The digital nomad lifestyle is growing, with places like Athens seeing an estimated 2,000 remote workers in a single month, according to Nomad List.

Countries such as Croatia attract thousands of digital nomads but have restrictive rules, such as requiring nomads to leave for six months after a year-long visa expires before reapplying.

The purpose of most digital nomad visas is not to allow permanent residence, and in Croatia, it is not legally possible to extend such visas or convert them into tourist permits for a longer stay.

If digital nomads overstay or try to stay longer, they become classified as immigrants.

Some locals feel that digital nomads drive up housing costs and do not integrate well into communities, but nomads are encouraged to give back, for example, by volunteering or helping locals.

Remote work allows digital nomads to live and work in different places, experiencing local life beyond being a tourist.

Norway offers an independent contractor visa for digital nomads, which is valid for up to two years per period with a six-year maximum; applicants must show contracts as proof of work.

Those who choose this lifestyle often do not report to a physical office or keep fixed schedules and can also study and work while traveling.

Effective time management and discipline, such as maintaining set routines and having reliable technology and noise-canceling headphones, are vital to prevent burnout.

It is recommended to choose flexible remote work that aligns with personal interests and values, and self-directed job searches are common.

Germany provides several visa options for digital nomads, though residency registration and tax payments may be required, especially in places like Baden-Baden, which offer good infrastructure and healthcare.

Visa policies supporting digital nomads have been increasing globally, particularly to attract IT and digital professionals who can prove a sufficient income, with the Asia Pacific region joining this trend.

To qualify for many of these programs, applicants must be able to show work in a digital field and meet a minimum annual income, such as $24,000 USD.

Digital nomadism has shifted the perception of working life, with more seeking flexibility, global experiences, and sometimes early retirement.

Despite the apparent glamour portrayed on social media, the lifestyle involves careful planning, adaptation to legal constraints, managing potential local backlash, and ensuring personal well-being.

The digital nomad lifestyle involves living in different places for relatively short periods, with many nomads residing in one location for an average of 70 days.

Rather than buying property, most digital nomads prefer to rent housing, and there has been a significant increase in demand for rentals by Russian IT professionals in places like Thailand over the past two years.

Nomads often earn income remotely from their home country and spend it abroad, resulting in potential tax issues and concerns of 'human capital' loss for their countries of origin.

Some economists suggest maintaining a 13% income tax rate for such workers to preserve their capital within the home country.

This trend has been amplified by the outflow of IT personnel from Russia due to political events, though about 85% reportedly returned by mid-2022.

Remote work is strongly favored among Russian IT professionals, many of whom would readily resign if required to return to office-based work.

Remote work is appreciated for enabling workers to save on commuting costs and for making it possible to live anywhere, even outside Russia, though not all companies support this.

People who worked in foreign-owned companies sometimes lost their jobs when those companies withdrew, prompting a rise in freelancers and self-employed, encouraged by state policies.

Experts point out that Russia lacks enough training opportunities to meet the demand for upskilling self-employed and remote workers.

Relationships between employers and remote workers are changing, with professional loyalty and management practices becoming more important.

Some Russian-founded companies operate abroad and hire remotely for positions in IT, marketing, and other fields, sometimes supporting candidates with relocation.

Types of work especially suited to the nomad lifestyle include software development, iOS and backend development, and app marketing management.

Countries that support digital nomads include Mexico and all 12 South American countries, which currently allow Russians to visit visa-free, making them attractive destinations.

Challenges for digital nomads often include job insecurity, adapting to new work systems, the difficulty of launching foreign startups without significant capital, and questions over national loyalty and tax residency.

Overall, while the digital nomad lifestyle offers freedom and economic benefits, it poses risks related to job stability, taxation, upskilling, and integration into new cultures.

Useful tools for this lifestyle typically include remote work platforms, freelance job boards, communication apps, and relocation support services.

Russia has experienced a significant brain drain in the IT sector, with more than 100,000 digital specialists leaving the country due to economic decline and sanctions-related movement restrictions.

Those who have left often settle in countries such as Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, the UAE, and the Central Asian region, allowing them to continue remote work and receive payments.

Popular digital nomad destinations in Europe include places like Bansko in Bulgaria, which attract remote professionals seeking vibrant communities and better quality of life.

Many digital nomads initially worked for large companies but shifted to independent freelance work once they realized the freedom remote work could provide, enabling travel across countries like Russia and the USA.

It is important for digital nomads to communicate that they are not on vacation, as remote work requires dedication and time management while traveling.

Co-working and co-living spaces have become a central part of the digital nomad lifestyle, with some entrepreneurs aiming to create community-owned workspaces.

Understanding the motivation for establishing shared workspaces is crucial for those looking to build similar environments.

The trend of remote work expanded significantly after the Coronavirus pandemic, with governments progressively accepting digital nomads as pioneers rather than dropouts.

Some governments, like Algeria’s, have implemented favorable conditions allowing digital service exporters and freelancers to benefit from their full earnings and work internationally.

Salaries and the cost of living for digital nomads can vary greatly from country to country, and tools such as salary calculators help assess potential earnings abroad.

