# Remote roles internationally - are my only options just these AI shops?

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**Created:** [March 3, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/remote-roles-internationally-are-my-only-options-just-these-ai-shops/12548 "2026-03-03T19:13:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![KnifeySpooney](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/knifeyspooney/32/85480_2.png) [@KnifeySpooney](https://community.goactuary.com/u/KnifeySpooney)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/remote-roles-internationally-are-my-only-options-just-these-ai-shops/12548/1 "2026-03-03T19:13:21Z")

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I’m outside the US on sabbatical from work now… thanks to my job at my previous company I grew sick enough in more ways than one. But I’m not ready to jump back into full-time just yet, so I’m in this an odd flux state since there’s quite a bit of experience under the belt (even though I’m not fully qualified yet) but _I want to see if I can dip my toes back in slightly_, while still working on the side projects I’ve had on mind for a loooong time.

Ever since starting the break, I got these LinkedIn ads from this AI company - Mercor I think - but that seems like some standard data annotation work. **Is this the only ‘in’, internationally, for someone with my profile?** Right now I’m willing to put in say 10ish hours a week, and don’t know if this is supposed to be the only thing that scratches that itch (I kinda hope not).