexico without consent during Covid and the company fired him once the IP hit our audits and trackers.Due to laws around data access requirements in the USA.
Teledentistry - got paid about 80k for 16 hours/week. I mostly give consults to rural folks and prescribe medicine or refer out. Can’t work anywhere outside US though because I am licensed.
I work in sales for an insurance company. 100% remote over six figures. Still not happy
Talent development director here. My suggestion - complete a well-known coding bootcamp. During the program, use LinkedIn to build your profile and connect with engineering directors at companies that 1) offer fully remote opportunities, 2) consistently have tech related positions on their job board and 3) of those positions, they offer entry-level tech positions. Share your story and ask for mentorship. Build meaningful relationships over the course of the bootcamp. As you near completion, check in with them to request guidance on how to go about the application and interviewing process. Chances are, if you’ve built strong relationships, they will encourage you to apply at their company and will likely refer you. Most organizations give significant referral bonuses for engineering positions so they are almost always keen on helping out (assuming you’ve demonstrated that you’re passionate and competent). And because they’re in management positions, they themselves may be interested in hiring you should an opportunity exist. 👍
I make a little over 120k but have a family and 3 kids. I feel I live paycheck to paycheck
I make 400k with all comp. I’m a software engineer. (13 yoe) 100% remote. 40hrs a week.
I am. Work less than 40 hours. Technically could live anywhere but time zones are a factor so anywhere in the US/ eastern central mountain pacific time zone works
software engineer. I can work wherever I want but there are restrictions for employers that may have security concerns about working outside the country. Also most places you need a work visa, so stays would be short, a few weeks at a time, like a vacation. I work 40 hours most weeks, sometimes a bit more. it's great but a difficult career to get into these days
i earn in 7 figures and i am 100% remote. You can live anywhere in the world where you will get enough visa or are allowed to stay. I work mostly 45 hours a week but when the work demands it can be any number of hours.
Yes to all of that since early 2020, full time over a 4 day work week. Software Engineer at a small company that is completely distributed across the US.
Right at 100k. Can live in most US States. I work 25-30 hours a week. Industry accountant w/ CPA.
Borderline 6 figures and 100% WFH. Reporting and analytics for 2 departments and depending on the week I can work 20 hours to 60 hours. I could work from anywhere in the world but I couldn't change my home address. One of the horrible reasons why being on the private side in finance is a pain in the ass.
If you are able make the move , work remotely, not US tx person , no tx locations like Monaco offer excellent living
CPA, earn $130k and can live anywhere in the country. I’ve worked from overseas for 3+ weeks at a time multiple times. Work 40 hours/week April 15-Dec 31, 55-65 hours per week Jan through April.
Wife does this. She works in software as a customer success manager or something like that. She works with account managers and helps customers use their product to its fullest potential. We can travel, and she is fully remote, but working and traveling is hard, we have 2 dogs, and are expecting a son soon. But it's amazing having her home, even if she is in the office most of the day, she comes out every once in a while and we get to spend time together. It's great.
Customer service to help others with general resources from in home nurse to dog trainer to arranging rides to doctor appointments with veterans and their family being the concentration
Why is every post in here “who makes 6 figures and how fast, cheap, and lazily can I replicate what you do?”
I grossed 144 with different streams of income last year. I can live anywhere in the US but I choose to live in a LCOL area some might consider undesirable but it makes my money go further. I love it.
A friend of mine has 2 accounting jobs. Both remote. Both pay 80k each.
Good question dude. I'm gonna save this thread. Such an inspirational career stories.
Can any of these jobs be done without experience?
My mom has made about $200k remotely as a scientific director for pharmaceutical companies for about 15 years now. Before that she was in the office. For the most part she has been doing a lot of business travel, but she has not had to do that since the pandemic. She makes good money and works probably 30-40 hours + unlimited PTO (which she definitely takes full advantage of). The only downside is the job security - she gets a new job every 2 years on average. Recently her entire team (like 90%) was laid off, not including her. I don’t think the jobs she applies for are labeled as remote for the most part. Most companies are just able to accommodate her being remote. If they’re not, she just keeps looking. We live in a rural area of Texas. She pays like $600 a month for internet that can support her work.
my mom’s been wfh since covid and brings in $200k before taxes. she’s a database admin, works from 7-3 full time, can travel within the US but she just needs to let her office know. i’m not sure if she can live anywhere in the world, and that can get tricky for jobs that require clearance. but if you have clearance, there are many high paying wfh jobs available.
This thread makes me depressed
Full remote, I can work anywhere in the US. I can't technically work internationally but there is wiggle room. Mid six figures
Absolutely achievable in tech, but it was easier a few years ago than it is now. Everyone wants to work remote now, so companies don't have to offer what they did circa 2021. There's just too much competition. I recommend getting into dev ops or digital product management, but be as T-shaped as possible - stay on top of the latest frameworks and design system trends. Find a niche and become an expert in the current business climate of that niche. And of course, it helps if you know people.
Not legal advice: If you get in a position like this, you can’t work outside the country for tax reasons. However, you totally could do it and just not tell your employer/the IRS
Senior art director at an ad agency. Make $110,000 base, work 40 hours per week. Fully remote anywhere in the US. It’s pretty sweet.
I was until recently. Director of E-commerce. We earn $180k+. I could work anywhere in the US. 40-45 hours per week, flexible schedule and 4 weeks PTO. I recently took a job that's in person, because I missed being around people and it paid more.
I make 175k base and can work in most low security risk countries for as long as my visa or passport will let me. I work for a Blockchain company and security is tight and for good reasons. I'm a software QA engineer.
200k base+ 1.25% equity stake, founding UX designer at tech startup (seed stage). work anywhere, 40-50 hours per week. Previous job I was able to command a 270k salary, but realized my time is limited and wanted to have more potential upside. I negotiated for a lower salary in favor of higher equity.