How I Work from Anywhere in the World • Hacker News Board

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by jenn » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 4:16 AM UTC

grobertson wrote: post #10

"I’m excited to see what Apple has in store at WWDC though. Maybe something even slimmer?" I'm going to sound like a grumpy old man saying this, and maybe I am. Please, dear god, stop this war on thickness. I want my ports back.

Totally agree. I was super excited to upgrade but I'm not sold on the lack of ports + touch bar. Might wait to see what they do with the bitty MacBook. If not, this MBAir and I are together until the death!

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by hbcondo714 » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 4:30 AM UTC

Jenn, any tips on finding clients / remote work?

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by jenn » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 4:46 AM UTC

hbcondo714 wrote: post #12

Jenn, any tips on finding clients / remote work?

That's a whole opus unto itself! In short: easiest way to find clients is through your existing network. Finding remote work...well that depends on what exactly you do, but there's tons of stuff on http://remoteok.io.

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by wyclif » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 4:52 AM UTC

jenn wrote: post #6

ljoshua wrote: post #5

My first response upon reading the title: "Answer: I have no dependents." ;) Enjoyed the article though, Karma was new to me and looks interesting.

Definitely helps! Though I do know a fair number of people who do this WITH kids which blows my mind. Glad the Karma tip was useful!

I work remote with kids in tow. We have one so far.

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by phunehehe0 » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 7:03 AM UTC

> If I could make one improvement to Every Time Zone it would be to have more time zones available and maybe let you create a set of “favorite” time zones

That's describing one of my favorite sites World Time Buddy https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/.

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by junto » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 8:42 AM UTC

jenn wrote: post #3

Hey all - I wrote this article. One update: I've since upgraded to a Pixel XL + Google Fi which is a big step up from my Nexus 5. Happy to answer any questions!

How do you manage the legalities, work visas etc. Many countries are quite strict about entering the country depending on whether you are entering for work or pleasure purposes.

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by dharma1 » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 8:53 AM UTC

The tooling is easy - but where do you get remote gigs that pay well?

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by beagle3 » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 9:40 AM UTC

wyclif wrote: post #14

jenn wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely helps! Though I do know a fair number of people who do this WITH kids which blows my mind. Glad the Karma tip was useful!

I work remote with kids in tow. We have one so far.

How old, and how do you manage their education?

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by xiphias » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 9:49 AM UTC

beagle3 wrote: post #18

wyclif wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I work remote with kids in tow. We have one so far.

How old, and how do you manage their education?

What other education a kid needs than to have parents who can stay with them all day and teach how to work from anywhere in the world? I think the more important thing is how does the kid socialize?

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by BerislavLopac » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 10:00 AM UTC

For the coding-oriented traveling workers, this is one very useful tool: https://codeanywhere.com/