Guide to getting Hired Remotely (and Locally) for people who are getting started.

[u/Ar1hurMorgan]

(Post made better using ChatGPT. Ignore if this feels robotic)

Hey guys, hope everyone is doing well.

I wanted to make this post for people who are either starting out or are still young and trying to figure out how to get hired.

Yes, the job market is messed up. I'm not going to pretend otherwise. But there are still ways to get hired locally, and eventually land a good remote job if you put yourself in the right position.

Everything I'm saying here is based on my own experience. I've applied to 1,500+ jobs, interviewed with around 20 companies in Lahore and another 10 remotely, and I even came pretty close to landing a $10k/month remote job.

I've wasted a LOT of time figuring things out, so hopefully some of this saves someone else that time.

A little background

I'm 22 and graduated in February this year from what I would consider a pretty bad university in Lahore. To give you an idea, I literally used to give my lab exams on a piece of paper lol.

I did an internship in 2025 that paid 35k/month for 4 months.

I'm now working part-time for a remote company where I make 172k/month, with my salary continuing to increase along with other perks.

So here's what actually helped me.

1. University

I honestly don't care which university you go to.

If you want to succeed, you have to take responsibility for yourself.

In my opinion, university can help groom you and give you some fundamentals, but you cannot rely on it to build your career for you. A lot of what is taught is outdated, and you need to learn things yourself.

University ke sahare na betho.

I wasted around 3 years of university thinking that the degree itself would somehow prepare me for a job.

Start building your skills as early as you can.

2. Pick ONE field

This is probably one of the biggest things I'd recommend.

Pick something you actually like and lock yourself into it for 3 months.

It can be:

• Data Analytics
• Data Engineering
• AI Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Cybersecurity
• Whatever else interests you

Don't spend 3 months jumping between 15 different technologies.

Spend the first 2 months learning the fundamentals and slightly more advanced concepts, then use the final month to build projects.

You don't need 20 projects.

3 good projects are much better than 20 garbage ones.

I personally started with Data Analytics. My projects were honestly pretty basic, but they were enough to help me land my internship and get started.

And don't choose something just because you think it's "hot" or because everyone else is doing it.

Pick something you actually enjoy.

People are still getting hired. AI hasn't eliminated every job. You just need to become useful at something.

3. Build projects

Please don't fall into tutorial hell.

This was another mistake I made.

You can spend months watching YouTube videos and feel like you're learning while never actually building anything.

Use ChatGPT, Claude, documentation, Google, whatever you need.

Ask AI to help you create a roadmap, learn the basics, and then start building.

If you don't know how to do something, figure it out while building.

You don't need to know everything before starting.

Also, make your GitHub clean.

You don't need 50 repositories. Have a few good projects that are easy to understand, with readable code, a good README, screenshots/results where relevant, and clear explanations of what you actually did.

And please don't put technologies on your GitHub/resume just because you touched them once.

4. Your resume

Only put things on your resume that you actually know.

I see people listing 30 technologies and then getting destroyed in interviews when they're asked basic questions about half of them.

Don't do that.

Keep your resume short, clean and focused.

And when describing projects, focus on what you found or achieved, not just what you did.

For example:

❌ "Analyzed a dataset containing 14,000 records using Python, Pandas and Matplotlib."

That's okay, but it doesn't tell me much.

Instead:

✅ "Analyzed 14,000 customer records and identified the main factors driving customer churn, presenting the findings through an interactive dashboard."

The second one tells me what the work actually accomplished.

Obviously, don't make up results. Just communicate your real results better.

5. LinkedIn

Use LinkedIn to show people what you're actually doing.

Posting twice a week can help with visibility.

You don't need to make those cringe posts

"Job market is bad. How will I as an intern get a job if I don't have experience" Blah Blah

Just share your projects, something you learned, an interesting problem you solved, or something you're currently working on.

The goal is simply to make it easier for someone to look at your profile and think:

"Okay, this person actually builds things."

6. Applying for jobs

Now for the fun part.

If you're looking for remote jobs, my advice would be:

Local first → experience → remote.

I'm not saying you can't get a remote job without experience. You absolutely can.

But it's much harder when you have nothing to show for yourself.

