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The last few months were tiring. I hardly got any time for writing. I was busy
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preparing content for a workshop and talk. Hopefully I will get into my flow
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soon. In this post I will try to answer most important question of our life,
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“Employment!”. At conferences, IRC channels or even at the corner of a road, I
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had requested people to suggest good employment opportunities for me. I am not
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that extremely lucky fellow who has always landed on safe islands. My poor
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experiences might help you to safe-guard yourself. I am happy that at least I
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was able to knock the door of good companies. I am sharing a list of portals and
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companies that I am following or followed in last few years. As a bonus point, I
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will highlight some uncommon ways which helped me to invite new opportunities.
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You should read this post if you are looking for **Python + web + (remote OR
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India)** related employment.
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soon. In this post I will try to answer one of the most important question of
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our life, “Employment!”. At conferences, IRC channels or even by the roadside, I
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had requested people to suggest good employment opportunities for me. I have not
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always been very lucky in finding greener pastures. I am writing this blog post
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so that you learn from my poor experience. I am happy that at least I was able
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to knock the door of good companies. I am sharing a list of portals and
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companies that I am following or have followed in last few years. As a bonus
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point, I will highlight some uncommon ways which helped me to invite new
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opportunities. You should read this post if you are looking for **Python + web
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+ (remote OR India)** related employment.
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*Disclaimer: I have not taken any money or any other type of bribes to advertise
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companies here.*
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#### Mailing lists
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Mailing lists are good source to get notified for new job openings. In India,
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Mailing lists are a good source to get notified for new job openings. In India,
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there are a few active mailing lists managed by volunteers of that community.
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Often Job emails are tagged with "[JOB]" at the subject. I have configured my
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mail client to collect all the mails with "[JOB]" in their subject at a
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dedicated folder of my mail client. This configuration helps me to pay dedicated
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Often Job emails are tagged with "[JOB]" in the subject. I have configured my
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mail client to collect all the mails with "[JOB]" in their subject in a
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dedicated folder of my mail client. This configuration helps me to pay steady
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attention to them. Your Hack May Vary.
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Below is a list of active Python communities of India.
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#### [HasJobs](https://hasjob.co/)
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HasJob is easy to follow job portal. You will find jobs posted by emerging to
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HasJob is an easy to follow job portal. You will find jobs posted by emerging to
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well-established startups of India. I am following HasJobs since day one of my
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career. During my early days, I used to run a
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[bot](https://github.com/ultimatecoder/hasjobbot) to apply all the latest
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openings of the day. I am not using that tool now, but If you are interested in
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[bot](https://github.com/ultimatecoder/hasjobbot) to apply to all the latest
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openings of the day. I am not using that tool now, but if you are interested in
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making that bot compatible with the new HasJob, please create an issue
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[here](https://github.com/ultimatecoder/hasjobbot/issues) to show your interest.
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I am happy to hack on this project again.
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#### [Python now](https://www.pythonnow.com/)
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This job board is less known, but I find it effective for remote or visa
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sponsored positions. Mostly openings are from companies based out of Europe or
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sponsored positions. Openings are mostly from companies based out of Europe or
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#### [Github profile](https://github.com/ultimatecoder)
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There were good amount of pinch from recruiters, employers via my Github
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profile. Where Github jobs has not helped me much, this worked for me. I would
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recommend adding your email address at your Github profile. It helps anyone to
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reach you. In my case most Github pinch were targeted to common audience. May be
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people are crawling Github profiles from popular open source projects and
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sending them opportunity emails. I don't consider anything wrong in the crawling
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way, but one should spend enough time in identifying my expertise. Contributing
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to open source projects for inviting better opportunities is a long subject
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which might be a good fit for an entire blog post.
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There were a good amount of invitations from recruiters, employers via my Github
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profile. While Github jobs has not helped me much, this worked for me. I would
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recommend adding your email address on your Github profile. It helps people to
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reach out to you. In my case, most of the Github invitations for employment were
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targeted to a common audience. May be people are crawling Github profiles from
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popular open source projects and sending them opportunity emails. I don't
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consider anything wrong in the crawling way, but one should spend enough time in
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identifying my expertise. Contributing to open source projects for inviting
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better opportunities is a long subject which might be a good fit for an entire
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blog post.
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### Not so strongly recommended
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had enjoyed reading this blog post. Happy hacking!
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###### Proofreader: [Chandan Kumar](https://twitter.com/chkumar246)
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###### Proofreader: [Chandan Kumar](https://twitter.com/chkumar246), [Pranaya Tomar](mailto:[email protected])

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