Not OP but imo it tends toward being a bit deadended and, more importantly, it makes it hard to put roots down anywhere, and you’re usually fighting with the time change so that your schedule is very abnormal and you end up not being able to participate in normal human activities. Eventually you’re doing something very close to being at home, but you’re just in another country, with minimal actual interaction with locals. Some people manage to do it well, but most people just end living a very closed/small life that is little different from just being at home.
DN in that sense is a meme, most people on SighSee think it to be some glamour life style. At the end of the day you're generally just working overseas like you would at home but in a country or place you'd want to visit in life at some point anyways.
I generally keep myself moving every 2 weeks and in a country no more than 2 months so I can keep things interesting otherwise you just end up wasting money playing video games but video games in (place ):O so some stupid shit.
Don't do DN if you don't have a passion to see the world and willing to put up with working odd hours, easier way to 'get richer', sticking out of your comfort zone, and think that it's the solution to a mundane life. You can travel and work all around the world but at the end of the day you're still stuck with yourself, if you aren't an extrovert DN will be a downward spiral after the first month into "frick man I'm just wasting time". Shit. I know a handful of people who went to DN in Japan and visa hop between it and korea only to end up major alcoholics and now are full blown NEETS as their life didn't instantly become gigachad man.
Not OP but imo it tends toward being a bit deadended and, more importantly, it makes it hard to put roots down anywhere, and you’re usually fighting with the time change so that your schedule is very abnormal and you end up not being able to participate in normal human activities. Eventually you’re doing something very close to being at home, but you’re just in another country, with minimal actual interaction with locals. Some people manage to do it well, but most people just end living a very closed/small life that is little different from just being at home.
I DN to save money. I can live like a king overseas on my US salary or I can live in ze pod and eat ze bugs in some overpriced American city.
Dunno, working remote I was just able to change to a lower cost of living area. Having a home, leasing out a room, and traveling is the way to go.
DN to save money seems counter intuitive as you still need to pay money to travel, and storing your shit in a place, paying for a PO box, and shit like that does have a cost as well.
1 year ago
Anonymous
I gave myself a %10 raise by just declaring residency in Texas. I don't have any stuff, just the duffel bag and laptop bag so no storage. As long as I stay in a place for 2 months I come out ahead even with the plane ticket taken into account. The US is just so fricking expensive m an.
1 year ago
Anonymous
Guess it just depends, making 102k/yr DN it doesn't matter all that much. Owning a house and offsetting local tax with leasing a room is the way to go if for nothing else security if something comes up.
1 year ago
Anonymous
I get what you mean, and in the grand scheme of things you are right. But I did have to crack up, cause in the whole planet the literal worst place to have an accident or a illness or anything common come up is the United States of America. You get ripped off by your health insurance conspirators so, so bad. >Just pay for good insurance or be rich
Still. They rip you off bad.
https://i.imgur.com/S3OOhmM.jpg
Is being an accountant a good digital nomad job?
Being an accountant is never a good job if you ask me. It might be less shitty if you have a nice backdrop for sure. But if you have any way to side-step into something less depressing, do it.
1 year ago
Anonymous
100k/yr in the idea of Digital Nomading with a okay tech job really isn't all that much all things considered
Getting a 100-200k house in the midwest by a mid-sized city isn't very hard.
It just comes down to what your long term goals are, how comfortable you are with a fail-back plan if something were to come up, and so on. Getting a 3br home in Oklahoma City for 125-150k, and leasing out a room or two for some friends to not only pay for upkeep but any other shit is pretty easy. If you're going to YOLO it, be my guest just understand the risks associated with it.
1 year ago
Anonymous
>Getting a 100-200k house in the midwest by a mid-sized city isn't very hard.
Have you been living under a rock for the last 3 years?
1 year ago
Anonymous
Seriously. The "midwest is cheap" meme needs to die. You can't get a literal crackhouse in Ohio for 200k.
1 year ago
Anonymous
Seriously. The "midwest is cheap" meme needs to die. You can't get a literal crackhouse in Ohio for 200k.
>it's dead because... IT JUST IS OKAY!
Seek mental help Jamal, life exists outside main cities
1 year ago
Anonymous
https://i.imgur.com/X4zBGfa.jpg
>NOOOOO
well hold on now, what are the pitbull demograhpics of the neighborhood
1 year ago
Anonymous
Who cares you can own a gun.
Also >1.25 acres
homie if you see a dog that isn't yours just shoot the fricker,
I think most people's concept of being a digital nomad is inherently flawed. You take your normal 40+ hour/wk remote job (or take a paycut to go remote) and give it a new coat of paint in a foreign country and you expect your life to suddenly get better. You aren't able to enjoy your new surroundings and the hassles of living in a foreign country will also seem like a lot more - because you're still wageslaving. Sure you'll probably be able to save more money even at a paycut, but imo you're better off just going to a remote part of your own country for that. If you use the lower cost of living as an opportunity you can cut down your hours or go freelance and work as little as possible while still having money to enjoy life that's the sweetspot. However, that too isn't suited probably for most people. Most people at some point will get bored not working 30-40+ hours a week - you probably are even if you don't think so. The kind of person that can enjoy that lifestyle is the same person who would enjoy being a NEET. Which isn't an indictment on my part, I consider myself that type.
