Thank you for taking the time to do this! A couple questions if I may:
What's been your experience with working across time zones? Do you generally work with clients close to your own time zone or are you expected to work whatever hours the client requires?
For instance, with TopTal if you lived in Hawaii, would you be expected to attend a 9AM EST Standup if that's where your client was located?
I have worked with clients in my timezone (EST) and on the opposite side of the world (Qatar which is +8 hours). For everyone involved, it's usually better to be in a close timezone but it's ultimately up to the engineer and company. In my case, the client in Qatar had flexible hours to work around my schedule so I didn't feel much of an impact.
What's great about TopTal is they often post timezone and overlap requirements with the job description. For instance, a job posting might say PDT and requires at at least 4 hours in "overlap" (meaning the company and candidate must overlap 4 hours work each day).
I have never turned down (or been turned down) for a job because of timezone with TopTal -- hopefully that helps answer your question!
Thank you for taking the time to do this! A couple questions if I may:
What's been your experience with working across time zones? Do you generally work with clients close to your own time zone or are you expected to work whatever hours the client requires?
For instance, with TopTal if you lived in Hawaii, would you be expected to attend a 9AM EST Standup if that's where your client was located?
Thanks!
I have worked with clients in my timezone (EST) and on the opposite side of the world (Qatar which is +8 hours). For everyone involved, it's usually better to be in a close timezone but it's ultimately up to the engineer and company. In my case, the client in Qatar had flexible hours to work around my schedule so I didn't feel much of an impact.
What's great about TopTal is they often post timezone and overlap requirements with the job description. For instance, a job posting might say PDT and requires at at least 4 hours in "overlap" (meaning the company and candidate must overlap 4 hours work each day).
I have never turned down (or been turned down) for a job because of timezone with TopTal -- hopefully that helps answer your question!
It does, thanks!