TIL that most remote job advice is useless for someone like me

Everyone says to just apply online and network on LinkedIn. But I live in a small town in Montana and spent 8 months sending out 200 applications with zero callbacks. I finally got a remote gig by calling a small company direct and asking about a problem on their website. Does anyone else think the standard advice misses the mark for people outside big cities?

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mila_reed1mo agoMost Upvoted

Call that company direct - what made you pick them in particular? Were you already familiar with their product or did you just stumble on their site and spot something?

shane_williams41mo ago

Call that company direct" - that's the REAL advice right there. Everyone online treats remote job search like it's just a numbers game, but nobody talks about how different it is when you're not in a tech hub. The whole "spray and pray" method works fine if you're in Austin or Seattle, but for small towns you gotta flip the whole approach on its head and stop playing by their rules.