Get That Remote Adapted for the AI era Job
Skip the commute. Work from home. Or from anywhere you want.
Getting past the pile is the hard part.
A clean resume is not a signal anymore.
Hello,
I’m Ahmed. I taught myself software engineering, used this process to get a remote job at Automattic in 2018, and I’ve been remote since. I also hire remote people. I wrote this from both sides.
When I was applying, I had the skills. I still didn’t get a look. Hundreds of applications, sometimes more than a thousand, for one role. Getting a human to look is the hard part.
I moved lines around on my resume. Nothing changed. The problem wasn’t the resume. I couldn’t show the work.
AI made that worse. It writes the job posts, screens the applications, and can fake a first draft of most portfolio work. A landing page that looks shipped is cheap now.
Show me the work, or it didn’t happen.
The bar is higher than in 2021. It is still possible.
What remote companies are looking for
Can you do the job without someone watching.
A remote company wants answers to these questions:
- Does this person have the technical skills required for the job?
- Does this person have the soft skills required for the job?
- Can this person work remotely without daily management?
- Can this person communicate effectively?
I started answering those in public, with work I could point at. Basically, a portfolio of projects and a blog. Once I did this, I started getting interviews and it felt easier.
Get That Remote Job Updated
A process you can read, or run with an assistant.
This is the process I used, rewritten for a world where AI writes the first draft of everything.
It is markdown/HTML on purpose. Read it like a book, or point an assistant at the skill and do the exercises with it. If you skip the work, all you will collect is dust.
Don’t take my word for it. Here’s what other remote workers said.
Ahmed has put together a very thoughtful and helpful guide for anybody who wants to transition to a remote job. I can highly recommend it to anyone who’s interested in what I believe is the future of work.
This ebook sets good fundamentals for people who just started searching for remote jobs… Blogging in English is an excellent exercise. It prepares me to be a better communicator and helps me build my brand.