DN works best if you're in tech as it's far easier to play around with time. Generally when working some country I'll knuckle down and blow 12 hours on a Monday getting everything I can think of done that week, Tuesday follow up and do anything I forgot, and downtime where I am in an airport/train station, or such just do something to script and automate basic shit.
If you can keep up with emails, meetings, and pings from work you can generally get a bunch of your work week done my Wednesday's and essentially 5 days off where it's just attending a BS meeting or such. It always depends on your position but tech is by far the most rewarding for digital nomad compared to other positions out there, especially if you hold down something regarding infrastructure/back end stuff.
Nah but I will gladly pull 2x12 shifts, then the rest of the "week" walk around with a tablet + keyboard/touchpad case thingy in my bag for any emergencies.
Generally I never need it but it has saved my ass a few times for being out and about or on a longer than expected train ride back home to just knock something out that got escalated to an emergency. It's also a good backup device if anything were to happen to my main laptop
1 year ago
Anonymous
Have the days just started blending together for you? Week and Weekend are kind of meaningless words.
1 year ago
Anonymous
Not really, doing contract work for a while days started to run together when I was 19 and working tech call shit.
Usually sundays are my "get up and change location" days, so I always keep them in mind.
do you mean an actual accountant with a designation, or just a book keeper?
if you already had clients you could work remotely to do book keeping
having a designation and working big 4 in accounting provides a lot of ability to travel for work, but you might not enjoy it if you have to work 16 hour days when travelling
This. You could do a chartered accounting qualification with Big 4 and then get referrals but then you'd need to think about where you're gonna go because you either end up in the US (long hours), Australia (I heard they have 2 busy seasons) or Europe. You're not gonna get a referral to some remote place even if there's an office there. If you want to do a digital nomad thing you're better off going with accounts technician or bookkeeping, more flexibility with those roles.
Incoming diary post
I have about 100k saved up from just working odd jobs since graduating college (half in my retirement accounts so not really accessible). I have knowledge of GIS from my program but it has not net me any good jobs that allow for remote work or the pay is shit and there are limited remote options. I can join my local union for land surveying and get paid a good wage. I think there is enougn down time from being laid off where I can travel in between but i dont know if its the case. I can also do a working holiday in Australia for a couple of months and it sounds pretty interesting. Does anyone have experience doing any of these things? I would love to digiral nomad but I am too much of a brainlet to learn code, the recession and tech layoffs seems like that avenue is being closed off to newcomers besides trannies women and nogs, and the feasibility of finding a job where IT will not freak out or fire you if they find out
No. Also digital nomad is a meme
Any other stupid question that doesnt deserve its own thread?
Why is digital nomad a meme in your eyes?
Not OP but imo it tends toward being a bit deadended and, more importantly, it makes it hard to put roots down anywhere, and you’re usually fighting with the time change so that your schedule is very abnormal and you end up not being able to participate in normal human activities. Eventually you’re doing something very close to being at home, but you’re just in another country, with minimal actual interaction with locals. Some people manage to do it well, but most people just end living a very closed/small life that is little different from just being at home.
DN in that sense is a meme, most people on SighSee think it to be some glamour life style. At the end of the day you're generally just working overseas like you would at home but in a country or place you'd want to visit in life at some point anyways.
I generally keep myself moving every 2 weeks and in a country no more than 2 months so I can keep things interesting otherwise you just end up wasting money playing video games but video games in (place ):O so some stupid shit.
Don't do DN if you don't have a passion to see the world and willing to put up with working odd hours, easier way to 'get richer', sticking out of your comfort zone, and think that it's the solution to a mundane life. You can travel and work all around the world but at the end of the day you're still stuck with yourself, if you aren't an extrovert DN will be a downward spiral after the first month into "frick man I'm just wasting time". Shit. I know a handful of people who went to DN in Japan and visa hop between it and korea only to end up major alcoholics and now are full blown NEETS as their life didn't instantly become gigachad man.
I DN to save money. I can live like a king overseas on my US salary or I can live in ze pod and eat ze bugs in some overpriced American city.
Dunno, working remote I was just able to change to a lower cost of living area. Having a home, leasing out a room, and traveling is the way to go.
DN to save money seems counter intuitive as you still need to pay money to travel, and storing your shit in a place, paying for a PO box, and shit like that does have a cost as well.
I gave myself a %10 raise by just declaring residency in Texas. I don't have any stuff, just the duffel bag and laptop bag so no storage. As long as I stay in a place for 2 months I come out ahead even with the plane ticket taken into account. The US is just so fricking expensive m an.
Guess it just depends, making 102k/yr DN it doesn't matter all that much. Owning a house and offsetting local tax with leasing a room is the way to go if for nothing else security if something comes up.
