Not all job markets are the same. Your skills may be less in demand where you live, and more in demand elsewhere.

Likewise, companies may be trying to hire people with skills that are rare in their area.

Plenty of companies still refuse to hire remote workers, and often I can't blame them.

> In the field of software development, location doesn't matter.

Wishful thinking.

Anecdotal experience. I've been working "big city" development jobs from the farm for nearly a decade. I have never had difficulty finding people who wanted to work with me.

That's a point I agree with but it doesn't change the fact that there are a huge number of people on HN who are struggling to find the right kind of work, if any work at all.

After I submitted some of my previous blog posts I was inundated with emails from HNer's asking for CV advice and general advice on how to find work so I decided to address the problem.

Ultimately, if this post so much as helps one person then it will have been worth it.