Any experienced nomads here?
How old are you? How long have you been doing it? Which countries have you lived in? How long is your average stay, usually?
Do you think it's a meme or worth it?
digital nomad bread
Any experienced nomads here?
How old are you? How long have you been doing it? Which countries have you lived in? How long is your average stay, usually?
Do you think it's a meme or worth it?
Fuck all you dork homosexuals HUNCHED over your little MacBook screen, CROONING your little pencil neck, CLACKING up a storm writing your gay little swift code. Couldn’t be me pffff lol
/THREAD
vr headset, sit up comfortably, bluetooth keyboard at comfortable height
>t. never wore a VR headset for more than 15 minutes
The $300 oculus quest 2 felt fine to use for hours. The apple thing will probably make 8+ hours of use feel fine.
Kek dorkie got clacked
I’ll have you know my oculus 3pi750 has swivelthread technology which allows for incline depressuriza-pffffffffffLOL
Dork!
DORK DESTROYER DENYING DORKS
The crazy thing is, in spite of my relentless attacks, I have yet to encounter a dorky who legitimately details a life that is counter to my description of them. There’s never once been a dorker who goes
>lol you’re so pathetic dude, I make 8k a month, live in a 500 dollar condo in downtown Bangkok, and fuck high end escorts every night/hit RCA and absolutely clean up with my entourage of worldly, tech-savvy 7/10 friends.
It never happens. The only genuine high earners I’ve met overseas were all secretive, introverted, and basically lived the exact same life they would stateside except they work on a laptop on their balcony near the beach, and maybe occasionally fuck hookers or have some very basic brown-skinned Thai gf. They don’t use their money to live some kind of opulent, great gatsby lifestyle. They don’t do anything cool.
It’s very disappointing
>It never happens. The only genuine high earners I’ve met overseas were all secretive, introverted, and basically lived the exact same life they would stateside except they work on a laptop on their balcony near the beach, and maybe occasionally fuck hookers or have some very basic brown-skinned Thai gf.
This. I'm basically this but i'm in fucking China with no hookers or girlfriend. Just ugly fat co-workers & nosy chinks trying to get me to quit.
Here’s the game plan dorker. I’m assuming you’re location independent:
>buy a Rolex with a diamond bezel
Don’t get a completely iced out one, just the bezel. This is so you’re not like a chandelier in the club, but if someone looks in your direction longer than a glance they will see the diamonds. It’s a subtler flex. If possible, pat a premium for VVS diamonds that truly dance.
>move to bankok and stay around nana plaza
>fuck hookers but also venture out to RCA and get bottle service with some other dweebs
>make sure you use your left hand (with the rolex) to sign receipts, except/give change, so that you’re always periodically showcasing this classic indication of having *some* money (darker the club the better)
>when you’re not doing any of this just hang out at patio seating and again, make sure you are using your Rolex hand to create mini spectacles of wonder as you except receipts or pay for services
dorkiest shit I've read this week
There is no ruse you ferrets. It’s simply a game plan, whereupon the orchestration of such a scheme, will lead this dorkie to exalted heights of sublime joy. Betwixt the legs of the fairer skinned hi-so thai girl lies the rosy hibiscus flower…whose nectar grants the imbiber….access to the higher planes of existence….
But only those with elite perception and tact may charm such a creature. Certainly…
>elite perception and tact
>Rolex
Had me right there.
Let’s hear about your obscure and opulent choice of watch shitbag
Time waits for no man…
just fuck off, you aren't fooling anyone
Lol, enjoy getting targeted by thieves, touts and naggers.
Meanwhile I’ll be chilling with my six-fig salaried, 10 hour a week job; Dressing like a hobo and still pulling bitches while putting everything I save into my investment portfolio.
What do you do anon?
lol it is always some cringe alcoholic sales guy that says this shit
rent free
>>lol you’re so pathetic dude, I make 8k a month, live in a 500 dollar condo in downtown Bangkok, and fuck high end escorts every night/hit RCA and absolutely clean up with my entourage of worldly, tech-savvy 7/10 friends
This is cringe and pathetic compared to the introverted chad that saves what he earns while also enjoying the nomad lifestyle. Muh high end whores, lmao
>they don't do anything cool
too busy slaving away at work every day and my wages aren't FAANG so I'm not filthy rich, just middle class
Why are you so obsessed man wtf "dorker" please find a new catch line.
A dork earning a high salary in a lcol country is living a better life than like 80% of people on earth
He's just jealous because he feels trapped in a physical job.
From the expat thread the muh dork anon is only 5'10 and weights 190 pounds like a true lardass
Yep I am.
Nice Larp anon, im 170. I look fine
>Honestly? I'd say just bust ass for a while and then take a long, long vacation. Slow travel for a few months off your earnings and shit.
I’ve made peace with the fact that this is the path forward for me and the best I can do is refine it so that my time in America is as short as possible with seasonal work or some other arrangement. I am NOT learning to fucking code.
>I am NOT learning to fucking code.
Learn online sales TTT bro. You can work remote and creampie in Thailand.
GRRRRRRRRR
*bonks to esg*
He can't learn shit, he has literal brain damage. No offense given to TTT-nagger, it is what it is. He has to live his life within his limitations, can't tell a quadriplegic to run.
Yes he's a brain dead coomer, literally. He will be 60 year old working in a factory and lives for his coom time in Thailand kek
> Learn online sales TTT bro
What is TTT
It’s me, TTT
Shut the fuck up you dork homosexual
Kek I won’t be working in a factory but I’ll probably be a security guard ngl
Good for you.
Yep, there’s no fucking way I’m doing any of that.
In the position I’m in, I’ll only have to suffer for a year max before I can go coom again. That’s something I can live with. Im 32 and too set in my ways for any kind of dork sigma male grindset. Im gonna be a security guard coomer for the rest of my life. The pleasure of getting to sit on my ass for 80% of my shift outweighs the dream life of living perpetually in Thailand and cooming every single night indefinitely. It’s simply my constitution, and I have to live by it.
Fuckin dorkers
what is online sales? cold calling people on Skype voip phone?
Could you post in EVERY thread, please? Thanks.
400ish days left bro
dude crooning means singing
I meant crane sry
Fu you
Thanks for settling this
Fuck you
Based dork derision dealer!!!
Fuck you
>you dork homosexuals HUNCHED over your little MacBook screen, CROONING your little pencil neck, CLACKING up a storm writing
you do all this for free, holy kek
Resident seething wagie pooping up the expat thread comes back for round 2 huh?
Need some advice actually about being a full-remote digital nomad. I already got one foot in the door to do this.
I am hired by an agency right now but i'm working on-site at a tech company and work as an English content writer, a lot of my fellow contractors are working remotely and I think its just a matter of renegotiating my work contract with my agency and finding another job that doesn't require me to be on site.
My co-workers onsite are cringey toxically feminine fat chicks, so naturally I want to avoid them. But this is a step in the right direction, I use to work as a waiter at a hotel before I got this English content writing gig.
>English content writing gig
The way you specify this makes me assume you are not white or American.
Does this sort of job actually pay well?
Aren't you worried about how it'll all be automated by AI soon? Or at least how the wages will be driven down because of that?
I get paid a little under US$40K annually, but I live in an area of China where the average is about $8k a year. I got investments back home so I take this job as more of a laid back job in between actual careers.
I don't think AI can replace these jobs anytime soon, it's not so simple as to write English content. It's content that's specific to internal guidelines that you need to funnel through buggy unresponsive internal software mixed with slow bureaucratic shit management. AI can't replace organizations of people desperate to maintain their jobs.
Fuck is Chat-GPT going to fuck all the prospects for Digital remote jobs in the future?
depends on the job. Low skill stuff will probably get automated
What's even considered as "low skilled" nowadays? Theres GPT powered sites now that can generate entire fucking websites with code within 10 seconds, doing that manually by humans was regarded as high-skilled not even 5 years ago.
Okay, and there are people who have jobs that are not remote who also do those same things
I think digital nomads will benefit more than hurt
For a lot of stuff yeah, but the model needs a lot of human guidance and engineering around it.
It looks like a more accelerated version of earlier software advancements. Shit like open source OS and compilers made highly specialized assembly programmers less unique, but also made a ton of stuff more economical and you saw evolution of business software. Then you had the midwit langs and tooling like node and js and python, and the web invading in general, and suddenly programmer worth exploded even more despite lowering the overall talent barrier.
I bet you this will turn out the same. We'll have lots of people bitching about getting automated, but all the business models previously unworkable will catch the wave, and all the entirely new use cases will do the same thing web did.
Just like you see "uses excel real good" as an actual job (under a different title of course) you will see "talks to chatbot real good" emerge.
chatgpt can write code but the code it writes is pretty poor quality
i tried asking it a few questions like how to write programs to do simple stuff. like, write a program to convert degrees C to F, that kind of thing
the first answer it comes up with is always like someone just learning a language at school. you point out what it did wrong and it's always like "oh sorry what i really meant was" and it gives a different answer that is usually a bit better but still not what an experienced programmer would write
i kind of wonder if they did this deliberately
anyway it's not taking any decent programmer's job any time soon
chat gpt has been made increasingly shit over time
there are much better private AI models
While the dork rambles about asian pussy, I'll ask another question.
Suppose I move to a different country every few months, such that I never pass the 183 day threshold and become a tax resident. Does this mean that I don't have to pay any taxes to anyone _at all_?
Basically
Yes. I have been doing this for almost a decade and never had an issue.
Which countries have you been hopping between? What citizenship?
Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
It's the stinky life for me.
are you american? you still need to pay taxes there even if you are abroad
>not putting your earnings into BTC
good luck bro BTC is the easiest asset to trace
Nah, if you use coinjoin and lightning properly its at least as good as xmr. The problem is it's not as dumb simple so normies will fuck it up
>if you use coinjoin and lightning properly its at least as good as xmr
lol no
>I have no idea how any of this works but some dude told me monero is better
Yes xmr is better for total retards like yourself. Stay in your lane.
I am not american put I think that's wrong. That only works above a certain threshold iirc
I guess I'm a digital nomad. I just day trade a stack of crypto and do a bit of forex. Collect about 2k a month (average), which lets me live a simple but acceptable life for my 20-ish hours of work a week.
I don't need to do anything.
lmao based.
I left my home country and live in a tax haven working remotely. Earning well with a pretty young virgin gf.
Never been happier
how to git gud anon?
Yes as an American you need to pay taxes. But you can utilize FEIE and get a tax benefit. I saved about $20,000 in taxes every year.
here is a link which explains some of it.
https://nomadlist.com/not-a-resident-in-any-country-what-are-your-experiences/7854
i get paid to an offshore company in HK and they ask for a document where i am resident or they charge 8% iirc personal tax if i don't/can't supply it. i wasn't resident anywhere because of moving around for 5 years.
Why not become a tax resident in Georgia and pay 1% tax instead of 8%?
You are always a tax resident somewhere in practical terms. Unless you are moving all your money in cash you can't just receive your money in a bank account for 5 years and then claim tehee I'm not a resident anywhere actually so no tax.
To prevent being taxed somewhere you need to prove residence somewhere else.
Unless you're a United States citizen
Question
I'm European and going to Asia trying digital nomadism for the first time, so I'll be bringing my work laptop. I would stay for 4-6 weeks for starters.
Is it worth going to Bali for the people, if I'm just looking to genuinely meet interesting / lively company? As far as I understand, Bali is in its 25th hour, getting completely shitted up with overtourism. But right now it's also the highest concentration of like-minded people, who just want to GTFO of EU / USA.
I thought about just going to a Thai island, but it if's just full of yolo vacationers, I'm afraid I would not fit in and have any fun.
I'm just so fed up with all the shit at home. Would be nice to make some friends who share the same experience and means to get away from it too.
Forgot to say I'm 32. Feel old as fuck, however I would have about 4000€ left over each month. So spending up to 2000€ is really no big deal at this point.
I'd say either go to Bangkok/Chiang Mai or Bali. Thai islands are mostly russian tourists, kek.
Thanks friends
Why is Bali not discussed more on this board? Seems like a no brainer destination even with its obvious downsides.
I'm really afraid of settling down for one city, such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai or Kuala Lumpur, because what if I run out of things to do after 2 weeks? Bali seems to be so overloaded with events and points of interest in comparison, it's looking like a decent choice for me
Also, I am not looking for hookers, only normal guys/girls who would help me get the hang of living in Asia (I've only been to Europe at this point)
Bali isn't discussed as much here because it's not as easy to reach as the rest of SEA for non-Australians, has a reputation for mostly being about partying, sun, and surfing, and the cooming scene is just average.
However, not all of these things are true.
Bali isn't my number one destination, but I wouldn't try to talk you out of it. If that's the place that interests you the most, go for it.
Then I'm trying to get information from those who have been to Bali. Would you recommend it to a solo traveller (digital nomad style), who's also not yet fully degenerate? Why is it hard to reach?
Chiang Mai is also appealing. I have a Thai friend who's from there, but warned me of the burning season.
I'm really conscious of bigger and dense cities, like Bangkok or Phuket. What if they feel like another soulless metropolis, overly crowded and everyone busy, or just on a 2 weeks vacation. I want to find places which I can like and return to another couple of months later... or at least find people who are planning to do the same around SEA and stay in touch with them.
>Then I'm trying to get information from those who have been to Bali.
i've been several times
>Would you recommend it to a solo traveller (digital nomad style), who's also not yet fully degenerate?
depends. a lot of the island is quite rural and there is fuck all to do or places to eat etc. if you want decent reliable internet, plenty of places to buy food etc then you have to stay in one of the built up areas like denpasar (the "capital") which are also the areas where there are most tourists
>Why is it hard to reach?
i live in malaysia most of the time so it isn't hard to reach. there are also direct flights to most other countries in the region
Bali has its share of digital nomads. They mostly aren't as long term as the nomads in Thailand, but admittedly I haven't met too many in Bali. The ones I did meet were basically just IT workers on vacation. (Kind of like you - no offense - just spending 4-6 weeks vacation away from home.)
By comparison, Chiang Mai is full of nomads (most of them steadily losing money and will eventually go home broke, but lots of long-term nomads too). Other cities like Bangkok and Saigon (pre-covid, now not so many in VN because of the shortened visas) have them too but they're sprinkled among the larger expat communities. You'll come across them in Phuket (mostly Phuket Town, lots of nomadic mongers in Patong). Siem Reap has a few dozen you'll see if you spend time in the coffee shops.
If it's simply numbers and per-capita you're looking for, go to Chiang Mai, but be aware that most of the nomads you meet there are either not self-sufficient or only just barely hanging on.
By the way, don't let me discourage you. I've made friends and some good contacts in all of the places I mentioned. I just want to set your expectations.
You can meet other nomads either by being social when you see them around, coincidentally at non-IT/nomad meetups (check meetup.com for that stuff), or at IT/nomad themed meetups. If you become friends with expats who own restaurants and businesses, they'll put you in touch with other expats/nomads who do similar work.
How expensive is Chiang Mai? I didn't think it was that expensive, I figured if you had any sort of real remote income you'd be putting money away even living a pretty cushy lifestyle. What would you expect to spend, let's use USD for simplicity, to live solo in Chiang Mai?
If you are acclimatized to SEA and rent a room/apartment, you can easily live on $1000/month in Chiang Mai. If you are new to SEA but thrifty and don't eat all your meals in Western/tourist restaurants, don't in bars too often, and don't monger, you can also live off $1000/month, but you'll feel constrained.
If you rent Airbnbs or stay in mid-level hotels, eat 2-3 meals a day in places with English menus, drink and socialize in bars, and you've got a taste for p4p women, then $2000/month has you living comfortably.
If you are living like a two-week millionaire - typical tourist who wants to see the sights, looks up Michelin graded restaurants, hits meetup events every possible time and drinks freely at them, rents a motorbike without shopping around, has one or two Thai girls going all the time - well, the sky is the limit, but I put my time in doing that at $500-1000/week.
Chiang Mai is cheap, but the country is fine tuned to suck the money out of your pockets. If you don't set a budget for yourself, it can easily get out of hand, especially for a new arrival who wants to do everthing.
Doesn't sound too bad - my current experience is Japan and Korea but I'm planning on doing SEA at some point. I pull down around 1750 USD a month (which isn't very impressive compared to the average Nomad) and my income has been pretty okay for that.
How did you manage to live in Japan/Korea for $1750 per month?
Not too difficult if you're willing to live relatively frugally. I actually ended up spending more than $1750 a month in Japan to live more like a tourist than a local. But if you know where to look and get the right deals, you can get surprisingly cheap rent - i.e. about $400 USD a month for a room in a house.
Korea I ended up living a pretty boring lifestyle to make up for my spending in Japan but it wasn't too bad. Got fleeced a bit on rent though cause I can't speak Korean and Koreans love to nickel and dime foreigners.
I'm going to apply for a Working Holiday Visa in Japan to stay for 1 year. The ideal outcome would be to keep my current full remote job in Europe, since it pays nice and I'm only working 3 hours a day tops, but even though I have a flexible schedule (they literally don't care for anything else than meetings), I'm not sure if they would allow that, for legal or tax reasons that I'm not aware of. So, my plan is to apply for another job in Japan, get an offer and a few weeks before I leave my country, ask about working in Japan to my current company. If they say yes, I would keep my current job, if they say no, I'd be taking the new job.
Shared house, I guess, that's my plan at least. It's the best way to make new friends.
Have you considered just not mentioning this to your employer and continuing to work?
I think this would be an awful idea for several reasons
>They can monitor my network
They don't normally care, I think. But if they see that I'm working from a Japanese IP I'm sure this will raise an alarm. This could be fixed by setting up a VPN, but it's kinda cumbersome
>What happens if I get sick
I would need to go to the doctor to ask for sick leave. It's possible to do it online for mild things like flu or constipations but what if I break a leg?
>Time difference
Even though I have a flexible schedule they expect me to go to meetings, and sometimes they are held at 4pm. If I say I'm in Japan I could avoid those meetings. I definitely don't want to be hanging out and having to go outside to attend a meeting with my phone.
>What if they ask me to go to the office or a coworker wants to meet in person because they happen to be in my city
Of course I can reject once or twice but apart from being quite odd from my side (I have a very friendly personality with coworkers), it would raise an eyebrow
>Social media
And I don't only mean my own, which I have quite controlled. Who knows if someone knows a coworker of mine and finds out because they uploaded a picture with me in a Karaoke
>More scenarios I didn't think about
Shit happens and I don't want to book a return ticket to my country for the next day in case I have to pretend I'm still living there. I think the most probable scenario is that they won't care and that's it, but I have a plan B in case something goes wrong
>This could be fixed by setting up a VPN, but it's kinda cumbersome
Are you an iToddler without an ethernet port on your lappytoppy? Look up what a travel router it. It's dead easy.
>What happens if I get sick
Work while you're sick. And by work, I mean do you usual 2 hours max. You are a WFH coder, right?
>Time difference
okay grandpa
>What if they ask me to go to the office
Just don't go? How often are you called in anyways?
>Social media
Don't post stuff on your identifying accounts
You are SUCH a little pussy.
>How did you manage to live in Japan/Korea for $1750 per month?