I get what you mean, and in the grand scheme of things you are right. But I did have to crack up, cause in the whole planet the literal worst place to have an accident or a illness or anything common come up is the United States of America. You get ripped off by your health insurance conspirators so, so bad.
>Just pay for good insurance or be rich
Still. They rip you off bad.
Being an accountant is never a good job if you ask me. It might be less shitty if you have a nice backdrop for sure. But if you have any way to side-step into something less depressing, do it.
100k/yr in the idea of Digital Nomading with a okay tech job really isn't all that much all things considered
Getting a 100-200k house in the midwest by a mid-sized city isn't very hard.
It just comes down to what your long term goals are, how comfortable you are with a fail-back plan if something were to come up, and so on. Getting a 3br home in Oklahoma City for 125-150k, and leasing out a room or two for some friends to not only pay for upkeep but any other shit is pretty easy. If you're going to YOLO it, be my guest just understand the risks associated with it.
>Getting a 100-200k house in the midwest by a mid-sized city isn't very hard.
Have you been living under a rock for the last 3 years?
Seriously. The "midwest is cheap" meme needs to die. You can't get a literal crackhouse in Ohio for 200k.
>it's dead because... IT JUST IS OKAY!
Seek mental help Jamal, life exists outside main cities
well hold on now, what are the pitbull demograhpics of the neighborhood
Who cares you can own a gun.
Also
>1.25 acres
homie if you see a dog that isn't yours just shoot the fricker,
>minimal actual interaction with locals
feels just like home already
I think most people's concept of being a digital nomad is inherently flawed. You take your normal 40+ hour/wk remote job (or take a paycut to go remote) and give it a new coat of paint in a foreign country and you expect your life to suddenly get better. You aren't able to enjoy your new surroundings and the hassles of living in a foreign country will also seem like a lot more - because you're still wageslaving. Sure you'll probably be able to save more money even at a paycut, but imo you're better off just going to a remote part of your own country for that. If you use the lower cost of living as an opportunity you can cut down your hours or go freelance and work as little as possible while still having money to enjoy life that's the sweetspot. However, that too isn't suited probably for most people. Most people at some point will get bored not working 30-40+ hours a week - you probably are even if you don't think so. The kind of person that can enjoy that lifestyle is the same person who would enjoy being a NEET. Which isn't an indictment on my part, I consider myself that type.
DN works best if you're in tech as it's far easier to play around with time. Generally when working some country I'll knuckle down and blow 12 hours on a Monday getting everything I can think of done that week, Tuesday follow up and do anything I forgot, and downtime where I am in an airport/train station, or such just do something to script and automate basic shit.
If you can keep up with emails, meetings, and pings from work you can generally get a bunch of your work week done my Wednesday's and essentially 5 days off where it's just attending a BS meeting or such. It always depends on your position but tech is by far the most rewarding for digital nomad compared to other positions out there, especially if you hold down something regarding infrastructure/back end stuff.
Are you me? I do the same thing. grind it out Monday-Tuesday, laptop closed, finish the rest of the week from my phone.
Nah but I will gladly pull 2x12 shifts, then the rest of the "week" walk around with a tablet + keyboard/touchpad case thingy in my bag for any emergencies.
Generally I never need it but it has saved my ass a few times for being out and about or on a longer than expected train ride back home to just knock something out that got escalated to an emergency. It's also a good backup device if anything were to happen to my main laptop
Have the days just started blending together for you? Week and Weekend are kind of meaningless words.
Not really, doing contract work for a while days started to run together when I was 19 and working tech call shit.
Usually sundays are my "get up and change location" days, so I always keep them in mind.
@2425604
What a fricking garbage post
yeah and you read it Black person AHAHAHAHAHAHAH
I like not having stuff. A duffel full of clothes and a laptop bag bring my only possessions is liberating for me.
do you mean an actual accountant with a designation, or just a book keeper?
if you already had clients you could work remotely to do book keeping
having a designation and working big 4 in accounting provides a lot of ability to travel for work, but you might not enjoy it if you have to work 16 hour days when travelling
This. You could do a chartered accounting qualification with Big 4 and then get referrals but then you'd need to think about where you're gonna go because you either end up in the US (long hours), Australia (I heard they have 2 busy seasons) or Europe. You're not gonna get a referral to some remote place even if there's an office there. If you want to do a digital nomad thing you're better off going with accounts technician or bookkeeping, more flexibility with those roles.
>NOOOOO
Incoming diary post
I have about 100k saved up from just working odd jobs since graduating college (half in my retirement accounts so not really accessible). I have knowledge of GIS from my program but it has not net me any good jobs that allow for remote work or the pay is shit and there are limited remote options. I can join my local union for land surveying and get paid a good wage. I think there is enougn down time from being laid off where I can travel in between but i dont know if its the case. I can also do a working holiday in Australia for a couple of months and it sounds pretty interesting. Does anyone have experience doing any of these things? I would love to digiral nomad but I am too much of a brainlet to learn code, the recession and tech layoffs seems like that avenue is being closed off to newcomers besides trannies women and nogs, and the feasibility of finding a job where IT will not freak out or fire you if they find out