Portugal stands out as a digital nomad destination due to progressive labor laws, including prohibiting employers at larger companies from contacting employees after working hours, with substantial fines for violations.

Remote work and the digital nomad lifestyle are increasingly seen as game changers, and countries like Portugal actively seek to attract nomads and remote workers.

Countries like the UAE and Israel also support remote work, with companies opening new branches and employing specialists internationally.

A surge of Russian professionals in Dubai has pushed up rent and living costs, causing some expats to consider relocating elsewhere or returning to Russia, though the UAE remains attractive to many.

Freelance platforms and government initiatives in some countries, such as training grants, assist young professionals in adapting to remote and freelance work.

In summary, while the digital nomad lifestyle offers flexibility, travel opportunities, and the potential for higher earnings, it also presents challenges such as isolation, the need for strong self-discipline, navigating local regulations, and fluctuations in cost of living and job security.

She was a digital nomad for almost two years but found it too stressful and stopped.

Now, she adopts a “Slow Digital Nomad” approach, staying at least a month in one place or as long as her visa allows.

She currently has a “headquarters” in Montenegro but still travels every month and maintains a home base.

Using the correct debit card is important due to high overseas bank fees, which sometimes cost her $30-$40 per cash withdrawal.

She had to call her bank frequently, highlighting the headaches of managing money on the move.

She emphasizes the need to thoroughly research living and working costs ahead of traveling to a new place.

Unexpected expenses, such as up to $20 per day extra in London, can add up quickly, so being smart about budgeting is essential.

Digital nomads bring their culture and technology when working abroad, impacting local communities.

The rise of digital nomadism is attributed to flexible working arrangements where individuals can sometimes spend time sightseeing or meeting people.

Kristie, a digital nomad, says the lifestyle helped her simplify her life and start anew.

She was inspired by families traveling the world together and meeting diverse people, leading her to experience multiple “lives” along the way.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a greater demand for IT talent and accelerated the normalization of remote work globally.

There is little guidance on how to strategically build a remote career, though it is an attractive path, especially for women in tech.

Young people must develop both soft and hard skills to adapt to this evolving work landscape.

Japan is introducing a new visa for digital nomads, responding to increased remote work since the onset of COVID-19.

Digital nomads are defined as people who use the internet to work remotely, support themselves financially, and move freely without geographic constraints.

Countries such as Japan and Spain have introduced Digital Nomad Visas to attract high-skilled foreign workers and stimulate local economies.

The digital nomad lifestyle is growing, with places like Athens seeing an estimated 2,000 remote workers in a single month, according to Nomad List.

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Digital nomads see their community grow in Greece

Greece seems to have entered the map of digital nomads for good.

According to data from Nomad List, it is estimated that in September of this year only, there were approximately 2,000 people working remotely in Athens alone.

The majority of workers who have registered a professional address in Greece in the past two years mainly originate from countries like Russia, Israel, Canada, the US and China.

That figure may actually be fairly conservative, if one considers that several European remote workers, who don’t need to register, have chosen Greece as their place of residence while working for some company or organization based abroad.

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Countries such as Croatia attract thousands of digital nomads but have restrictive rules, such as requiring nomads to leave for six months after a year-long visa expires before reapplying.

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NEWS 12.02.2023 15:31

Croatia, a country with a dwindling population, has become a hot destination for digital nomads - mostly young, highly educated and rich foreigners. Thousands of them are staying in the country, but the small number of those wishing to stay longer have to be resourceful as the law does not allow a stay of more than one year.

The global number of digital nomads is estimated at around 35 million. According to some estimates, that number is expected to reach one billion by 2035.

Croatia ranks high on the list of digital nomads’ favourite destinations. Even though data vary, depending on the source of information, a survey conducted by the Nomad List platform shows Croatia is globally the most attractive destination for digital nomads.

Croatia is a small country but what it offers is diverse so it attracts different groups of digital nomads, says Jan de Jong, founder of the Digital Nomads Croatia association.

The Dutch, who lives in Croatia, in 2020 launched amendment of the relevant laws owing to which Croatia introduced, as one of the first European countries to do so, a visa for digital nomads, enabling citizens of third countries to stay in the country for up to one year.

10,000 digital nomads staying in Croatia on a monthly basis

De Jong notes that one of the main reasons why digital nomads come to Croatia, besides infrastructure, which mostly includes the need for a good internet connection and an established community of digital nomads, is the lifestyle Croatia offers, which, in an addition to everything else, is very affordable.

That lifestyle seems to be very affordable to digital nomads, as an average digital nomad makes around €6,500 a month, according to Nomad List.

At the end of January 2023, there were 595 valid visas for digital nomads in Croatia, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior, however, that figure is much below the actual number of digital nomads staying in Croatia because it refers only to third-country citizens staying here for more than three months.

To get a complete picture of the situation, one should take into account EU citizens, who move freely throughout EU territory, including Croatia, without time limitations, as well as the large number of digital nomads from third countries staying in Croatia for less than a month.

The Ministry of the Interior says that it does not keep a record of the latter two categories of digital nomads, so their number can only be estimated.

