This is fascinating, and I would really like to try this at some point. However, I am 30, married and have a 1 year old kid. Does anyone have any similar resources, examples, for people who have done this with kid(s)?
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#112typical white people
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#113Internet allows "rich live" without actual traveling. Besides, if you have kids, traveling is much harder / expensive.
Can you explain the first line a bit more? I am a NY fan and maintain electronic contacts with many people there, but it's nothing compared to being there in person in my opinion.
Now that we can even use video in electronic communications the difference with "in person" is getting really slim.
For me advantages of electronic communications (speed, easy accessibility, various tools such as HN, conversation logs) outweigh "in person" communication most of the time.
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#114Wouldn't the rich way to do it be to buy a yacht and float from place to place?
This is the way people with kids do it. :)
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#115This is fascinating, and I would really like to try this at some point. However, I am 30, married and have a 1 year old kid. Does anyone have any similar resources, examples, for people who have done this with kid(s)?
Here are a few that I've come across over the last year or so:
http://manvsdebt.com/
http://twitter.com/sperrazzo
http://almostfearless.com/about/
http://locationindependent.com/
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I'm actually looking to do remote .NET work, and have almost 4 years of experience. Can you shoot me an email and I can send you my resume? My email is my HN username @ gmail.com
Great, I just did.
I'm not sure how many .Net developers you're looking for(especially remote), but this is something I'd be interested in hearing more about also if you don't mind emailing me at Arthur.Baczyk@gmail.com...
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#117What are the best technologies to focus on in order to be mobile/remote? I've notice that nobody is interested in remote C++ development, and the few people I meet who are doing something like this are in some branch of web development.
Sure. The bottom line is that nobody is interested in any serious stuff being done remotely. So those type of stories you usually hear from someone like these folks who did "online communications" and "freelance web design/programming", which is not serious by definition. Projects involving something like C++ have significantly higher chances of having a bigger scope, impact and different set of responsibilities from…
Well, my situation counters many of the statements you made there (granted, it's hard to objectively say whether or not I am "worrying about my future").
I am sure that it's not for you as you say but it sounds like you are rationalizing it.
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#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you explain the first line a bit more? I am a NY fan and maintain electronic contacts with many people there, but it's nothing compared to being there in person in my opinion.
Now that we can even use video in electronic communications the difference with "in person" is getting really slim. For me advantages of electronic communications (speed, easy accessibility, various tools such as HN, conversation logs) outweigh "in person" communication most of the time.
I find electronic communication fine for most work tasks - but definitely not enough for tourism. Also not for seeing loved ones like my best friends and family.
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#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
Now that we can even use video in electronic communications the difference with "in person" is getting really slim. For me advantages of electronic communications (speed, easy accessibility, various tools such as HN, conversation logs) outweigh "in person" communication most of the time.
I find electronic communication fine for most work tasks - but definitely not enough for tourism. Also not for seeing loved ones like my best friends and family.
That would change with time (technology): in the end all our perception translates into electrical impulses in our brains anyway.
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure. The bottom line is that nobody is interested in any serious stuff being done remotely. So those type of stories you usually hear from someone like these folks who did "online communications" and "freelance web design/programming", which is not serious by definition. Projects involving something like C++ have significantly higher chances of having a bigger scope, impact and different set of responsibilities from…
I've done work for several Fortune 50 companies while traveling around the world -- design work that got written up in business and trade magazines. You're just flat-out wrong about "serious stuff." Also, a couple of my friends - Romanians - have spent more than the past year traveling around South America, so you are mistaken about having to "be from the first-class country to take advantage of the visa requirements…
Don't want to make it too personal, but Romania is as much of a first-class country as Austria (EU member for 4 years now), so that only confirms what I'm saying.