1750/mo is fucking over kill what the hell are you doing to go over that?
Hostel private rooms are GOAT in saving funds same with business hotels. I think 2 weeks in a hotel in matsumoto was about 300-350 for me, or 700/mo. If you're doing 1k in food a month learn to lose some weight fatty
>1750 is overkill
>just stay in le hostel bro
Clearly it is not overkill if the alternative is staying in a hostel
Hostel private rooms are pretty great I'll never understand SighSee's hate for them. You often get a good rate for the location, fully stocked kitchen, decent hangout lounge, and generally more social people. I'm paying avg 18-25 a night in Japan and Korea coming up for private rooms in fairly good places.
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Bruh how the fuck are you spending 1750 USD in Seoul for a month
What the fuck are you buying
>Western Style hotel: 30/night
>Food: 20-25/day
>Sim card: 50 dollars a month
>sub costs: 15/wk
>rest for cooming once a month
How the fuck would it be lower?
If you can afford it, that's ok but there are obvious ways to lower that expense.
>Western style hotel
Just rent a regular apartment and/or share it with more people. Instead of 900/month it can go down to 400/month
>Food
Cook your own shit. From 750 to 300/month
In total, that's close to 1000 that you can save every month.
>Western Style hotel: 30/night
Rent an apartment bro
>food: 20-25/day
bruh, how
>Sim card: 50 dolalrs a month
I paid less than 20
>sub costs
okay, depends on how much you ride it I guess. Subway isn't really that expensive in Seoul, but I only ever used it on weekends really
As an american it's impossible to survive on less than 30$ a day in meals. It's the second most expensive thing on whilst taking holiday for us.
learn2cook
I did it from about 29-39. I got sick of it after a while but now I’m itching to do it again. The USA sucks.
>Dude google fi is the shitties provider if you digital nomad they will cut you off if you are overseas for more than 3 months
Why the fuck didn't anyone tell me this is because people are using mobile data for literally everything? Not only that but you still have call and texts it's just data can be turned off with excessive usage.
Thanks for letting me know this. You saved me from potentially making the same mistake.
Tge lesson is not to get it?
Lots of people ditch google fi because they think it's going to fuck their text/calling over or there is a hard limit of time. It's really not, just don't use google fi for EVERYTHING. If wifi is there use it, I will never understand people who use their cell data for literally everything. Like in Japan my friends complained about the data costs but wouldn't use the free Tokyo Metro Wifi, lawsons, etc. Backing up videos or shit? bruh just cell data fr fr.
Most people complaining about it seem to use it for hotspots where the people who have service longer tend to use the data sparingly. Google fi offers a lot since you can do calls/texts from your gmail and wifi for free. I was about to switch because I got worried then realized if it is shut off I simply just need to go grab a data sim, pop it into my second sim slot, and roll.
Can the country I will be a nomad in know I work for a foreign company and thus, ask me for taxes? I want to move back east but keep my western comfy job. How could they find out? If I go the official route I don't think my employer would agree (we don't have an office in that country).
Get a router level VPN and don’t tell them.
No, how would they know if you don't tell them?
I get paid into an offshore bank account and it's not like they track my every expense. Even if they did, I could just tell them I have a few thousand in savings (which I do)
Just don't go around bragging about it and telling every random stranger and you should be fine. The only issue is if you plan to stay for 183 days or more and are liable to pay taxes in the country, but in order to do that you need a proper Visa anyways as far as I'm aware - outside of Georgia, I don't think any country will allow you to stay more than 180 days visa-free.
I was actually born in the country I want to be a nomad in. I know it sounds retarded, but I just don't want to leave my western job because it's better paid compared to my birth country. This is why I think visas don't apply to me.
Honestly thinking about doing the same thing. I really need to find a remote job. I'm gonna ask my boss next year to work two more weeks overseas on Vacation so I can stay in Japan longer.
Really wanna try dating over there and right now the $$ value is pretty damn good.
generally if you stay over 6 months you become a tax resident. some countries will then have some ability to check if you have any KYC accounts.
if you just move around on different tourist visas you pay no tax
Not much bread in this thread. I carry two of these little bitches - 2012ish macbook air 11". They're cheap, about 1.5kg with the charger (I bring two chargers too), and perfect for my life on the road.
I've never actually needed to use the backup, but I keep two just in case. Getting another notebook that isn't overpriced shit in developing countries isn't easy.
M2 Air is legit the best nomad laptop ever created. Very powerful, thin and can hold the charge for 10+ hours while actively using. Can't wait to take this bad boi to a nomad eurotrip
Might have to pick one of these up, my current work laptop is in a sort of purgatory.
I like them, but I need intel architecture for some stuff. And I'm also a cheap and cautious bastard. Ever since I had a laptop stolen (ironically in a rich developed country), I've always taken precautions as though I'll lose my rig at any time. I'll probably get an M2 in 5-10 years.
Did they steal it from your apartment or you left it in a public place unattended?
My apartment, which was a worse feeling than having it stolen from somewhere I'd expect to be less secure.
I have a nice e-comm that gives me around 3k dollars passive income per month but I like to keep my budget at 2k, to save some money in case of emergencies.
What's the best city in SEA to settle down for like a month or two? Renting a modest place with good wifi and air-con and with nice street food?
I'm currently torn between Saigon and Chiang Mai. Which one should I go for? Which one is cheaper?
Bangkok. Saigon is just a shittier version of bkk.
>Bangkok. Saigon is just a shittier version of bkk.
I disagree. Different experiences fundamentally
>23
>1.5 years (since I graduated )
>lots of Caribbean countries, a few South American countries
>max visa stay (30-90 days)
I think it’s absolutely worth it, but maybe I’m a bit mentally fucked up honestly. The downsides are massive (always on the move, no permanent relationships), I just somehow see the upside (lots of new experiences which push me out of my comfort zone) to vastly outweigh the negatives. However, for any non retarded person, just living in a city and making permanent connections is a way better life style
>read any thread about DN's living in Portugal
>it's locals reeeing about muh rent, muh evil nomads
Why are they like this? How come people in Amsterdam or Prague are okay with high rents and tourists but not people in Lisbon?
>Amsterdam or Prague
The rents would be high regardless of digital nomads.
Also, Spaniards are poor and stupid. They can't compete with nomads like a Dutch person could so they seethe.
Portugal wants the gibs for being in the EU but then they seethe that people from other parts of the EU are allowed to visit their country
Actually did this as a physician consultant. I held five states medical licenses. My situation is different than a lot of tech/business people interested in this.
I mostly stayed in Europe and would work four 10 hours shifts Mon-Thurs, of which I typically worked at least 8.5-9 of those hours doing clinical work and would often need extra time to document, which I could largely do while traveling. I was able to pick my hours within a range of possible business hours which helped with the time zone difference. I had great staff support for random arguments with insurance or pharmacies as well as fielding patient calls, but when something was a shitshow, it was very hard to manage. I never really felt I had the time I wanted to enjoy places I was in either and found myself wanting to not be quite so active on my ongoing three-day weekends.
I was in a few months a piece for Lisbon, Oslo, Prague, and Dubrovnik. I also did a couple weeks in Costa Rica around the time of taking a week vacation. I didn't try Asia but it probably would have been cheaper though the time zone would have been difficult for me.
For me, it was fun in some ways but overall not worthwhile after around a year. I now have a job that pays better in-person, a nice home, and my days are much easier to disconnect from - I finish everything in the clinic. This potentially doesn't matter to some people but it also gets somewhat lonesome doing this. There are ex-pats and meet ups but I needed significant amounts of time on my own and many of the "digital nomad" types you run across have unhealthy levels of escapism in their lives.
I'm a fully remote worker and I've been thinking of just staying in Japan for three months, the problem being that accomodations got a little bit extra expensive lately so I was wondering if renting a room would be enough. My problem is that I would still have to work on Eastern Time, meaning I'll probably have a meeting around 12am and 2-3 am which is probably going to be annoying for the rest of the people in the house. should I just try Airbnb and ask every single guy if it's okay to have calls in the middle of the night?
rent a little office in a business centre like regus or some local equivalent. you should be able to find a place quite cheaply that is just big enough for yourself to work in that you can rent month by month.
In my experience, a good headset allows you to talk quietly (not whisper) into it, and the other side can hear you fine.
For cheap accommodations in Japan, look on Facebook groups for rooms for rent. Also consider using google translate to look on Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, Filipino, etc, Facebook groups in the city you want to stay in.
When you visit the house, tell them you work at night and demonstrate one of your calls and ask them if it's too loud. They've probably had louder roommates before.
Hostel private rooms
Get a mic for close to your mouth
Don't stay in Tokyo, look to Osaka
Also when are you going? Summer gets expensive as shit, you may want to look into Korea, it's easy to get a 1br for like 15/night still around cokrea.
Korea is WAY more expensive than Japan.
Mental how people keep pushing this insane meme that Japan is expensive. It is not.
>Korea is WAY more expensive than Japan.
What? a private room in Seoul is still <20/night. Hell I can stay in a beach front private room hostel for about 30 bucks. I'm actually staying 2 months in Korea because it's so cheap. Are you simply looking at western style hotels or something?
???
Compared to a private room in Tokyo this is a cheaper option, most in tokyo are going to start around 25/night
Anyone ever done GIS work remotely as a nomad? Got a good lead on a remote job, I know two monitors is necessary but I've heard you can get a laptop with a portable second monitor
>portable second monitor
i use one of those occasionally. mainly for attaching to devices that don't normally have a screen attached but also with my laptop when i'm onsite somewhere. it's pretty cool, about the same size screen as my laptop and it just attaches by usb-c, no troubles
not sure i'd want to use it for intense graphical work for a long time though, it's still a bit small for that
me again
actually it's not that different from the setup in the op pic, although that looks like an ipad rather than just a screen
Why women get so mad about digital nomad bros going overseas?