Judging by trends for individual cities, including Zadar, Split and Zagreb, on the Nomad List platform, de Jong concludes that roughly 5,000 digital nomads arrive in Croatia a month. If every digital nomad is estimated to stay in Croatia for two months, one can say that around 10,000 digital nomads are staying in Croatia every month.

Meanwhile, after Croatia was one of the first European countries to introduce visas for digital nomads, other European countries have followed suit.

In addition to the basic requirements, such as remote work or self-employment and a certain minimum monthly income, which in Croatia amounts to €2,300, while in Iceland it is more than €6,000 – the visa for digital nomads also regulates the longest allowed stay in the country.

Croatia is one of the countries with more restrictive rules because if a digital nomad likes the country and wants to stay for more than a year, they must leave the country for at least six months in order to be able to apply for a visa again.

On the other hand, in other European countries the visa can mostly be extended, depending on the country, for example, in the Czech Republic a digital nomad visa can be extended for a period of three years in total.

Purpose of visa country’s tourist promotion

Even though de Jong says that the purpose of the visa for digital nomads was never to allow permanent stays, he notes that a certain number of digital nomads contact his association looking for advice on what to do if they want to stay in the country.

Asked if there is a legal way to extend the visa, the Ministry of the Interior says that that option does not exist and that it cannot even be extended with a permit for extended tourist stay.

The ministry explains this with the fact that the sole purpose of visas for digital nomads was “Croatia’s tourism promotion.”

One of those who got caught in that legal limbo is Steve Tsentserensky, a copywriter from Ohio, USA, who was among the first digital nomads to get a visa in Croatia.

During his six-month stay in Zagreb, he fell so much in love with the city that he decided to return for a longer period of time.

Asked how he would do that, because the law restricts his stay, unless he marries a Croat, establishes a company or finds employment, he says that he will do what is feasible to regulate his stay and probably again apply for a visa for digital nomads.

He stresses, however, that it would be good if the visa could be extended for a longer period of time, without applicants having to leave the country because they all have the possibility to reapply after the expiry of the six-month period, and the conditions are completely the same.

Another digital nomad, a woman from the USA, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that after the expiry of her visa she did not want to leave the country and that, even though she kept the same job for which she receives a US salary, she found the solution in a fictitious employment contract.

Somebody offered me a work permit, she says cautiously. She considered other ways as well, such as starting a business, and was also advised to marry, but she believes that with the work permit she has also found a way to contribute to the community she lives in by paying taxes, because as a digital nomad she does not have to do it.

Both Americans like the relaxed lifestyle of Zagreb residents, which is why they want to stay for some time.

They did not say how long, but the woman said that she is actively learning Croatian and not thinking about leaving the country.

When they stay longer, they become immigrants

Caroline Hornstein-Tomic, a researcher at the Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, says that digital nomads are usually highly educated people, mostly in their 30s, who are also excellent consumers.

“If they decide to stay longer, they become a kind of immigrants,” she says and adds that there is still no research in Croatia on how digital nomads impact local communities, but that that impact certainly exists.

They boost tourism as well as other sectors of the economy, they have encouraged the development of infrastructure and the establishment of numerous hubs, as well as services that meet their need to get along in the new country, she says.

Hornstein-Tomic says that she has interviewed some of the nomads who have been staying on Dalmatian islands, and that she has heard about their positive experiences with the local community.

“Those who have decided to stay longer are interested in local jobs or business development, and they also do volunteer work, so apart from financial resources, they also have knowledge that they like to share,” says Hornstein-Tomic.

Commenting on the demographic potential of that group, de Jong says that digital nomads follow new trends and no longer go to countries where they have better-paying jobs but rather those where they like the lifestyle, bringing their well-paid jobs with them.

He thinks that the current remote work revolution will continue and that a reversal of the trend is not likely.

That trend can be the biggest opportunity for Croatia, from where around half a million people have emigrated over the past ten years looking for better-paying jobs, says de Jong, who has lived in Croatia for the past 16 years.

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What are critical aspects of the digital nomad lifestyle?

Knowledge of visa and other legal requirements

The purpose of most digital nomad visas is not to allow permanent residence, and in Croatia, it is not legally possible to extend such visas or convert them into tourist permits for a longer stay.

What are critical aspects of the digital nomad lifestyle?

Knowledge of visa and other legal requirements

If digital nomads overstay or try to stay longer, they become classified as immigrants.

What are critical aspects of the digital nomad lifestyle?

Knowledge of visa and other legal requirements

Some locals feel that digital nomads drive up housing costs and do not integrate well into communities, but nomads are encouraged to give back, for example, by volunteering or helping locals.

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Content: Here’s How You Can Do Good As A Digital Nomad

by Femina Travel | Sep 29, 2023, 20:38 IST

Being a digital nomad can be great for the remote worker but, with the right attitude, you can do good for others too

Not everyone loves digital nomads. Although so many countries across the world now offer special visas for digital nomads (Dubai, Colombia,  Estonia, Bermuda, Portugal, Spain, Croatia and Cayman Islands, to name just a few), they often get a bad rap from local residents. They believe that digital nomads push housing costs higher and out of reach of the locals, and strain the community by just ‘dropping’ into places rather than trying to fit into the fabric of society at their new temporary homes. It is an undeniable fact, however, that foreign workers can infuse a financial boost into the arm of the host country, and it works out well for them because living costs are usually lower than in their home country.

