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The Advantages of Working for a Global Company as a Remote Software Engineer
Linzi Nield
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Many people know Arnoldo Montano for his YouTube channel, Hey Arnoldo, where he has more than 525K subscribers. But some of his viewers don’t know that Arnoldo has more than 10 years of experience as a software developer.
YouTube creators have real jobs, Arnoldo said, adding that “being a YouTuber isn’t as fun as being a software developer.” Prior to beginning his current role as Frontend Developer with EasyKnock, a residential sale-leaseback platform, Arnoldo worked for companies including Autozone and Siemens Healthineers.
the opportunity to improve myself as a developer. I have complete ownership of my time and the things that I do.”
Finding confidence through experience
Arnoldo said he said he faced trepidation before starting with Terminal. Specifically, he mentioned fears would happen if he worked for two months with this company and then they said they would no longer need Arnoldo’s skills?
One thing that calmed his fears was talking with friends, including Vicente, who were working with Terminal already.
Vicente said that he had doubts about his personal abilities before working with Terminal, specifically regarding his startup and hypergrowth experience. He had to learn about wearing multiple hats and “just shipping the thing” on the job. He said he eventually overcame it when he saw colleagues come from similar situations.
Arnoldo said he wondered if he was at the technical level needed to work at a high-growth startup. “Here in Latin America, we have some very skilled engineers,” he said, “They just need to take a leap of faith and start working with companies.” If you don’t have the seniority needed, you can work with companies to gain that experience, and once you have the right skillset, you can work for any company in the world. “It has nothing to do with the place you live,” he added.
The long-term view
Where does Arnoldo see his career going? He said he’d like to explore a leadership role next.
“With the knowledge I’m acquiring here at EasyKnock, it would be easier to start my own company. This is the magic of working at these kinds of companies because you acquire so much knowledge about other things,” Arnoldo said, including managing people, communicating efficiently and how the startup world works.
Vicente asked the question that was on everyone’s mind – does Arnoldo ever stop what he’s doing to create YouTube videos in the middle of the day?
Arnoldo said no, he has to remain focused because if he jumped from his YouTube channel back to the product he’s working on at EasyKnock, it would drive him crazy.