Women are just jealous that men have many more years that we can fuck around and still settle down and start a family in our 40s, 50s, or 60s. A single guy who takes care of himself will feel like life is just getting interesting at 31 years old, but a woman at that age is already starting to get desperate because her time is running out.
That's because your a clicky clacky dorker narcissist who's obsessed with the money and "status" his dorker career brings him. Guess what, no one cares except you. You're still a dork
>That's because your a clicky clacky dorker narcissist who's obsessed with the money and "status" his dorker career brings him.
Care about my career? Far from it. I work to live, not live to work. That's why I spent the minimal effort needed to develop the skills that let me live comfortably. I work a few hours every day, go to the gym some days, and drink and sleep with pretty girls on other days.
>Guess what, no one cares except you.
Sounds like you care.
>You're still a dork
If you say so. I don't care about pejorative labels. Small-minded people use them.
women never want to see a man happy.
Which countries and towns in EU would you recommend to nomad in?
can you do it unskilled?
never tell anyone you are a digital nomad. it makes everyone seethe uncontrollably. from male wagies wishing they had your lifestyle to roasties wishing you'd stick around to betabux. its freedom on an indescribable level. we are the new aristocracy, internet dukes and barons. never let anyone tell you any different.
> never tell anyone you are a digital nomad. it makes everyone seethe uncontrollably
Can confirm. Although if I couldn’t work remote anymore, I’d be seething hard.
>mention a digital nomad when hanging out at the bar or common area
>BRO HOW DO I DO THAT IT SOUNDS AWESOME
>ask what skills they have in terms of tech or other skillset they can do remotely
>DUNNO I JUST HAVE SOME SHIT DEGREE MY PARENTS FORCED ME TO GET LOL BUT HOW DO I LEARN TO CODE!?!?
>Okay well you may want to start out with Java or HTML maybe even do Comptia if coding isn't up your alley
>SURE CAN I LEARN THIS IN LIKE 2 MONTHS?!?!
>nah probably will take a few years
(insert explanation of how I started out in IT years ago right out of high school and had to work through some years of helpdesk)
>notice eyes glossed over by the fact it isn't just a pick up PC and instant win job in the beaches
It's almost useless unless the person I am speaking to has a tech background or a solidified career in something. I basically stopped telling people I DN because of how 99.9% of the time after telling someone you can't just 'do it' without some experience they all lose interest. No you're most likely not going to get free international roam and work abroad as someone who is a button presser or helpdesk money simply because you read a Comptia A+ book. It's only worse when you have to deal with a ideas guy who wants to pitch a retarded software thing that exists or is a videogame.
Can you even be a DN doing IT though?
yes it's one of the easiest fields to do. I manage an azure, google, and aws environment. What the fuck would it matter if I am in an office or not when all my logistics for networking, application provisioning and delivery to clients, along with security, patching, and so on is done via a keyboard.
Can you please spoonfeed me what your path was to getting that job? I heard cloud is hard to get into without experience
Also how hard would you say it is compared to something like sysadmin? I'm a 100 IQ brainlet for reference
See
but anyways,
Out of HS I immediately got a Helpdesk job while I worked through all the IT courses at my community college. I job hopped every 9-12 months for titles, attended any kind of IT event in person I could to network, and got certified at the same time. Easily between self study, school, work, and such I pulled ass for about 60hrs a week at 18-21ish. Got into a position where I was just asked to travel around the US but then went into a Sr. System Admin gig where it was work more just me doing the backend and another plugging in cables/servers/etc.
Right now I am a Sr. Systems Engineer and travel wherever pretty much whenever.
>Also how hard would you say it is compared to something like sysadmin?
I'm a Systems admin because I didn't care for coding. Use comptia to get a feel on which area of IT you might like the most, just know it's going to take about 3-5 years and probably a certificate in your field of expertise to get to full digital nomad. You could get lucky and right off the bat for full remote ez gig, but it's highly unlikely you'll be able to enjoy digital nomad without some exp in IT.
Thanks, I wasn't expecting it to be easy but I might give it a shot
dude you're like some kind of clairvoyant
lol
The thing that kills most Digital Nomad talks is always 99% of people realize to do DN that you'll need generally above HD knowledge and exp, being that of 2-3 years MINIMUM. You'll basically stop caring about it all together.
Companies got smart, they are pulling a fair amount of people back into the offices or hiring 'remote workers' at a cheaper price and buckling down on data entry people working abroad. This is more true the bigger the company while SMB/small enterprise still seems to be the sweet spot where people are more forgiving but you need to build up some tenure with the company.
If you're not willing to commit to a 2 year grindfest working weekly in VMware workstation building labs, getting certs, understanding forum posts of other peoples issues they tackle, and be willing to do leaps of faith with companies. You're not going to make it in remote IT without prior experience, simple as.
which C E R T S would one want to get, in which order?
dude they're literally shown in the order you take them
So just do CompTIA? Nothing else?
If you can't complete a compTIA route then you're not going to be able to handle or get a job that will be viable for DN.
It should give you an idea which area of IT you intend to work in.
I got DN in under a year with zero qualifications and live large.
Just be chad.
I’ll never experience a colder bucket of water dumped on my DN dreams. The bottom line is you simply have to be a high IQ fuckin dork to be willing to do this. This is insanity
>Doing actual work for 60 hours a week for three years for your long term benefit is harder than working early onset Alzheimer's night shift 60 hours a week for three years just to blow it all in 6 months
Dafuq?
You don't even need that, you just need to know time management and if you're dedicated for IT style of work it's a piss easy thing. I grew up building my first PC after getting a job because I wanted to play gmod, then helped some friends in HS with their PC issues and realized I could escape wage slave shit when I was 16 to work in IT. By the time I was 22 I was capping over 60k/yr because I just sat down and studied while prioritizing my work, school, and social aspects of shit. Sure I might have missed out on those WHACKY ADVENTURES AT BAND CAMP! or some shit in 4 year debt maker simulator: life long edition. But I see now it's like so worth it, my intent was never to be a DN it just kinda worked because while I was young I still was the only one without kids and could travel where boomers didn't want. I used it to my advantage to get work done 10x better so I could explore and pushed myself into automation and other fields, then once I was 24ish? I decided to just travel full time and have been doing that for the past few years.
>you don’t even need that, you just need to grow up building computers!
It won’t be three years you tard, after July 24 I’ll be lean, mean, and be able to fuck off after only a year. If I have my weekend Panda Express, my Newports and squirt soda, and maybe a steam deck I can do that EZ. Don’t doubt my resolve. I’ve been here since 2019
What I am saying is you need the mindset to self motivate yourself into the IT field rather than thinking a crash course braindump camp will make you a king in IT where you can just DN. It helps the earlier you start but if you have no serious motivation or not kinda "I would do this as a hobby" style outlook on it, you're going to have a really hard time with the IT world in general.
Most people who can actually enjoy Digital Nomad and keep it up for any length of time know this and have that thing that makes them click. There are tons of fields out there that can be done remotely, you just need to have some skillset or passion behind it to do it successfully. If your main goal is simply to escape boredom you're kinda in for a bad time IMO. It's very easy to get distracted in the escapism you're seeking and lose sight of your work/quality of work, only to lose your job and downward spiral into doomer posting.
The over all point is that you really need to have a passion for the industry you are in, sure IT is the easiest to DN with, but if you don't have some level of dedication and simply looking to remote work to COOM and live some mystery life. Got bad news for you.
My only motivation is money, remote DN would be nice too
You've been working since last year, so that'll be three years you moonkey. You're such a bad liar
I got back March 2022 so it’s been a year and 4 months. By the time july 2024 comes around. That’ll be 2 years 4 months. Get it together chud.
2.33 years of nightshift is equal to five of normal working
Can you learn entirely with VM or do you need access to physical stuff at some point?
A VM will create a virtual network, you can mimic exactly what you would see in most environments.
If you want to go into networking, look up GNS3
If you want to go into Windows,
Simply build out a windows server VM 1cpu/2500MB ram is enough for literally most all services outside SQL
For clients 1CPU 1280MB ram for windows 10 or 11 as "workstations" since you only need a proof of concept working
Linux same thing, plenty of youtube videos out there CBTnuggets is easy to find on the web for free learning and can give you basic introductions
AWS has similar free cert paths if you are willing to put in the effort, same with google
For learning storage FreeNas or openfiler
For learning virtualization Hyper-v(native windows 10 feature) or esxi which can run in vmware workstation
For reference my first "lab" was an AMD 1055T, 16GB ram, 256GB SSD+1TB HDD. Got me my VCP, EMC, CCNP Datacenter, and some others I am forgetting. Books on amazon should be free in PDF if you have prime for most. Would look more to some online learning CBTnuggets is good and cheap, you can often find the course work free online if you look hard enough. I actually have my lab on my laptop now all it is being a Ryzen 5 pro, 32gb ram, and large NVME drive. Best advice for home lab is not to over provision, you just need to learn the "hey it works" portion.
Think of it this way, if you're going to digital nomad you wouldn't be able to touch the hardware anyways. So you need to learn the software parts of things moreso than "ah shitty hardware features" like SighSee does.
Just remember to enable AMD-V or intel VT in the bios, google should show you how. That will allow most any vm to run
Aren't most entry level jobs centered more around hardware to some extent?
Thanks for all the info, I screen capped. I'm going to start with studying for the A+, when should I start messing around with the VM/lab stuff?