How can digital nomads do good rather than spark suspicion in their new home areas? Here are simple ways to consider if you want your impact to be positive, and your being there actually being good for the local community:

  • Spend Money To Benefit Local Businesses

Prioritise shopping in smaller local shops rather than at big supermarkets, eat in non-touristy restaurants alongside locals, and tip delivery and cleaning people generously.

  • Engage In An Intellectual Exchange

If you have transferable skills as part of your job description, it would be great to help locals in whatever capacity you can. A healthy exchange of ideas can spur local entrepreneurship and potentially improve the lives of the people amid whom you live.

  • Volunteer In Your Free Time

There’s no better way to get under the skin of a new destination – here, your new home for a period of time – than by offering the help you can. Perhaps you could offer to help local kids with spoken English, or give some time to a nearby soup kitchen.

  • Be Social

Don’t spend all your time working in your home. The point of working away from home is that you live in another place. Go out and immerse yourself in life outside; once your neighbours and people in the locality realise that you’re friendly, they, too, will get more used to you and less resentful of your presence in their midst. Keeping to yourself is an invitation to be isolated. Don’t let your reticence be misinterpreted as arrogance. Embrace your new temporary home country and, in time,  you will go a long way in overturning suspicions against digital nomads.

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Digital nomads promised lush forests, natural spas and a new co-working space in this German town

Baden-Baden has a 100-acre forest and a car-free city centre.   -   Copyright  Baden-Baden Kur & Tourismus GmbH
By Hayley Rogue Ashworth

If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that a lot of jobs do not need to conform to the standard Monday-Friday, 9-5.

There has been a shift in the way we view our working lives. We are no longer satisfied with spending our days confined to office cubicles, counting down the days to our next holiday.

Instead, we are looking for that ideal work-life balance - for more control over our time and more enriching experiences. Add to that the current cost-of-living crisis sweeping across Europe, Brexit and the rising price of weekend travel, and it’s easy to see the appeal of the digital nomad lifestyle.

But with the whole world to choose from, and several countries like Costa Rica and Bali offering digital nomad visas, where to start?

As travel companies weigh in on the best places to start your expat life, an unassuming spa town in southwestern Germany is throwing its hat in the ring.

Is Baden-Baden poised to be the next big digital nomad destination?

Baden-Baden is preparing for the opening of its first dedicated coworking space, Opera Coworking. There are many ways this UNESCO World heritage town would make a great digital nomad destination.

Once known as the ‘summer capital of Europe’, Baden-Baden was the playground of 19th-century Monaco socialites. Located close to the French border in Germany’s Black Forest, it was a favourite escape when the South of France got too hot.

With a population of around 55,000, it’s quiet yet cosmopolitan, green, accessible and has a lot to offer in terms of work-life balance. It has its own airport serviced by most major European airlines, as well as train lines that connect you to the rest of Germany, Europe and beyond.

Calm your mind in green forests and natural spas

Baden-Baden proclaims to be the ‘city of the good-good life’, and it isn’t difficult to see why.

The region is 61 per cent forest, with the Lichtentaler Allee spanning almost 100 acres. This green oasis is home to over 300 species of trees and shrubs, and part of it runs through the car-free city centre. Here, outdoor enthusiasts can wind down with hiking, cycling, running, roller-blading and walking.

As well as shaking off any work frustrations, all those extra activities will help improve your mental and physical health.

For more wellness activities, there are several natural spas - in particular, the Friedrichsbad. At €32 for three hours, it has 17 coordinated bathing stations to follow, from warm air baths to thermal whirlpools.

Now, we’re not saying to spend all your time in the spa. But having time and freedom to properly unwind is one of the many benefits of becoming a digital nomad.

There are also six championship golf courses, various sporting and music events throughout the year, and a variety of museums and galleries.

Excellent train routes to the rest of Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and France make weekend getaways, fun day-excursions and work trips easy.

How to become a digital nomad in Germany

There are several visa options for digital nomads in Germany, which vary depending on how long you plan to stay there.

Those with an EU, EEA or Swiss passport can enter Germany for 90 days as a tourist. While you don’t need a visa or permit to work in Germany, you must register stays that are longer than three months with the local authorities.

Those in Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, the UK and the USA can apply for a residency permit without an entry visa.

Most other nationalities will need to apply for a visa from a German Embassy and a residence permit for self-employment. This requires proof of self-sustainability and a business plan.

In Germany, freelancers and self-employed are considered to be two different statuses. For tax purposes, it is best to be a freelancer, though freelance roles must fall under certain liberal professions specified by the government, such as art, engineering, legal, medical, science and teaching, among others.

Once in Germany, all digital nomads have two weeks to submit their German addresses and book an appointment with the Immigration Office to begin the residency process.

See you in Baden-Baden?

If your goal is to make as much money as possible for early retirement, then Baden-Baden may not be for you, as you will have to register as a resident and pay tax.

