[swerner]

Part of it is pure luck - being at the right place at the right time. An on site internship gave me a foot in the door for my first remote job. After that, I had experience in a certain niche and a couple of open source contributions under my belt.

Another part is just having the guts to ask for a remote job straight away and accept getting turned down dozens of times.

[ChuckNorris89]

Nice, sounds like it worked out for you. Could you please say which niche or contributions gets you the most chances in landing remote work?