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Is this question some cynic attempt to see what keywords are going to be upvoted?

What does "remote" even mean here? A ukranian remotely working for a US company? A brit remotely working for a chinese one?

Why would there be a difference in stack just because someone is not working in-office but from somewhere else? The stack much rather depends on the field of work, the technology involved and maybe the location of the parent company (at which you might also be able to work non-remotely). ;)

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No, this is a very legitimate question. I am an Eastern European and having spent 7 years in UK (and last two in London) I realized that all I do here is bleed huge amounts of money for rent. I want to get a remote job and move back to my homeland. This is all about maximizing my chances of getting such a job, because I understand that remote is rather competitive market with developers from developing countries knocking down salaries, etc. Just trying to be realistic.

As long as you're already in London, I suppose the best way would be to start working for a company on-site and then make an arrangement to continue the collaboration remotely (assuming they do remote at all). It's always better if someone gets to know you face to face first.

I agree with this. Establish a face-to-face relationship and then begin working offsite.

I assume you can find a London employer with similar values (rent is ridiculous - let's hire remote devs, so we don't have to lease so much office space).

> developers from developing countries knocking down salaries

That's not "remote" where the salary has to comply with the company country rules; that's subcontracting, freelancing...

I was thinking remote as in any kind of remote. Isn't subcontracting the most popular choice here though? For instance - how would one get a remote job in US if they cannot be employed there because of visa restrictions?

What makes you think that "remote" jobs have different stacks though? That's my main point.

In my totally unscientific survey of remote-friendly jobs over the past few years the majority appear to be webdev of some flavor, followed by devops of some flavor. There's an occasional Java, Go, or Rust position thrown in there as well.

Now, I don't see any variation in the stacks for webdev or devops jobs with respect to whether the job is remote or not. The significant bias in specializations available remote, though, significantly biases the overall stacks available.

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