But if your digital nomad goal is more about creating a life full of balance, this German town could be your dream destination.

The clean air and greenery will soothe your soul, there are lots of activities to fill your downtime - and restaurants to fill your stomach.

Add to that easy access to other destinations and an excellent healthcare and social system, and Baden-Baden is well worth considering as the place to start your digital nomad journey.

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Those who choose this lifestyle often do not report to a physical office or keep fixed schedules and can also study and work while traveling.

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A Guide for College Students Embracing the Digital Nomad Lifestyle

A digital nomad is someone who works remotely and travels often. Their work doesn’t require them to report to an office or adhere to a strict schedule. Instead, they can work anywhere in the world, doing the job they love.

It’s no wonder this lifestyle is appealing more to college students. They can travel the world while studying and working abroad. That said, being a college student and a digital nomad is a challenge. It’s not like a vacation where all you have to worry about is enjoying yourself.

You have to learn how to balance the fun of traveling with work and school commitments. The following tips will help you do just that.

Understand What the Digital Nomad Lifestyle Will Be Like

You have to understand what the digital nomad lifestyle will be like if you want it to work out. You can assess whether this life is for you, and better prepare for it if you decide that it is.

Here are some critical points to consider about the digital nomad lifestyle:

  • A work-life balance is a must
  • Traveling often can be exhausting
  • You must ensure access to healthcare
  • You need a plan for financial stability
  • You’ll have to adapt to new cultures and languages
  • Knowing visa requirements and other legal requirements is essential
  • You might experience homesickness, especially if you go international
  • Balancing school with work and life in a new place is a big commitment

Dig into these factors and research all you’ll have to do and give up to be a digital nomad. Then, you can make an informed decision about moving forward.

Master Time Management

You’ll have to take your time management up a few notches if you want to be a digital nomad.

It’s one thing to balance life and school. It’s another to balance life, school, traveling, and potentially, work. You must learn how to divide your days so that you pay each of these things the attention they need. In addition, time management will ensure you don’t burn out.

Start with a routine to build some consistency into your days. Wake up at the same time regardless of your schedule and get ready for your days the same way.

You can establish priority tasks the night before, like your classes, if you’re working, and when you’ll study. Set aside time for breaks, meals, and leisure time as well. Building these activities into your schedule will ensure you actually do them.

Attach times to each task and activity. For example, you have classes from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Next, you’ll have lunch from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. After that, you have work from 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Then, you’ll study from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and the rest of the night is yours.

Manage your time wisely and you can achieve everything you set out for each day.

Learn How to Stay Productive

One of the biggest challenges digital nomads run into is staying productive. All of the fun activities you can do when you travel to a new place can be distracting. It might be hard to stay motivated when you’re homesick. Technical and logistical issues can impact your productivity as well.

So, learning how to maintain peak productivity while studying and working on the road is essential.

Adhering to the routine we mentioned above will help keep you focused. Eliminate distractions while working by turning your phone on Do Not Disturb and muting social media apps. Create a designated workspace. You could also incentivize productivity by promising yourself a fun activity after you complete your work.

Secure your tech setup as well to maintain optimal productivity. Make sure you have the basics, like a good laptop set up with the proper work and school software and noise-canceling headphones.

Another crucial tool to have is a mobile hotspot. A hotspot ensures you can connect to the internet wirelessly on your mobile devices from virtually anywhere. This will come in handy when you travel internationally or to places with spotty internet connections. No matter where you are, you can still access your studies and any work you’re doing online.

Equip yourself with the right tools and techniques to stay productive as a digital nomad.

Choose Work That Aligns With Your Studies and Interests

Digital nomads are known to take many different directions with their work. You have options and can easily make a living while studying and traveling abroad. The key is ensuring the work you do doesn’t distract from your education and pull you away from who you are.

You’ll have a much better experience as a digital nomad if you choose work that aligns with your studies and interests. Rather than taking the barista job at the local cafe, work with your school to see if there are any work-study opportunities where you’re traveling.

You can also take the job search into your own hands. Search for job openings before you head to your destination through online job boards. Ask for referrals from fellow students.

Consider fully remote positions as well. There are many work-from-home jobs available that can accommodate a college student’s digital nomad lifestyle, such as being a tutor or a content writer for subjects related to your major.

Whatever work you decide to do, make sure it doesn’t take away from your studies and aligns with who you are and what you want to be.

Conclusion

Many college students are attracted to the digital nomad lifestyle because it allows them to travel freely while studying and working where they want to. As enticing as this life is, being a digital nomad isn’t void of challenges.

Make sure you understand what you’re getting into, master time management, learn to stay productive, and choose work that aligns with your studies and interests to give yourself a real chance at a successful digital nomad life.

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It is recommended to choose flexible remote work that aligns with personal interests and values, and self-directed job searches are common.

Germany provides several visa options for digital nomads, though residency registration and tax payments may be required, especially in places like Baden-Baden, which offer good infrastructure and healthcare.

What are critical aspects of the digital nomad lifestyle?

Knowledge of visa and other legal requirements

What are the criteria of the top 20 digital nomad locations?

