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For Web professionals, the choice to work from home or any place where there’s an Internet connection is a viable career option. If you’re looking to make the leap into telecommuting, a great place to start would be the following top-notch job boards that allow you to discover remote Web development work opportunities.
1. RemoteCoder
RemoteCoder is a recently launched niche job board that features remote work availabilities for developers. The site is a project by full-stack web developer Ramesh Nair.
We Work Remotely, a site by Basecamp (formerly known as 37Signals), is a great place to visit if you’re searching for remote work opportunities. There’s an excellent variety of high-quality coding jobs regularly posted on this job board, as well as sysadmin and design jobs.
Jobmote is an online directory of IT jobs for people wishing to work remotely. Some of the popular skills being sought after in the job listings on the site are JavaScript, CSS, and jQuery.
Stack Overflow is a community that attracts some of the most brilliant developers in the world, and plenty of companies post job openings on this site in the hopes of snagging talented devs. Stack Overflow Careers is the site’s job board, and it allows you to filter the directory for remote work.
Authentic Jobs is one of the best and longest-standing job boards specifically for Web professionals. The site has been updated to include a filter for remote jobs for prospective employees looking for chances to work from home.
Remote Work Motivation
Whether you’re an employer who’s still not sold on the advantages of offering remote work opportunities or a Web professional who wishes to explore the prospect of working remotely, read these books for motivation and inspiration:
This is the best-selling book at Amazon.com on the subject of telecommuting. From the book’s description: “The ‘work from home’ phenomenon is thoroughly explored in this illuminating new book from bestselling 37signals founders Fried and Hansson, who point to the surging trend of employees working from home (and anywhere else) and explain the challenges and unexpected benefits.”
This is a book I learned a lot from. The book teaches its readers many lessons that can be applied for working more effectively and productively in today’s technology landscape. The authors of the book champion the concepts of remote work and distributed teams for optimal business productivity.
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