My talk from WordCamp Kota Kinabalu 2019
The Location Independent Developer
A talk about going remote, digital nomads, and being location independent.
Topics
- Where to find remote work, how to convince your boss to go remote.
- What is a digital nomad and why be location independent.
- Tips tricks and lessons learnt after 5 years of being a digital nomad.
This is the talk I did at WordCamp Kota Kinabalu 2019
Here’s the slides from my talk on Slideshare
My Website
https://www.thetwopercent.co.uk
https://www.locationindependent.co.uk
How to find remote work
Your local job board – search “remote”
https://pangian.com
https://weworkremotely.com
https://remoteok.io
https://jobspresso.co
https://remote.co
How to get experience
upwork.com
fiverr.com
codersclan.com
toptal.com
Useful Travel Tools
Free Coworking Day
Free coworking day lets you try out coworking spaces all over Asia for free – see more info
Becoming a Nomad checklist
Great Trello board of hints, tips and tricks
Places to go
With equivalent cost of living to Malaysia:
- chiang mai, thailand
- koh panghan, thailand
- da nang, vietnam
- hoi an, vietnam
- siem reap, cambodia
- bulgaria, europe
- serbia, europe
- goa, india
Any other questions, hit me up on Twitter