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Digital nomad visa programs have grown increasingly popular. Seen as a means of attracting top-tier, global talent and tax revenue, this trend is especially prevalent in the Asian Pacific region. Indeed, Japan recently announced it joined the digital nomad visa party – its policy to be officially rolled out in early April 2024. Below, we discuss this new development and provide a summary of the current state of digital nomad programs in the APAC region.

Japan's new digital nomad visa program: a sumo-sized development

Japan's Ministry of Justice announced that Japan created a digital nomad visa. Situated as the 4th largest economy in the world, Japan began issuing digital nomad visas at the beginning of April 2024 to the citizens of 50 countries and territories.

The short-list of eligible countries includes at least the United States, Australia, and Singapore. The visas are valid for up to six months and available to those earning more than ¥10 million (app. $68,300) per year. Nomads may work from anywhere in the country and bring their spouses and children with them. Their work must be tied to "a sales contract or non-provision contract...with a public or private company in a foreign country". Carrying private health insurance will be obligatory to participate in the program.

Behind only China and Thailand, Japan is consistently ranked as one of the largest recipients of international visitors in APAC. In 2024 alone, it is forecasted that Japan will receive a total of 33.1 million visitors. With the aperture of this new program, coupled with sustained global interest in Japan's rich cultural heritage, the country is projected to receive thousands of digital nomads for years to come.

Thai-tanic-sized companies are welcomed in the Kingdom

Visa options for digital nomads in Thailand remain limited. Whereas the B visa program allows visitors to enter the Kingdom for up to 90 days to engage in a short list of activities, the government has gone to greater lengths to attract international corporate investment.

Indeed, under its "Remote Workers for Well-Established Overseas Companies" program, employees of publicly traded companies (or private companies with combined revenue of over $150 million in the last three years) will be able to apply for a 10-year long resident permit. The employee must (i) make an annual salary of at least $80,000.00 USD per year for two consecutive years or (ii) if holding a master's degree, make no less than $40,000 USD for the last two years. Alternatively, the individual may be self-employed provided they own productive intellectual property or have received Series A funding of no less than $1 million USD. Like Japan, visa applicants must carry personal health insurance.

With some of the lowest corporate tax rates in all of APAC, Thailand is situating itself as one of the region's premier hotbeds for foreign investment and, consequently, international talent.

Malaysia welcomes entrepreneurs from backgrounds as diverse as their landscapes

Maylasia arguably presents one of the most agile digital nomad visa programs in APAC. Offering temporary residence through the "De Rantau Nomad" program, employees of local or foreign employers, freelancers, and independent contractors are welcome. The nomad must be coming to work in an IT or digital space and earn at least $24,000 USD per year.

Pursuing a K-drama storyline in South Korea remains tricky

Early this year, South Korea made a splash on the global stage by launching its own version of a digital nomad visa: the "Workcation" visa. Whereas the visa program does offer a two-year period of validity, it is available only under a niche set of circumstances. For example, the minimum income threshold is KRW 85,000,000, or approximately $63,683.53. Digital nomads availing themselves must not only refrain from assuming gainful employment in South Korea, but must also refrain from earning money in South Korea associated with the South Korean economy (e.g., entering contracts with local businesses). In addition to having at least one year of work experience, nomads must also carry health insurance coverage valued at KRW 100 million, or about $75,000 USD. Given these restrictions, we anticipate S. Korea's digital nomad visa program to be leveraged only by the truest of K-POP fans.