>Aren't most entry level jobs centered more around hardware to some extent?
hardware support yes, but not entirely hardware oriented in terms of touching them. You may need to know when a computer or something is out of ram, cpu, or the drivers are fucked sure. Hell troubleshooting voip/audio issues can be a job of it's own. A comptia A+ cert is more than enough for entry level positions, networking (network+) is also valuable for skipping the front end grind stone.
Really entry level things are going to be application troubleshooting and a mix of all things. My advice is to look at your local ISP for a helpdesk CSR level job, use that to grind out some EXP while you work on your certs. Hell one of the main reasons I got this job was due to the fact that I just used craigslist for a mom and pop PC shop but they did all kinds of odd things that paid off. If you can get an A+, you'll be set for a lot of jobs in entry level. It's a thing SighSee will meme on constantly but it's a HR/recruiters nightmare.
Really for digital nomad to be viable you'll need to skip that HD on the phone thing, you never know the conditions of your next stop.
Depends what the lab or thing you are doing requires, the specs I provided will be enough to provide working proof of concept and "hey it works". Just know you might have to wait a bit longer for it to complete. Also useful setting assuming you have any modern SSD, will help make the most of memory. You'll generally run out of that first before CPU
>Dude you don’t even need a high IQ to do IT
>proceeds to post nearly incomprehensible, incredibly technically dense dorkology with a bunch of acronyms
You clearly lack the self awareness to realize you simply have a higher IQ and nobody off the street can just “grind this out.”
it’s not iq it’s learned material
People with high iq can learn things faster but you can definitely grind it out
I just read through the whole thread and I just wanted to say, thanks man. Currently learning JS online through a paid certif, and your advices got me even more motivated to work and learn on my own.
Thanks anon.
>High IQ is literally doing normal post high-school brain dead teir self study
lmao
He's right, you probably never interacted at length with people outside of your median+ IQ bubble.
If basic IT work is "high IQ" I can't imagine what you think a doctor or lawyer might be, just straight up wizards?
Anyone with a university degree is high IQ. Median IQ is less than 100 in most of the world.
>this is what europoors actually believe
You guys just don't realize how retarded humans really are. Having masters means you're at least 110 IQ which _is_ a lot.
I got two bachelors (working on getting a third) and two masters' degree. Am I literally Dr Manhattan ?
>Am I literally Dr Manhattan ?
not unless you also have a PhD
until then you're just plain Mr Manhattan
Touché lmao
I'm very biased against IQ, since it is so highly skewed by socioeconomic status. One could argue that a child's development is largely influenced by the resources made available to him by his parents tho.
Anyway I'm still learning the ropes in JavaScript right now so I might not be a good judge of how difficult computer science is to learn in general. Even high level languages seems mostly about logic and memorization, so you might be right in the end; it's not for everyone.
>it is so highly skewed by socioeconomic status
Look at twin studies you moron. The skewing goes in the reverse direction, higher IQ leads to higher "socioeconomic status", at least until you hit real outlier 140+ eye que and lose the ability to communicate and deal with normies.
I've skimmed through them, take a chill pill. You are right since it IS indeed in large part heritable (between 60 to 80% if I remember correctly?), but with substantial margins. A child that could have been at 120 in a wealthy family could turn out in low 100's in a middle income family - that'd be a shame, on an individual level.
Not that I'm really emotionally involved in that discussion since I scored really high as a kid.
Not anymore, some chart posted recently shows the distribution has a left tail in the 80s and 90s, probably a handful of 70 IQ droolers if theres a bulge at 80.
University degrees stopped being about training anyone or anything remotely like that at least a couple decades ago, and has only gotten worse. Now they are basically just status signalling traps, and used to lower the fertility of rule followers while artificially inflating the status of retards.
Majority lawyers I met (and I used to work with a lot of law firms) are morons. I can only think of a couple who might have actually been smarter than me and I'm not very smart
>when should I start messing around with the VM/lab stuff?
forgot, the A+ covers HW and SW so you'll probably need to download windows server and windows client
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Both are easy enough to download, IIRC it touches on linux a little and uses ubuntu. The A+ basically covers a little bit of everything, just realize IT is best specialized. Being a generalist is great and all but if you can specialize you can max your life work balance abroad
best of luck
Also, I have a gaming laptop. Is VM more CPU/RAM based? If it doesn't involve graphics at all I'd probably get a second laptop to work with so I don't burn out my gamer
I resonate with what you say about a link of passion is necessary to make something work. Have you met or know of digital nomad designers/graphic artists? Currently have skills in that realm and would like to see if they could translate into a DN lifestyle.
>Have you met or know of digital nomad designers/graphic artists?
I had a roommate in Japan who was a graphic artist. He was a Japanese guy and otaku, but he could afford his rent and ordering UberEats every day. He used to design logos and stuff like that, but honestly I have no idea what he actually did.
Pass, I'll be a youtuber.
Anyone pack a gaming system or console for their downtime?
Why would you move to the other side of the world just to sit at home and play videogames?
Plane ride/train rides. I’m not gonna be in my hotel alot though.
You're supposed to spend that time on reading and introspection.
Not a digital nomad but I'm planning on packing a switch on my next vacation.
>Why would you move to the other side of the world just to sit at home and play videogames?
Why wouldn't you? You're not going to spend 100% of every single day running around talking to people and seeing something new, you'll be tired of it after a few weeks at most. What are you going to do when you hit that point? Sit in your room watching tv? Shitposting on your phone? Might as well play some games.
I have a USB controller and a bunch of emulators on my laptop
if you can't put down the bing bing wahoo for 5 minutes then I don't think the DN lifestyle is for you. Get into cloud gaming or get a Switch/Steamdeck if it really means that much to you.
Honestly? I'd say just bust ass for a while and then take a long, long vacation. Slow travel for a few months off your earnings and shit.
I say this because I've been working remote/gig for like 15 years now or so. When traveling, it just fucking sucks to be sitting around doing work while the world is out there to explore. That and you get pestered constantly just as you would back home.
That said -- if you go the nomad route -- try to do whatever you can to get in a position that's very hands-off and without oversight. The type of shit you can do in batches or with an employer that looks at results vs micro managing the day to day. This way you can just grind out a day or two and then spend the rest enjoying the travel.
I'm not really interested in traveling over se, I just want low cost of living and a steady drip of non fat women to coom in, something I'd never get in the united states pussy prison slave camp
Which country among those is easiest to rent normally (as through portal with offers, not FB or Airbnb): Finland, Italy, Spain, France, Austria?
I meant to rent an apartment for a year, but as an UE resident (I got nice remote offer and super low taxes in my home country). I can pay 3 rents as a deposit, but want the contract official.
I am just tired and need a home base, yet I don't want to live in my home country.
How can I maneuver my way into a remote job?
Get skillsets that can be done remotely
Which ones specifically? How long from zero to competence?
>digital nomad visa
>it's just a long-term residence visa in a single country
governments are retarded
I am tired of working in my cubicle. How do I join you digital nomads?
I've been Digital Nomad for the past 2 months. I'm currently in Malaysia, living comfortably on 1500€ (1700$) per month.
I pay for my accommodations monthly via Airbnb because they offer discounts. It costs me about 700€ per month for a comfortable condo with a washing machine and rooftop pool. Airbnb is pricier compared to annual rentals, but I haven't found a better option for short-term leases of 1 to 3 months. If you have any recommendations, please don't hesitate to share.
I move between Asian countries (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia...) as soon as my visa expires every 1 to 3 months.
My other expenses are:
400€ on food.
100€ for transport, using Grab only.
100€ for insurance. My current one (Chapka) is not good, but I'm committed until December. I'm looking for a different one in the meantime.
The remainder goes to extras, parks, tourist sites, and flights to change countries.
*sigh* fuck you
Yo I'm in KL near Petaling Jaya where are you
Last week I was not far from the center of Kuala Lumpur and this month I'm near Genting Highlands. It's less hot, and there's more nature.
>400€ on food.
dios mio
How fat are you?
Not that anon, but 400 a month is about right if you aren't skeleton mode and don't have access to a normal kitchen. That's roughly 10 bucks a day(yes rounding). In SEA that would be 2 decent meals, beer, and snack/water. If you are active or part of a gym, you're going to be spending 10-15 a day in food which is about there. This is assuming you intend to keep a balanced diet and not "bruh you can spend a few hundred Bhat on a ramen dish you can make in your hotel room! it has veggies it says!".
I clock in 10-18km a day, that's a lot of calories just simply lost to walking. Add in going to the gym and normal calorie loss per day, yeah unless you're 5'5" skelly you're going to need decent meals.
DN is the worst way to do it then, if you get a remote job simply relocate to a lower cost of living area in your current country. Seriously, I'm buying a house when I get back and already have 2 friends willing to move in @ 600/mo which in term makes the house pay for itself and pocket change. Best of luck to you, if you do have a knack for computers seriously look up the comptia path, use VMware workstation or Virtual box for learning server/client relationships, building stuff and troubleshooting, etc. Anything that slightly resembles a gaming PC should be able to take that shit no issue.
68kg for 183 centimetres, so thin.
I buy most of my meals on Grab, having them delivered from a restaurant. It's very convenient even if it's more expensive. I could cut down on costs a bit by purchasing street food, but I'm not yet accustomed to it.
>"Digital Nomad"
>live in hostals to be social and meet people
>invariably gets exhausting but seeing new places is nice
>surrounded by trashy locals and fucking retards half of the time
>hold up for a few months in cheap AirBNB monthlies to get sane again
>Want to socialize without being a drunk
>back to the hostal
I hate naggers.