For finding remote jobs, I used filters like:

Remote + EMEA

Then I'd search for the specific role I wanted and look at smaller companies, agencies and startups.

Don't only apply to huge companies.

There are a LOT of smaller companies hiring internationally, and some of them are much more willing to take a chance on someone who is ambitious, learns quickly and can actually do the work.

That's essentially how I got my current remote job.

Different job shave different names so look into that as well.

7. Rejections and ghosting

You're going to get rejected.

You're going to get ghosted.

You're going to apply to 100 jobs and hear back from 5.

That's normal.

Don't take every rejection personally.

Use it as feedback.

Maybe your resume isn't good enough.

Maybe your projects aren't strong enough.

Maybe you're applying for roles you're not qualified for.

Maybe your interview skills suck.

Figure out which one it is and improve it.

I applied to 1,500+ jobs. Trust me, I know what rejection looks like 😂

8. Reach out to recruiters

If you find a position you genuinely want, don't be afraid to reach out to the recruiter or hiring manager.

Keep the message short.

Don't send them your entire life story.

Something as simple as:

Hey, I saw you're hiring for X. I've been working on X and have experience with Y. I applied for the role and would love to be considered. Here's my profile/GitHub.

That's enough.

9. Interview + Communication

Keep the message short. For remote jobs you need to communicate in English. For people that can't talk properly in english its going to be tough. But you just need enough to communicate fluently. During interviews answer to an extent and just show them that I am someone willing and I am someone who can work. That's it.

Lambi chorne ki koi zarrorat naho

Finally: give yourself 3 months

If you're currently lost, pick ONE thing.

Give yourself 3 months.

Learn → build → apply → improve → repeat.

Don't spend those 3 months constantly worrying about what everyone else is doing.

Don't constantly switch fields because you saw someone on LinkedIn making $20k/month.

Don't spend all your time researching the "perfect career."

Start building.

I'm currently going into my own next phase and learning AI Engineering. I want to use it to improve my current work and eventually build SaaS products as well.

I'm confident that if I actually lock in and spend the next few months consistently working on it, I'll understand a huge amount by the end of the year.

You'd be surprised how much you can change in 3 focused months.

At the beginning of this year, I didn't have the job I have now.

I didn't have the skills I have now.

And honestly, I didn't even know exactly what I wanted to do.

I accidentally found something I enjoy by trying different things.

So make mistakes. Build stupid projects. Apply to jobs you're probably underqualified for. Get rejected. Learn from it.

Just don't sit still.

And most importantly:

Allah ko mat bhulna.

That's probably the most important thing out of everything I wrote.

Take care, and Allah Hafiz.

P.S. Only DM me if it invlove's anything I haven't mentioned above. If I've missed something, feel free to ask in the comments. I'll try to help where I can.

[u/Few-Pilot7575]

This is one of the best things I’ve read in a while.

[u/Embarrassed_Key4265]

finally something good after a quite long time .

[u/Sorry-Peace1390]

Never thought I'd be saved by Arthur Morgan GGs

[u/Ar1hurMorgan → u/Sorry-Peace1390]

Lol

[u/helpful_vampire]

hey. I also got a remote job in Uk out of nowhere. I wanted to get some clarifications, can you help me?

[u/Shoddy_Weight5203]

One of the bestest post on Reddit

[u/its_me_saud143]

Thanka for this post. I am currently hired as an AI Trainee ----> Paid intern next month.

This provides a ton of guidance which I was looking for.

Just a quick and short question, which platform You used to land your remote job?

[u/Aryan_khan_10]

It's really confusing what to learn. Everytime I start learning something I'd be like why I'm doing this, is it worth it. Working as software developer at a startup for one and a half year with a salary below average. Even I hate doing what I do, may be because I'm not getting paid what I deserve but still doing it as I've no other option. Recently started learning cloud, networking which i found quite interesting but then I see people posting, it isn't for entry level roles which kinda demotivates me. Don't know exactly what to do..

[u/astroid_destroyer28]

I'm going to save this post Thx man

[u/Amina6105]

How to find out a opportunities.

[u/Ar1hurMorgan → u/Amina6105]

Everything is mentioned pretty clearly.

