It is relatively easy if you have enough experience and something to show. At first you will have to work for very little money if you don;t have any contacts or clients that know how you work.You are likely to get your first jobs in sites like oDesk.com and Freelancer.net.
Jobs I can work from my computer at home? Other than stitch fix?
If you're looking for extra money, I suggest kashpointz.com You can earn quite a bit if you do enough surveys here. There are so many available and you won't run out. They also hold a contest for the top earners which adds even more cash to their account. You could make an extra $150 a week or more if you put the time in. If you're looking for more of a FT income than you should research jobs that have workers at home for customer service, data entry, and other things like that.
Can computer programmers work from home?
I work from home, not at home, if the weather means that I'll spend more time commuting than I will working. And I'll sometimes go home and connect to the VPN and work from home to catch up on work - especially if I've spent a large part of the day fixing computer problems, fixing database problems, fixing server problems, etc. I also work from where I am if I;m on vacation if the need arises. when you maintain programs that customers use daily, you can't be "away" for a week - the customers don't want to hear that they can't get any work done for a week. And it's all on my computers, the company doesn't supply anything.
Having read the answers here, which are excellent, there are two major aspects to this:Firstly there is the discipline aspect. Working from home by definition has different distractions to working from an office. When I work from home, I treat it as a normal working day. I’m a very distractable person, with a house full of stuff I love to do. (Piano, guitars, books, Xbox) and a motorbike sitting in a garage winking at me when it sees the sunshine, so I have to get up, do my breakfast routine, then sit and work for 7 hours with the same work/break/work/lunch/work/break/work/finish structure from roughly 9 to 5, otherwise my guitar playing is good, and my output is bad.Secondly there is the practical aspect of working away from my development system, but usually what I do is VPN into my work network and use a Remote Desktop session. I have symmetric 100Mbit fibre backbone Internet connection at work with 10ms latency to the bad world, and 70Mbit fibre at home with <20ms latency. Overall the experience is seamless, so I can access my build server, project server and desktop system at work as though I was at my desk. I just use a bog standard laptop at home for this reason. It does have VS on it, but I only use that for testing things quickly.[And yes, I’ve done the “why can’t I transfer that file to my USB stick” after a long day when remoted into my work PC. Best of all was trying to burn a build onto a DVD. I spent half an hour ejecting/closing my drive, swapping disks, only to see “no disk in drive” every time. Of course, I was looking at my work machine and swapping disks on my home machine!]
Unlikely. Getting an entry level job is hard as it is with no prior experience, even if you are looking for an on-site work.Usually, when you are getting your first job or an internship after school, companies are spending 1-3 years to train you. And training is much more harder to do remotely, they will not be wasting their time.Once you get that experience and a few successful projects though, your chances are much higher. Europe (London, and other tech hubs) are known to be more lenient to offer remote work, as they can't compete for talent with Silicon Valley based on compensation.
Every software developer has a different experience when they first start out so its almost impossible to give a tentative time-frame that cuts across the spectrum. Some work remotely from day one depending on the nature of the job while others telecommute as they please if allowed by company(depending on how you negotiated during your interviews).First off, you don't need to wait till you get a degree to start racking up experience in the tech field.My college classmates and I started working on small projects (mostly websites) from the first semester during our freshman year.We did this with the intention of getting knowledge on what it takes to code an entire webapp or website (understanding all the intricacies that go into it).After that we moved on to developing mobile applications in our 2 and 3rd years in college, with the vast online resources available you can teach yourself how to develop any mobile app whether for android, IOS or Windows mobile.This knowledge and expertise from small projects motivated us to earn money ,we started applying for freelance jobs on sites that offered the same while developing and posting mobile apps on the different app-stores (you start earning immediately through Ads),This also also enabled us to learn about digital marketing since we needed to market our apps to get traction-->more downloads--->a bigger audience=more ad views/clicks>more money.The wealth of knowledge we got and which you will get is immeasurable. By the time you apply for your first "official" job you are not a "beggar" as you put it since:1. You already know how to earn money without working for anyone apart from yourself ie from developing software to marketing it yourself2.You know your worth and how much your time is worth.(Gives you the power of choice-You can turn down opportunities if they are not worth your time)3.As a bonus- Since you now have self discipline by working for 3-4 years on your own, during your potential interview you can negotiate days where you can work remotely (no employer will refuse you this as long as you get high quality work done on time)
Congratulations on kicking off your software engineering career on your own. It shows the drive and initiative that I wish more people had.Working remotely as a newbie developer can be done but read to the end before you start applying. My company has hired several junior devs straight from boot camps into 100% remote positions and here is what I have learned from those experiences.If you do find a company that is interested in take a chance on you in a remote position, don’t take the job unless you can get acceptable guarantees of mentorship. Ideally this should be through a program that has already successfully graduated junior developers into higher positions.The process should include extensive documentation for the platform, codebase, best practices, etc and a commitment to you for a minimum number of paired programming hours a week with a more senior dev.If they are willing to let you speak to a current employee who started off in the same position with your level of experience, do so. If the company cannot point to a successful graduate, inquire more deeply into the mentorship guarantee. Don’t be afraid to ask too many questions. Remember, they are hiring you for two reasons: 1) you are cheap, and 2) you are an investment. Almost no one ever become a successful senior software engineer on their own at home.None of this is easy, which is why it is often done incorrectly setting back inexperienced developers in their budding career. However, the benefits are there for both forward-thinking remote companies and the right work from home newbie developers.You also might be interested in the answers to a similar question on Quora: I have been offered a remote junior dev job. As it's my first role I'm concerned about operating wholly remote. Should I wait out for a local job?All of this aside, work from home jobs in general are fantastic so I understand why you want to spend your career in a remote position. They offer a great lifestyle, lower stress and the best work environment: your home. I offer webinars on how to get the best work from home jobs from anywhere without previous experience. If interested, get an alert for the next one at Webinar Alerts | Work From Home.
Where can i find work from home jobs?
Unless you have very specific skills, such as graphic design, web design, computer programming or sell on eBay, there are no real internet work at home jobs. On line jobs are just another urban myth. You will just be bombarded with all kinds of work at home scams.