>>"Digital Nomad"
>>live in hostals to be social and meet people
obviously i can't speak for everyone but i have never stayed in a hostel and none of the people i know who would call themselves digital nomads have either. most live in serviced apartments or if they are planning on staying 6+ months just a normal house/flat rental. but i think once you get to 6 months you are stretching the "nomad" definition a bit
also most of the digital nomads i know are couples and aren't that bothered about meeting locals. i think it's mainly just dysfunctional SighSee types that do it alone
Digital nomad problems are like .5 world problems. Stfu
did you come into this thread just to get annoyed by it?
It’s basically just envy so I have to periodically lash out as a form of catharsis.
I was in a discord with ultra rich dorks and they basically just ignored what I said and only acknowledged other rich people. They just took pictures of them at thong lor Starbucks and other pedestrian and mundane shit sprinkled with “what high priced material item should I purchase today”? Or they’d complain how their 3rd remote job interferes with their schedule it’s just so inspid, pretentious and obnoxious.
>also most of the digital nomads i know are couples and aren't that bothered about meeting locals.
>most live in serviced apartments or if they are planning on staying 6+ months just a normal house/flat rental.
Proving no points and read what I said. And I don't know any 'digital nomads' that aren't moving around seeing as much as they can regionally.
In the 3 years since Covid created the 'digital nomad' meme (or at least launched it to popularity since MMT relies on outflows) I've met ONE couple and most of the single travelers do what I do and live in hostals.
You're the one confused here. The only people getting rentals for more than a month or two work in the area or have to stay close to the USA for flights home.
And DN/WFH abroad is also extremely uncommon despite all of the shilling. It's funny to see all of the failed investment in places like Costa Rica and Aruba that bought in when Covid started only to walk away from half finished projects or cut prices massively from their initial intentions.
>Proving no points
what? eh? i'm not here to "prove a point" i just made a random comment on a board that is supposed to be about travel
>read what I said.
yeah if that was you
what you wrote was some typical spergy self obsessed crap with a random nagger thing thrown in at the end. did you expect anyone to take it seriously?
>I don't know any 'digital nomads' that aren't moving around seeing as much as they can regionally.
>I've met ONE couple and most of the single travelers do what I do and live in hostals.
ok great anon. we clearly move in different circles. you stay in yours i'll stay in mine.
>You're the one confused here.
ok anon. sheesh
>ok great anon. we clearly move in different circles. you stay in yours i'll stay in mine.
The dipshit that can afford to live 5x his mean abroad as he can back home.
You live in my circle, you're just in denial.
Off topic: How long until Passport "Bros" (naggers) fuck up the easy visa policies for Americans. I know that retard Biden is using homosexuals and naggers to alienate as much of America as possible for his chink buddies.
are you drunk?
Cunt.
>Verification not required.
you could have just said yes
k anon you do you
personally i don't hang around in starbucks or whatever. i rent an office in a local business centre. i get more done that way
Any of you guys spent some time traveling around the US? Is it worth it? I’m currently in the Philadelphia area and have spent the last year, living periodically with different family all over Pennsylvania. I’m not working with a lot of money but I do have an insane amount of time on my hands right now and I’m extremely bored. I want to get around a bit but don’t want to leave the country for family reasons.
Go to DC, NYC, Miami, SF, SD, ID, everywhere else is dogshit
These cities are just too expensive to be worth it imo
DN-ing is nice, but it fucks up my diet/training regimen and harms productivity at work. I still plan to continue doing it for around a year but long term it's harmful imo.
I mean what kind of fucking lunatic wakes up and thinks it would be in any way entertaining to do an escape room of all things?
And what kind of loser would go? Imagine sitting in a common area and hearing these two converse after the fact about their "Escape Room Experience" and have a beer together.
How could you NOT think that they're the biggest homosexuals on Earth? How could you NOT have just the most vile fucking thoughts run through your mind?
You're actually fucking retarded. It's not about the escape room, it's about meeting locals.
Bros I'm starting to lose my mind working my current job - Its the same shit every day. I still like what I do but I NEED a change of scenery.
I've got enough weight at the company to work remotely and they can't really say shit, so I've been thinking of saying fuck it and going to SEA for a few months. Whats the best spot in SEA to work remotely? Japan would be sick but they don't allow remote workers and I don't want to risk getting banned if I get caught.
Basically how did you guys figure out where to remote work? Did you visit beforehand?
You're going to break the law by digital nomading wherever you go. No country lets you just work on a tourist visa without any paperwork and taxes.
How do people normally digitally nomad? They just use their tourist visas, get out before it runs out and try not to get caught working while there?
>try not to get caught
Yup.
Countries are offering DN visas but they are pain in the ass to get and the implication is that you're going to stay in the country for half a year or more. It's not about "teehee move to a new cunt every 2-3 months!". See
That guy is trolling. You can absolutely digital nomad and work on tourist visa. You're not allowed to work and earn income from the local businesses. But they do not care if you're working for your company back home. Don't let this retard confuse you.
>they do not care
Doesn't mean that you're not breaking the law. You are not allowed to work on a tourist visa.
Try telling that you're a digital nomad to an immigration officer and see how it goes, retard.
I can tell you've never actually traveled abroad
I can tell that you're a retard that doesn't know shit. Just returned from a two month-trip in Bangkok 2 days ago.
Again, try telling the immigration officer that you're a DN and see how it goes.
>Again, try telling the immigration officer that you're a DN and see how it goes.
You always tell immigration officers what they want to hear and nothing more. Same reason you get a fake ticket out of the country just in case they ask
Doesn't mean the immigration police are going to raid you for doing remote work, they don't give a shit. As far as they're concerned, you're bringing money into the country and aren't causing any trouble, so they got bigger fish to fry, like Pierre from Haiti and Jose from Venezuela.
People also attend business meetings in other countries on tourist visas, technically that's working on a tourist visa
>You're not allowed to work and earn income from the local businesses
You are actually not allowed to work at all
>Don't care
Just because you are working illegally in shithole countries that are not yet able to enforce the rules, does not mean they don't care. As soon as they have the ability to monitor it, you can bet they will care
Show me
Idk then maybe you're not white
Thai immigration basically carry my suitcase for me
Digital nomad and remote work is not illegal
Are you thinking of WorkAway or WorkingAbroad? Where you physically show up and do general labor or clean a hostel for a free night and food? That's actually skirting the line to where it's actually illegal if you get services exchanged for said work.
Simply don't tell people you're a digital nomad, you'll actually stop telling people you are a DN because of shit like
before anything. It gets insanely annoying to repeat yourself to CJ who's trying to get in on that DN work fr fr no cap! Wait I have to learn SHIEEEEET!
Some countries do have DN visa's Thailand and Portugal I think have some programs. Why you would want to live +1 year in a country is beyond me, I'd rather have some game plan going in see what I want while working that night/morning spend 2-3 months checking off the to do list, and go somewhere else.
Thailand's digital nomad visa requires you to earn 80k/year working for a publicly traded company that earns $150 million in revenue for the last three years. Alternatively you can get a work visa but that requires your employer to do some legwork.
Philippines is going to announce a digital nomad visa at the end of October I think.
Vietnam has an e-visa that you might be able to work remotely with.
Malaysia has a digital nomad visa as long as you earn at least 24k/year, this seems like the easiest.
>IZ ILLEGAL GUISE!
Notto tbh shitto agen
Lemme spell this out for you all.
Firstly, it's not illegal. It's not illegal unless the company you are doing work for or exchanges of goods and services for financial gain are exchanged by an entity residing within that country.
Example1 :
You're from the US you do support for Joe's BBQ chain making sure their network and website are up. They have no business outside North America or plans to move outside of NA. You go work in Japan for a few months remotely. You are only paid for work and a business entity residing in the USA.
This is fine because you aren't competing against the local economy nor are you getting any payments that would be taxed, subject to pension funds, or so on.
Example 2:
You work for Kintama's Ramen which has locations in the US and Japan. You go to DN in Japan and continue working, but you are still providing services for a company in Japan now.
This would be an issue as you are now performing business and getting payments for a local business. To do work legally in this instance you would need to visit on a Work Visa or refrain from working during your visitation
I basically work 45-75 days in one country, hop to another one where I want to go see something, and continue rotating around. I couldn't imagine living in one country for more than 90 days at a time without a change of pace. For my DN is about seeing places I normally wouldn't not penny pinching.
Depending what country you are coming from will determine the legality as well as the example above. Just don't show up and go YEAH BRO I'M HERE TO DO SOME REMOTE WORK! I'M GOING TO BE WORKING! because there is a greater than 75% chance that the border guard has 0 clue you actually mean digital nomad and will get confused. Just show him the basic documents needed, place of booking, intended onward travel, possible proof of funds, and some short itinerary. Boom done.
Thanks for the quality posts. Care to share what kinda work you do and if freelance where is good place to find customers and you're not competing with low bid India
I'm a SysAdmin made a fair amount of posts above. It's far easier in terms of insurance, taxes, etc, for me to work for some other entity than freelance. Unless you can do freelance work at home successfully you aren't going to have magical luck abroad, same with if you can balance a remote job from your home you'll likely fail abroad.
That makes sense. Thanks
I am a software dev currently but I'm finding any jobs that are truly fully remote don't pay well or tough competition
Do your Co workers know where you're physically located at any time or does it simply not come up or do you lie?
I'm in a Sr. position and just tell my boss, as long as I am online he doesn't care. I was in Japan as soon as they opened and told my boss, so long as I was online for work functions what's the big deal? I have 3 months coming up simply asked him "hey doing some traveling again, do you need to know anything about what other than when I won't be available to work?" Just got a throw off time on the team notifications thing and rolling. Most my work is project based so as long as it's all done, I could get by with grinding 2.5 days Mon/Tues and have Weds->Sunday evening off.
I never got the whole lying to your boss thing, I guess people do it. All my boss cares about is me putting time I will be unavailable on.