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Content: Drop everything and sail around the world
In recent years, the global media began to vigorously promote "travel living", translated from English - travel-life.
Its supporters are called digital nomads, or digital nomads.
They are not attached to the place of residence and work and are ready to trade comfort, stability and career prospects for life in continuous motion.
In the US alone, this philosophy is shared by 22 million people, or one in 15 Americans, in the world – 35 million, and by 2030, the number of digital nomads on the planet is projected to grow to one billion people.
Experts believe that this is the way to form a “seamless ” world with a“ connected person ” without roots.
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The first digital nomad was an American writer and programmer.
In 1983, he set off on a computerized bike and completed it on a yacht in 2021.
The revival of the ancient nomadic way of life in the 21st century has become possible thanks to the Internet and IT technologies, and the pandemic of the covid with a remote format of work has spurred it.
By 2030, the number of digital nomads could reach a billion people.
What kind of people are these?
The first group is digital.
Programmers, project managers, graphic designers, journalists, writers, lawyers, translators, analysts, testers, copywriters, video editors, product managers.
Six months in the Maldives, three months in Barbados or the United Arab Emirates, where the world ’ s fastest mobile Internet.
The second is adventurers and wanderers.
The third is mortgages, for which loan payments are more expensive than permanent tourism and being in cheap areas of the world.
The philosophy of digital nomads is to untie themselves from their place of birth and one job.
Choose countries where the best climate, cheaper food, where there are no toxic offices, civil duties, but only the right to live in pleasure.
Digital nomads consider themselves the chosen ones of fate, because, in their opinion, they make the free choice of a free person.
Life in motion, they argue, is not bliss, but the norm.
Their favorite slogan is “The values of minimalism make us happy. ”
Nature, freedom, unprocessed food, physical activity...
A lot is said about this on their profile sites.
Anxiety and desire to change places
Hunting for a change of places is a problem of motives, and they are different, correspondent member, philosopher, chief researcher of the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences Jean Toshchenko told the “Parliamentary newspaper ”.
Someone just has the opportunity to choose the best conditions of life and work.
Others have the pressure of economic circumstances.
This is facilitated by the growing class of precariat (people working in low-paid and unstable jobs without social guarantees - sick leave, vacation, with a reduced salary).
The transition from permanent to part-time, temporary, part-time employment makes it easier for such people to get out of place and go wherever they look.
Another category is those who, in principle, do not care about the content of the work, says the scientist.
They expect to find something to do everywhere.
From here the ease of lifting.
Finally, there are those who choose a way of life where civil obligations do not prevail over them.
An expert from the United States John Peters in a sensational article “Exile, Nomadism and the Diaspora ” called the opposition of nomad and state as the key idea of the movement.
Many travelers begin with the term “climate emigration ”, but constant mobility erases the boundaries of cultural and national identity.
As a result, the concept of homeland is also being rethought, and this is already marginality, he concludes.
A typical portrait of a digital nomad, according to the Nomad List survey, is a minimalist with a laptop, a backpack, a bachelor ’ s degree, a passport and a cup of coffee.
Lives in one place for an average of 70 days.
At the heart of the mentality is anti-materialism and contentment with small things.
The most attractive side of travel is cheapness, according to one of the profile sites.
Nomadism saves a lot of money because the costs of maintaining the property, maintaining the car, parking, winter clothes disappear.
It is fascinating and good for health.
The main cost item is renting a roof over your head and food.
Geo-arbitrage helps to live better and cheaper – the use of price differences between countries.
Peace in your pocket and nothing of your own
Some researchers call traveling a new socio-economic model.
It echoes the program slogans of the “great reset ” of the world proclaimed at the Davos Economic Forum.
According to it, the preservation of the planet in the interests of future generations requires tightening the belts of the living, limiting economic growth and reducing consumption.
The projected image of the future assumes that a person will be available to the whole world, a lot of services, but at the same time he will not have anything of his own.
Globalizers argue that property and binding to a permanent place of residence burden and encroach on the personal freedoms of citizens.
Why buy a house when you can rent it?
Why a personal car when there is carsharing?
Why save money when you can have a basic guaranteed income?
Why spend money on heating an apartment, if you can go to the warm lands for the winter?
When a person has no stake or yard, it is especially easy.
Modern nomads often call themselves citizens of the world.
The nomad is always online, and it is more convenient for him to communicate even with friends online, rather than offline.
Therefore, some experts have given it the definition of “connected person ”.
The unwritten motto of digital nomads: movement is everything, goal is nothing.
There are 300 people in the world who have visited all 196 countries of the world (including unrecognized territories).
Among them are Australian Rach and Slovak Marty.
The women described the adventures of the 15-year-old circumnavigation in the blog “Very Hungry Nomads ”.
They set out to inspire the women of the world to live without office stress, work on the beach, expand horizons and embrace new thinking.
Travelers sold out all the property and lived with luggage from two backpacks of hand luggage.
The focus of their project was food.
Odyssey cost 274 thousand dollars.
Her conclusion: the most delicious food is in Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Uzbek farmers.
The number of nomadism activists in Russia is also increasing.
For example, ethnologist Mikhail Zarubin traveled to 193 countries for 10 years and wrote a book for children “Tales of Young Travelers ”.
Four years more spent on the circumnavigation of his friend, the photographer.
150 hotels annually - the norm for Lisa and Vitalik, whose journey lasts 12 years.
Many other travel bloggers share their impressions on the website travcave.ru.
Traffic infrastructure
The digital nomad relies on infrastructure.
A digital nomad visa allows individuals who earn an income of at least $2,000 from a foreign jurisdiction to legally stay in the country longer than tourists.
Its price in Brazil is 72 dollars, in Greece - 75, Costa Rica - 100, Argentina - from 120 to 240, in Bermuda - 260, in the Bahamas and in the UAE - a thousand dollars.
Validity from 180 days to 10 years.
In countries where there is no such visa, nomads often live on tourist and even student, and the authorities turn a blind eye to this.
The elements of infrastructure are also coworking and coliving (common spaces where you can live and work with like-minded people).
The number of the first, according to forecasts, by 2025 will reach 26 thousand, and the second annually grows by a third.
In Russia, too, there is a coliving - "Station Smena".
It provides, according to the presentation, a unique opportunity to combine work and party.
Remotely you can work from home, public libraries, cafes - if only there was an Internet and a laptop.
The wealthier ones move around in offices on wheels.
However, the vans at home with a table, a lot of sockets, chargers and a background for conferences are like a luxury German crossover.
The system of hubs for nomads is characterized by a favorable climate, high-speed Internet, an easy visa regime and a low cost of living.
The most attractive locations are Chiang Mai (Thailand) and Bali (Indonesia), in Europe - Lisbon, Gran Canaria and the island of Madeira, in America - Medellin, Mexico City and Buenos Aires.
If the money runs out, nomads can spend the night in churches for free, in extreme cases - in a tent, especially since they do not tend to cold lands.
Someone on occasion earns remote trade, hand-made, bartenders, guides, DJs and VJs, nurses, teachers and what God will send.
As befits a philosopher, Jean Toshchenko is not surprised:
“The world is entering an era of great migration of peoples, similar to the one that took place 15 centuries ago.
The process of global migration is driven by economic, political and climatic factors.
And this general mobility affects all of humanity, making it dynamic. ”
The philosophy of individualism
And if everyone wants to live on an eternal journey, who will remain in their native country and will improve it?
Is there a balance between personal freedom and civic responsibility?
Is not the sense of patriotism atrophied, for example, among the digital class, part of which has amicably rushed outside Russia?
The balance between freedom and responsibility was sought by Voltaire and Belinsky.
They are looking for it and will be looking for it at all times, ” the chairman of the Council for the Development of the Digital Economy evasively replied to the Parliamentary Newspaper.
First Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Tourism and Tourism Development Nikolai Valuev did not hide skepticism from our publication:
“No matter what you dream and want, people will always be tied by a bunch of circumstances to the place of residence.
Work, habit, property, kinship and social ties, so these cosmopolitans will always be in the region of statistical error. ”
Comparing digital nomads, immigrants and relocants is incorrect, said the development director of VTsIOM Consulting.
The concept of “digital-nomadism ” develops a philosophy of individualism, he told“ Parlamentskaya Gazeta ”.
Its values: freedom to choose life goals, ways and places of work, the desire for openness of information, intolerance of discrimination and the conditional “seamless ” of the world.
At the same time, nomads, earning in their country, spend money in a foreign country.
How should this state be treated?
Why in the US with a population of 330 million people, Trump in his election program promises to introduce maternity capital for a new baby boom?
"Any government wants its citizens to work at home and develop the domestic economy," Yermolaev said. - The generation of the first baby boom is close to retirement age, which increases the burden on social infrastructure and reduces the number of able-bodied people.
And the digital nomad community in the US is growing.
According to MBO Partners, there are 16.9 million, and according to Nomand List, 22 million.
If the trend continues, the country ’ s economy will face a serious challenge in the coming years. ”
In Russia, according to Nomad List, digital nomads are still relatively few - 2.3 million.
And yet they should be taken seriously, urges the dean of the Faculty of Economics.
As a rule, nomads do not seek to part with the country, they can continue to work for domestic companies, benefiting the state.
And in order to preserve this human capital, to prevent its possible leakage, an income tax of 13 percent should be saved for this category, the economist believes.
According to the current rules, tax non-residents - people who have been in Russia for less than 183 calendar days for twelve consecutive months - must pay income tax not 13 percent, but 30 percent, besides they are not entitled to tax deductions.
As the head of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Yaroslav Nilov told our publication, all the necessary regulation in the field of remote employment was developed and fixed in Chapter 49.1 of the Labor Code even during the coronavirus pandemic.
Thanks to this, many workers today work remotely, most of them within the country.
Any changes to the law will also affect them, he explained.
This is usually used in a situation where there is an imbalance of interests of employers and employees.
“If people continue to perform their duties in accordance with labor contracts, taxes and payments are deducted from their income, then why invent something? ” the deputy concluded.

