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Nitin working from his home office

I'm Nitin, a software engineer with 16+ years of experience, working remotely since 2020. Need help to land a remote job?

It cost me lakhs of money and 8 months to figure out how remote hiring works. You can start with what I learned.

Read my story

How I got my first remote job, mistakes included

From 2019 to my first offer in 2020. Twelve chapters, most of them about getting it wrong.

  1. Illustration of a small coin stack beside a much taller one under a globe

    012019

    I found out remote jobs paid 3x to 4x more

    Same skills, same laptop, same city. The only difference was who I worked for. That one fact changed what I wanted from my career.

  2. Illustration of a maze with a question mark

    022019

    I had no idea how to prepare

    Nobody around me had done it. I didn't know what a remote company looked for, what to put on a resume, or where to even apply.

  3. Illustration of an online class on a laptop with rupee coins flying out

    038 months

    I joined online classes and spent lakhs of money

    Eight months of evenings and weekends. Some of it helped. A lot of it was generic advice that had nothing to do with remote hiring.

  4. Illustration of paper planes flying out from a stack of applications

    04Month 1

    I started applying

    Job boards, company career pages, cold messages on LinkedIn. I sent applications every single day.

  5. Illustration of an empty inbox tray beside a clock

    05Months 1 to 3

    Three months of silence

    Not a rejection. Not a reply. Nothing. That silence is harder than a no, because you don't know what to fix.

  6. Illustration of a resume marked up with a red pencil and crumpled drafts

    06Months 3 to 5

    I rewrote my resume and LinkedIn again and again

    Every version a little sharper. Fewer duties, more outcomes. Keywords that recruiters actually search for.

  8. Illustration of a video call with the red end-call button

    08Month 5

    I didn't clear all the rounds

    I got through some of them. Then I hit a round I simply wasn't ready for.

  9. Illustration of a stack of books and an arrow missing the target

    09After that

    I prepared harder, the wrong way

    I studied what I thought they'd ask. It wasn't what they actually asked.

  10. Illustration of a calendar full of crossed-out days and one tick

    10The long stretch

    8 to 10 companies said no

    Different countries, different formats, same result. I was getting interviews, but I wasn't getting offers.

  11. Illustration of a checklist notebook and a lit bulb

    11The turn

    I learned from every single failure

    I wrote down every question, every mistake, every bit of feedback. Patterns started showing up, and I fixed them one at a time.

  12. Email from Import.io saying they are keen to move forward with an offer for NitinView full email(opens in a new tab)

    122020

    An offer from Import.io, a UK company

    My first remote role. It's on my LinkedIn. Since then I've worked remotely for companies in the UK, Denmark and the US.

2019

The short version

I didn't get lucky. I got rejected until I figured out what remote companies want.

I paid for eight months of classes that taught me general interview prep. I applied every day for three months and heard nothing back. I rewrote my resume and LinkedIn more times than I can count, until an EU company finally invited me to interview in month five.

Then I failed. Again with the next company, and the one after that, eight to ten times in all. What changed things was not working harder. It was writing down every question and every mistake, finding the pattern, and fixing it. That's how the offer from Import.io came.

Everything I charge for on this page is a piece of that process, so you don't have to go through all of it yourself.

of money spent on 8 months of online classes
Lakhsof money spent on 8 months of online classes
job applications sent
1000+job applications sent
of applications with zero replies
3 monthsof applications with zero replies
companies interviewed me and said no
8–10companies interviewed me and said no
remote jobs since: UK, Denmark and US
3remote jobs since: UK, Denmark and US

The five steps between you and a remote offer

The same order I went through, minus the detours. You can do all five with me or only the ones you need.

See services and prices

  1. Rewrite your resume

    We turn a list of duties into a list of outcomes, and make sure applicant tracking systems can actually read it.

    You leave with: A one or two page resume built for remote roles.

  2. Revise your LinkedIn profile

    Headline, About, experience and skills, written around the words recruiters type into LinkedIn search.

    You leave with: A profile that shows up when remote recruiters search.

  3. Prepare for interviews

    The rounds remote companies run, the questions I was asked, and how to answer them in a structured way.

    You leave with: Practised answers and a mock interview with feedback.

  4. Negotiate your salary

    How remote companies set pay, what to say when they ask your expectation, and how to counter an offer without losing it.

    You leave with: A number you can defend, and the words to ask for it.

  5. Land the remote job

    Offer review, contract questions and the first weeks of working with a team in another time zone.

    You leave with: A signed offer and a calm first month.

You don't start from zero. You start from where I ended up.

I spent money and months on trial and error: what to write, where to apply, how to answer, what to say about salary. Some of it worked. Most of it didn't.

You get the parts that worked, already sorted. No guessing which resume format gets past the filters, or which interview answers fall flat. That's the whole point of working with someone who has already been through it.

Check my work history on LinkedIn(opens in a new tab)

Remote jobs I've landed

  • United KingdomImport.io, my first remote role
  • DenmarkSecond remote role
  • United StatesThird remote role

How I can help

Pick one piece or the whole thing. Prices are fixed and in US dollars. We agree on scope and timing before you pay anything.

  • Resume review & rewriting

    $49

    Your resume, rewritten for remote tech roles and the applicant tracking systems that screen them first.

    What's included

    • Line-by-line review of your current resume
    • ATS-friendly layout that parses cleanly
    • Keywords matched to the roles you're targeting
    • Achievement-led bullet points with real outcomes
    • Clear positioning in your summary
    • One round of revisions

    You receive: Editable resume in DOCX and PDF

  • LinkedIn optimisation

    $49

    A LinkedIn profile that remote recruiters find in search and want to message.

    What's included

    • Headline and About section rewritten
    • Recruiter search keywords across your profile
    • Experience entries rewritten around results
    • Skills, featured section and settings checklist
    • Open-to-work setup for remote roles

    You receive: Ready-to-paste profile copy and a settings checklist

  • Cover letter writing

    $29

    A cover letter that says why you, why this role and why remote works for you, in under a page.

    What's included

    • Your strengths and best results up front
    • A clear reason for wanting the role
    • A master version you can adapt in minutes
    • Notes on what to change for each application

    You receive: Editable master cover letter

  • Interview preparation

    $69

    Practice for the rounds remote companies actually run, with feedback from someone who sat through them.

    What's included

    • Review of your profile and the roles you're targeting
    • Most likely questions for those roles
    • Structured answers using the STAR method
    • Live mock interview over video call
    • Written feedback after the mock

    You receive: Question bank, answer notes and mock interview feedback

The full program

All-in-one

$129instead of $196 if bought separately

Only in the All-in-one program

  • Salary negotiation guidance
  • The surprise bonus

Everything above, plus salary negotiation help, from your first resume draft to a signed offer.

  • Resume review & rewriting
  • Cover letter writing
  • LinkedIn optimisation
  • Interview preparation with mock interview
  • Salary negotiation guidance on your offer

BonusA surprise bonus to help you land your remote job even faster

Every deliverable above, done in sequence with you.

Limited time offer

Pick two or more. Pay 20% less.

Most people need more than one thing at once, usually a resume and a LinkedIn profile that tell the same story. Choose any two or more and the discount applies to all of them.

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How it works

  1. Make the payment for the service you've chosen.
  2. Once the payment goes through, you'll be taken straight to my calendar.
  3. Pick a time that suits you for a 1-hour session on Google Meet. Please keep your camera on during the call.
  4. Paid for more than one service? Book a separate slot for each one, on different days.
  5. From my experience, doing everything in a single call isn't productive. Spacing the sessions out gives you time to act on each one.