I'm west coast so it does help a bit, Being in Japan or Korea I can basically snooze from 6-7PM to 1AM, work till 8/9AM then go out for the entire day to see whatever I want. I miss the morning rush usually but get to places before the main tourist rushes happen. If you're doing DN to party and sexpat I'm not sure what to tell you, to me DN is specifically for seeing countries and places I would normally not.
Sweet deal for you. Enjoy
I'm guessing it's a smaller company
Nah fairly large company but small team. It's just not FAANG or whatever SighSee jizzes over
Do you need to go back to the US for Visa runs, or is it enough to just change countries between visits? I.e say you stay 80 days in Japan, then you go over to Malaysia or something over a couple of days, and then your return to Japan and they'll give you another 90 day tourist visa?
tl;dr is is possible to hop between countries without ever having to go back home and just get new tourist visas?
You don't need to go back to the US, doing up to 90 days in most countries before hopping around is normal.
>Whats the risk exactly assuming I just keep traveling and don't leave any belongins?
There isn't one?
The most they will do is ask for proof of funds or to check your bags or onward tickets. Basically the only "red flag" that comes up is they could think you are smuggling goods in.
Best wait I know of how to avoid this is do the following
1. Have a set place you want to stay ready to show them
2. Provide or have a onward ticket to somewhere literally anywhere. Korea from Japan is so fucking cheap it works for most
3. Have some itinerary ready to show basic shit like "Going to Visit kyoto 15th-30th" Going to Anime event in Tokyo... Examining Japanese language school
Always, always let them look inside your bag if you DN it's much higher chances they are looking for drugs or some BS. Don't freak out if they want to turn on your PC they just want to see it's a PC, don't worry they have a sniffer dog or something. Just let them do their job. Remember that these people are essentially mall cop level individuals looking at key areas of things such as: Banned goods/foods/etc, failure to declare goods, drugs, gold, traffickers, and to make sure you intend to visit with reassuring feeling you are intending to leave.
Having your documents ready and ready to answer questions while not looking like a begpacker brodude seriously goes a long way.
>Best wait I know of how to avoid this is do the following
>1. Have a set place you want to stay ready to show them
>2. Provide or have a onward ticket to somewhere literally anywhere. Korea from Japan is so fucking cheap it works for most
>3. Have some itinerary ready to show basic shit like "Going to Visit kyoto 15th-30th" Going to Anime event in Tokyo... Examining Japanese language school
on your phone or do you print it out?
Do you apply for any kind of specific visa at all, or do you just show up in Japan with a return ticket and if anyone asks you why you are visiting tell them you are there on vacation?
Upwork
Doesn't pay well. Competing against indians
I got into my $80k job there, git gut
Is this job ad legit? I really need a remote job and this is right up my alley. I can't even find work anywhere else, so if I sign up just to apply for this I want it to be real
https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=8f0892ac58698e7f&from=serp
Why not and apply to find out? Doubt anyone here knows that company.
True, but there are many fake job ads out there and I never really did remote work before
Not sure what to tell you anon, fake jobs will be there for anything from local and remote. Maybe just look up the company, go to their website and look for careers posted to verify it or apply on their main site?
I ended up applying for it. I searched and found good reviews and others posting about working for them. It was just a short application with CV, cover letter, basic info, and an assessment test. I guess I just wait and see if they respond within a week. I'll try to apply for other jobs meanwhile.
You can hop anywhere to go through immigration but let me tel you even if they don't care that much they will notice and can deny you reentry. If you left belongings there, too bad. You should get some sort of visa, if you risk doing this you might as well overstay and voluntarily leave later, then you may or may not be fined and have a ban for a few years
Whats the risk exactly assuming I just keep traveling and don't leave any belongins? The customs guy asking why I've been traveling for 4 months and I've gone between Thailand, Malaysia and Japan?
Can't I just tell him I'm on vacation (Not entirerly untrue) and then the burden of proof is on the local goverment to even investigate me which they likely won't even bother with?
>burden of proof
Anon they can deny you for no reason, they don't have to prove anything.
I can't imagine they'd care if you're bouncing between multiple countries, and maybe they'd care if you go a day outside and then come right back, but maybe not, it's really up to their discretion.
>Whats the risk exactly assuming I just keep traveling and don't leave any belongins? The customs guy asking why I've been traveling for 4 months and I've gone between Thailand, Malaysia and Japan?
I've been traveling between Japan and SEA for a decade, years of 89 day visits in each, and I've never been questioned. Some countries/airlines asked to see a return or onward ticket. That's it.
>Can't I just tell him I'm on vacation (Not entirerly untrue) and then the burden of proof is on the local goverment to even investigate me which they likely won't even bother with?
Thailand is the only retarded (Asian) country that has IOs grill repeat visitors. Just remember, you are there to spend money and help their economy, don't feel nervous or act guilty of something. Look at them like they're crazy and tell them you have money and don't need to work. If Thailand is one of the country's in your rotation and some IO pulls that shit, then you either got a one-off IO asshole or you haven't been spending 3 months away between visits.
Britcel here. My job is now fully remote and I plan to go full nomad from September. Where's good to start?
Ireland.
Stay in your shithole and stop polluting the world with your existance.
I've gone in an out of Thailand around 10 times total in 2 years, without staying longer than 6 months a year, and never have I been bothered by immigration, just for reference to other people. I've also been travelling for 5+ years and my passport is filled up, never a question anywhere I go, or getting asked for onward ticket.
Most people bothered by Thai Immigration are those that stay year-round there, or 6+ months a year, that might indicate economical activity in the country without proper visa.
Most people I know who get bothered by any customs don't have a place of booking at landing(big one), willing to state/show intent of onward travel, or people riding up to the visa free entry allowance.
I always get asked about onward travel (5x in a row now) and have never had a ticket. I just bullshit an answer, like 'oh Im taking a bus to xyz country' or 'oh sorry Ive got accommodations for a month and havent decided whether Im going to x or y country after is that okay' and the guy asking always just shrugs and moves on.
In LatAM they won't let you on the plane without an onward ticket and the Wingo cocksuckers in CDMX wouldn't accept the bus bullshit either even those my US Passport is auto-entry into Colombia.
Had to buy a ticket to Panama on the spot and then refund it. So there's no guarantee about that 'taking a bus' line working nor is there a guarantee about Thailand's border officers not being royal pieces of shit any given day. Last country on Earth at this point I'd dedicate a thought to regarding a visa run lifestyle.
>Stay in your shithole and stop polluting the world
>I've gone in an out of Thailand around 10 times
sexpat projection
>just get a job lol
>it's sooo easy
>there's so many remote jobs
>you have a masters degree and speak so many languages!!!
Man if I am rejected from every single job despite being overqualified, there is no hope. That's why everyone is doing adult work, sex always sells and is always hiring. I make five hundred dollars in an hour, meanwhile I can't even get a job doing bitchwork for a company. And yes I sympathize with those stuck in slave labor, I really do, the world is incredibly ducked up and unfair.
>I make five hundred dollars in an hour, meanwhile I can't even get a job doing bitchwork for a company
Are you a roastie?
I don't speak retard, speak English
Roastie confirmed kek
So no, not everyone is whoring themselves, only people who don't have anything more to offer the world than their hole
You have it on easy mode and still find a way to bitch
Mentally challenged schizo confirmed
Learn how to write a resume
It's not easy to get a remote job. Who the fuck said that? Your best bet is to either a) have a highly marketable skill or b) to have worked for a company for a long time and get in their good books enough for them to let you keep working remotely after COVID hit.
I’m very experienced as a nomad. I abandoned all technology for 30 years and lived in the jungle off the land in the Amazon rainforest. I’m 55 now, and I’m ripped.
Post body
Based.
I buy a new 4K monitor everywhere I go, because I stay for long stays, it's a huge increase in productivity that doesn't go unnoticed, as for a good chair that's optional for me, but it shouldn't be so expensive. I spend around 500€+ a month on food, why shouldn't I spend roughly 300€ for a one time purchase to not become a hunchback and work better? It can also be resold afterwards.
Working on a 15" laptop becomes unbearable if you have to stay in front of it for over 8 hours a day, at least for people doing real work that's not managed e-commerce.
Read about SSRIs and sexual dysfunction, you will stop wanting to take them. The recs on the other anon's post are also good.
To answer the initial question, I have taken medications that require prescription across many countries without being asked because they're in a nice bag with other medication and bandages and such. I am also white and have a strong passport, which probably helps to never being checked. Only countries where I'd be careful with that are Japan and Israel, where you could get in real trouble, or at very best get them confiscated.
>Only countries where I'd be careful with that are Japan and Israel, where you could get in real trouble, or at very best get them confiscated.
Also be careful with muddy countries like Egypt. Some Brit spent years in jail for carrying Tylenol.
>Working on a 15" laptop becomes unbearable if you have to stay in front of it for over 8 hours a day, at least for people doing real work that's not managed e-commerce.
nagger people spend double that amount of time on a fucking phone every day. Youre just a prissy homosexual. Wheres the security guard when you need him
Anon just needs glasses or learn how to adjust resolutions. Also most rooms in hotels come with a TV, HDMI cable going to fix that up. I've worked months at a time where I simply have work chats+meetings on my phone, everything else on my 14" laptop. I use to do a 17.3 inch but got tired of that shit in airports or trains being a pain in the ass. USB-C powered monitors are the way to go if you really need it but I find I work far faster/more efficiently with a single screen. Multiple screens I can get distracted and with everything I do is project based, getting shit done fast is a bonus for more time to go explore and enjoy the area.
I think the last call center I worked in everything was 15.6" dual monitors.
I'm not a fucking manlet that is happy with a 13" laptop like he is happy with his 3" dick, if your job is just writing or answering tickets that's all you need, but imagine if you need several dashboards and windows open at the same time to compare and analyze.
