Getting a job after about ten years off, remotely!

[northernladuk]

Rep Whore!

Shush you and smash that +ve. Bunnies in a forest far far away will benefit as well of course. It's all about the bunnies.

[Fraidycat]

You could get lucky, if you price yourself right (ie low and the client is looking for cheap as well).

Sometimes the client, when they don't have much of budget, get fed up with interviewing people who are rubbish. And when someone good comes along, can answer relatively simple technical questions correctly, you can see their eyes light up.

Good luck.

[dude69]

You could get lucky, if you price yourself right (ie low and the client is looking for cheap as well).

Sometimes the client, when they don't have much of budget, get fed up with interviewing people who are rubbish. And when someone good comes along, can answer relatively simple technical questions correctly, you can see their eyes light up.

Good luck.

Yes this is a point tbh.

I am not sure about the interview process, how important it would be for me to be in country at the time.

I have done some remote work in Indonesia, teaching English to Indonesian children, but it's poorly paid, only around £20/hour, so I don't honestly need too much for it to be worth my while.

[northernladuk]

Yes this is a point tbh.

I am not sure about the interview process, how important it would be for me to be in country at the time.

I have done some remote work in Indonesia, teaching English to Indonesian children, but it's poorly paid, only around £20/hour, so I don't honestly need too much for it to be worth my while.

I don't really agree with Fraidy.. It is possible I guess but clients tend to have a need and want someone to fulfil that needs. I don't believe they are in the market for taking good people cheap. In fact taking someone over qualified for low rates is a risk as they are likely to leave the minute a better paying gig comes up. It also assumes you are good at what you do and can evidence it which of course you aren't. Clients are certainly not in the habit of taking someone under skilled to learn on the job because it's cheap either.

Interview process is just via teams like nearly every interview is nowadays so the actual interview per se will be same as anyone anywhere but that's assuming the agent can see past your location and again they won't. They don't know the tax situation so will just move on. You also don't mention how you will engage, through a UK LTD? Sole trader? Indonesian LTD? Agents won't deal with the last two at all and if you can't get a UK LTD then it doesn't matter what the client wants, you just wont get selected.

As I say, contracting is not for you. It's just not set up to meet your situation.

[SueEllen]

I am not sure about the interview process, how important it would be for me to be in country at the time.
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Depends on the company.

Lots now do remote interviews so you don't need to go in. Though you may be expected to go and collect equipment.

[Unix]

I used to work in .NET C# with SQL Server. Haven't done anything more complicated than code the odd screen scraper or whatever for personal use for the last decade.

Now it's January and basically I plan:

1. go to Indonesia (where I've been living, and not really doing anything)
2. come back to the UK maybe in September for 12 months [this is not 100% finalized, but it's likely]
3. go back to Indonesia again September 2024.

So there are a few problems here:

1. I have been laying about for 10 years (more, probably)
2. I can probably lie about my recent experience, work, etc. and get on with whatever (IDK really?)
3. I don't have anywhere to stay in the UK in the middle term, so basically I could stay here about another month if it's worth my while, but otherwise I could be gone next week.

So I'm looking for a paying, experience-giving, gig that I can do from now till September, but from Indonesia.

The other option I have is to wait till September in that I still have money and don't need to get a job so I could just leave it for now and not waste my time right now [I have a flight back to Indonesia next week, if there's no point in me hanging around another month then I might as well take it tbh.] But I suppose it does leave the question of what kind of job, rates, etc., are open to me if I'm not really here, and haven't done a day's work in 12 years.

Any thoughts?

I'll sub contract you £100 a day

[vetran]

If you can read Indonesian and translate to English you can probably get translation work based at home.

[dude69]

I have a UK correspondence address and setup a UK limited company about a month ago. (Although I was not in the country at the time, it really makes little difference.)

Indonesia recently passed a data protection law.

I can speak and translate Indonesian, but I'm looking more to renew IT skills.

[PCTNN]

I'm looking more to renew IT skills.

You renew your IT skills by doing courses, getting certifications. If you want to be paid for it you may want to try find an entry-level permie position.

Most contractors are experienced professionals with defined skill sets. Are you expecting to find a well paid contract where the client also pays for training you? OK

[northernladuk]

The reasons why this won't work just keep getting long and longer with every post. Struggling to see one single benefit.

Maybe keep this as plan E because as a solution it's just not viable and virtually impossible to land without a huuuuge dose of luck which isn't good for planning/income purposes.