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Looking for my first job – tips on how to choose right

I've started looking for a job, starting next semester. I am a part time student living in South America, so ideally I'm looking for a WFH internship in the full stack developer/software engineer area. I know it's basically impossible to get an international remote internship but I've been looking for opportunities both in and out of my country. I was wondering what red flags I should look for, how to behave in an interview and at what part of the selection process I should start asking about the pay (99% of the job postings don't have a salary range, and since it's my first job I feel it would turn companies away if I started asking about money upfront). Please, if you have any tips on how to choose and apply to a company, let me know! (inflation has hit hard and it has become increasingly difficult for my parent…


I've started looking for a job, starting next semester. I am a part time student living in South America, so ideally I'm looking for a WFH internship in the full stack developer/software engineer area. I know it's basically impossible to get an international remote internship but I've been looking for opportunities both in and out of my country. I was wondering what red flags I should look for, how to behave in an interview and at what part of the selection process I should start asking about the pay (99% of the job postings don't have a salary range, and since it's my first job I feel it would turn companies away if I started asking about money upfront). Please, if you have any tips on how to choose and apply to a company, let me know!

(inflation has hit hard and it has become increasingly difficult for my parent to make ends meet. I don't want to come off as greedy but pay is really important. For conversion purposes, 1 USD = 5 of my country's currency and the minimum hourly wage here is about R$ 6.30 an hour. The minimum American wage, $ 7.5/hour, is about 6x more than what I could make at an entry level job here, so there's a reason why an international opportunity, even if a bad one, would be great).

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