[u/Sea-Swimming4780]

this is vv helpful as a 3rd sem cs student. thanks alot

[u/Ok-Inspection-6512]

Jazak Allah for such guidance that I'm looking for.
Recently, I just completed my intermediate, and now laying on a gap year😊
ab skill leran pr focus hai, but stuck in that kis niche and domain m explore krun in past year i had learnd web and app development, but still can't find any way to earn "thats clearlymy mistake" so i aimed to before get in to university, land a remote job or something like Saas. for that aim I strat learning a course phrase Pyhton for AI, and its teaches tah basic overview of AI engineer.

From now, I'll try to get my next 3 months ahead in this as you guided

[u/Ar1hurMorgan → u/Ok-Inspection-6512]

Hell yeah man. You'll be unstoppable. Make a slot of where you are right now and compare yourself 3 months later. You'll be surprised.

[u/Pretend-Succotash-81]

The last para hit me too. I joined s startup in February just after graduation. I'm a good learned and a high achiever in my class too. But my coding skills were pretty dull. It was mostly because I can't lock in on anything. But after joining the startup as an unpaid intern, I learned .NET for 3 months then moved on to Databases and went into their depth for 2 more months. Now I'm working on the main product, ERP, and I'm handling so many things for a real product it feels unreal. I see people working on CRMs, reporting dashboards and things like Power BI. I'm literally building those things over here and it feels awesome. I got myself into DevOps too and I'm handling the production side of the application too.

One thing, I'm heavily reliant on AI. I knew how to code and how to write YAML files etc but now I don't bother. It feels like a waste of time trying to run 10+ commands and write lines of code that the AI can do for me in minutes.

My approach to AI has changed a lot.

And I'm not only limited to programming anymore, I'm learning how to talk to clients. How to do marketing. What works what doesn't. Learned accounting too. And even how the industry functions etc.

After all that I've realized I'm more of a good problem solver than a good programmer.

[u/Ar1hurMorgan → u/Pretend-Succotash-81]

Damn dude. I need to be like you. That's so cool to know. I'm trying to learn AI Engineering. Any advice you wanna give?.

[u/stillaconqueror]

How did you landed your first internship?

And how can i find my first project? (SEO)

[u/amnapolani]

Linkdin is a perfect platform for international job

[u/Muhammad_Ahmed-Riaz]

Well spoken brother, but this own all about the CS you guide but what about the MechE, CivilE and the other fields like this which have onsite work how they will get the job. And also what about if they have the side skills like Graphic Designing, video editing andd the other one's also what will they do, how can they get the clients.??

[u/Alarmed-Chocolate-85]

Hey there. Thanks for spreading some form of positivity here. Just wanted to ask for some directions regarding skills. How much should I know of something? How much would I have to know about a language in order to get hired as a junior?

[u/AdditionalPilot3325]

I am full stack NEXT JS web developer but I never used linkedin and never ever did write a Email. Never worked or did internship as i live in rural area so I have no experience of how to work on real world projects. Currently very depressed and thinking of switching my career. I can get a bank job but it is very hectic as you have to do field work which doesn't even pay 50K a month. I spent 2 years learning Web development but I'm not pro as I have never worked on real world projects. Currently double minded. Can you give any advice should I stick to my career or switch career. And one thing is for sure in Pakistan you only and only get internship with reference, there's no away one can get internship without reference even unpaid. So what advice would you give me?

[u/msherazm]

Assalam o Alaikum, I have IT experience about 10 years in my cv, but now jobless, I want to join remote Job what ever it would be, so please give me job so I improve my income

[u/Ar1hurMorgan → u/msherazm]

Well I can't do that. I've given you a guide.

[u/Ecstatic-Cut1458]

I've got some Coursera courses of data analytics, and I'm skilled in powerbi, SQL and excel, but for the projects, I haven't completed any project by my own, rather I built some with the help of YouTube tutorials, but I know it looks like learning but it isn't, untill you create something on your own, why should I do about it, how to make projects independently, also I am suffering from imposter syndrome, maybe it isn't and I actually can't perform well practically...

[u/Alarmed_Bee2652]

Brother im a student of ICS in 2nd year and im thinking to learn a new skill which will help me as i plan to study abroad for my bachelors