>nagger people spend double that amount of time on a fucking phone every day
Calling them people is an overstatement, and is also not even related as you can have your phone eye-level, while it's harder for a laptop without a stand.
>I think the last call center I worked in everything was 15.6" dual monitors.
Different jobs different requirements. I also said I stay for longer periods which implies I usually rent instead of staying in hotels. Moving every 2 weeks is not enjoyable for me.
>Different jobs different requirements. I also said I stay for longer periods which implies I usually rent instead of staying in hotels. Moving every 2 weeks is not enjoyable for me.
Okay still I am able to manage multiple cloud environments with 2 screens 3 is overkill. Learn2windowmanage.
Also what place are you renting that doesn't have a tv lmao
>3 screens
I have never said I need three. I only use the 4k as main monitor with my laptop on the side that mostly is unused.
>no tv
TV != monitor. I want a dedicated work surface, then to relax when needed plugging the laptop to the TV and playing vidya or watching shows.
I can't seem to get used to small screens for a long time, and instantly feel at ease with a monitor.
I understand your pain because I used to use 3 screens, and switching to a 15" laptop was hell for a while, and worst of all was getting used to virtual desktops and needing to reorganize shit, watch for desktop alerts, etc.
I got used to it though. And later I even downsized to 11-12" laptops. It's just such an amazing feeling of freedom to be able to put all my work gear in a tiny hard case and set up and tear down my workspace in 60 seconds, and work from anywhere.
Are you buying new monitor, new setup every time you move?
I can't work for 8 hours hunchedback in some coffeeshop - i have to have min: good monitor, good chair, adjustable office table would be perfect. But this is not very conductive to travelling
Do you not know what a laptop is or desk in your room is?
as i said i can't work hunched back over monitor staring at small screen - i need to be comfortable
I liek pomodoro method. Use the interval break to move yoyr body around a bit and recontextualize whatever you're working on, relieves any ergonomic strains pretty well without feeling a need to have some industrial battlestation to read docs and write a few lines.
okay
>17.3 inch laptop
>USB-c powered 15.6 monitor
>https://www.amazon.com/VILVA-Portable-Monitor-Laptop-Portable-Speakers/dp/B0BTSFVMLV/
There are options, now you have dual monitors wherever you go and can work comfortably in your room or whatever. Or bring an HDMI cable with you, pop it into the TV boom second monitor. If you have to squint for a 14 inch or 15.6 inch screen you might need glasses.
Not trying to sound mean but if you can't manage working off your laptop, DN is NOT the thing for you. I get everyone is different in how they do it but if the idea of working in an airport for a day+taking calls because your flights got fucked is a huge NO, this probably isn't the ideal pathfor you.
>Realistically how long can I expect before I find a job?
Depends on your country and where you're willing to start.
I know my roommate only will take a certain level of jobs now "monkey level shit" so he still works at subway...
I know others who were willing to take anything even if shit work, build a resume, and then job hop after 6 months.
well like I said, I'm an underemployed college grad making 30k a year. Dignity? What dignity? Of course I would take "monkey level shit" if it meant a few dollars extra an hour plus experience so I can effectively build a resume. Your roommate sounds like he should drop the haughtiness considering he works at subway lol.
I guess I really just want to know if, say, I spent 2-4 hrs teaching myself to program everyday, and built a couple of github projects, could I reasonably expect a job within a year? I'm American too btw.
>I guess I really just want to know if, say, I spent 2-4 hrs teaching myself to program everyday, and built a couple of github projects, could I reasonably expect a job within a year? I'm American too btw.
That's more coding than I do and I make 250k/year, but I do have 10yoe and a degree, so I can talk the talk.
The lost male with no connections getting into coding + taking a bad deal to get experience is a modern classic. go for it
Fucking dork homosexual
There are coworking places that will give you a screen to use, but I'd recommend just trying to work on a laptop and to get used to it. And get a macbook.
I bought a macbook m2 last year when I started coding and boy am I loving it. Best investment I've made in years. The transition from mac to pc was smooth af too.
Can't wait to be a nomadic dickwad.
i do. i also hate squinting into tiny screens.
you can buy a reasonable monitor about 24" size plus a keyboard/mouse combo pack for under about £$€100 in lots of countries. obviously not top brands and probably not responsive enough for high end gaming or graphics stuff but good enough for most stuff.
i have left stuff behind in some places. i don't bother trying to sell things, i either give it away or just leave it behind and someone else can have it.
So recently I've been teaching myself to code. My plan is working my way through this crash course python text book, then start working on github projects and maybe picking up any certifications/ other programming languages as needed.
Realistically how long can I expect before I find a job? I know remote work is kind of broad and I didn't really specify a job because I really don't care what it is. Webshit, backend, frontend developer, database managing, it doesn't matter. I make ~30k/year now before taxes as an underemployed college grad. If I made a measly 40k/year I'd be happy.
My plan, after quitting what was essentially a non-remote government tech job that killed my soul:
1) Live in Japan for 3 months, finish a few online/self-directed coding camps/lessons. I already have some coding background, but it's patchy.
2) Live in SEA or Central Asia for 3 months, finish a simpler backend project to prove that my time was worth it. If I can't complete this, then move back to US and do a boot camp to get the basics down
3) Move to Europe for 3 months, make a website that's been a passion interest of mine.
4) Move to Latin America for 3 months, start making the company that I think would be very profitable, but complex.
5+) Come back to the US for a while. If I can get someone else I know to help with my company, then it's probably worth pursuing, and I'll actually try to get a minimum viable product out. If not, I'll put the projects on my resume and try to get a normal remote dev job
How do you deal with different meds having different legality status throughout the world? I'm considering getting on antidepressants but I'm afraid it would anchor me to a small set of countries.
There's a lot of countries where antidepressants aren't available, but many of them will still allow you to bring in personal amounts (just bring your prescription with you). It depends what meds you get - prozac is allowed pretty much everywhere, but wellbutin is more like an amphetamine so it has more restrictions.
That was my helpful advice, now for my unsolicited advice. Unless a doctor told you to get on antidepressants or you otherwise really feel you need them [can't get out of bed, suicidal ideation, etc], I recommend simpler solutions first. Try waking earlier (5am is a good number), seeing more sunlight (don't have to be out in it) especially early in the day, exercising most mornings, and improving your diet (add fruits and veg if you don't take them, or good sources of protein if you mostly eat carbs). These are things the average first world zoomer/millennial don't do, especially if you're browsing here. Try it now.
I know from first hand experience that your unsolicited advice is good. I used to be in a rut, unemployed, depressed, etc. Started working out, waking up early, doing daily journaling. Ended up getting a high paying remote job, traveled, tried many things. It works.
The problem is that I'm still the same anxious autist and I'd be happy to fix my hardware if it's possible. Since you mentioned it, I'm thinking about getting on something like wellbutin, not just SSRI.
>I'm considering getting on antidepressants
unless you're on the brink of offing yourself, don't do it. try everything else that is reasonable within your means.
Only partially related, but any eurofags with experience working in East Asia for a Central European employer?
My company is sending me to Japan for a 3-day conference and I could possibly extend my stay by up to 10 working days in either direction, so I'd have about 3 weeks in the region with by only taking 2 or 3 days off.
Will the hours be too awful?
I can schedule my meetings for (European) mornings, so I wouldn't end up working until midnight.
9am in central Europe is 4pm in Japan. It's not a terrible time difference if you can finish your meetings early. It's a good schedule for exploring the nightlife. Make sure they don't put you in a hotel in the middle of nowhere.
Yeah this.
I work East Coast time so I pull the 11PM->7AM(but usually am done with work around 4:30-5am).
Basically make sure you get all your shit done in the AM as you would be working till midnight->sleep->wake up. Just give yourself a good buffer time to get back to your hotel
Are there any jobs that require a lot of travel or are more likely to have overseas postings? I have a programming/healthcare (not a data entry medical coder) background.
tour manager for an international theatre group or rock band
coach of a national sporting team
bodyguard for a political leader
or more realistically sales/presales or service/support engineer for a company that has customers around the world. see e.g. pic related. pay is a bit crappy tho
I know a crane operator who travels around the world. Apparently there's not so many crane operators willing to work in places like Congo. He works onsite for a couple of weeks, then typically has a week or longer dead time before he gets flown back.
He's American but works a Canadian oil sand company, and that company sends him almost everywhere. I don't think he makes a lot of money, but he makes enough that he travels in his free time.
If you have a country in mind, you can try and get into a globocorp that has operations in that coutry and move horizontally. Or you can switch to software/othher contracting and just negotiate
Just Dubai, looking to go to Sea Q4
can anyone compare phuket thailand to bali?
-prices
-nightlife
-infrastruturce
-dining
haven't been to phuket yet and want to better understand
I am only able to leave my country 1 month at a time due to 1 day of monthly obligations
Any recommendations of cheap countries to stay in for ~2-3 weeks at a time? Preferably around EET time ... maybe outside Europe
I'm a CEM monkey in a remote only company with 200 give or take employees around the world
Right now I'm in Florida, no state tax chad, but want to GTFO to Europe and DN for at least 6 months
>$110k salary nagger
>single no kids
>paying $2300/month downtown condo full amenities
Was looking at airbnbs in Copenhagen, Brussels, Munich (have a college friend there). Just fucking around to see what the market is like and saw full equipped apartments for $1600-1800 a month
Am I delusional or is EU the move now?
>post travel pictures on Hive
>covers flights, and airbnbs in cheaper countries
ezpz
>post travel pictures on Hive
>covers flights, and airbnbs in cheaper countries
Isn't hive some project management platform? What's the point of doing that?