Rather than buying property, most digital nomads prefer to rent housing, and there has been a significant increase in demand for rentals by Russian IT professionals in places like Thailand over the past two years.

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Content: October 30, 03: 05
The demand of Russian IT professionals for rental housing in Thailand has quadrupled in two years
Another center of attraction for IT specialists in Asia was Kuala Lumpur, said the leading expert of Tranio branch in Phuket Svetlana Romanyuk
Moscow, October 30.
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The demand for rental housing in Thailand from Russian IT professionals has quadrupled over the past two years.
This was reported to TASS by the leading expert of the branch Tranio (international real estate broker) in Thailand (Phuket Island) Svetlana Romanyuk.
“The demand of employees of IT companies for rental housing in Thailand this fall is high, especially in light of the increase in the period of visa-free entry for Russians.
We can say that over the past two years (October 2023 to October 2021), demand in this segment has grown about four times, but a more pronounced surge occurred in 2022, "Romanyuk said.
According to her, more often, relocants prefer renting rather than buying real estate, but now they rent housing not only for the winter, but also for a long time.
With a long-term contract, renting an apartment in Phuket costs an average of $500 to $1 thousand per month.
She recalled that Russians are now available visa-free entry to Thailand for 90 days with the right to free extension for 30 days.
After that, it is permissible to cross the border and re-enter the country for another 90 + 30 days, which in total gives 240 days of stay.
Therefore, many IT specialists this year are moving families to Phuket, solving the issue of placing children in local international schools, and the areas of the island are gradually becoming "Russian", the interlocutor of the agency added.
Another center of attraction for IT professionals in Asia was Kuala Lumpur, which can be called “budget Singapore ”, Romanyuk believes.
According to her, this metropolis is actively developing, there are large technological universities and coworking places, but the cost of living is still low.
“A large community of remote operators has also formed on the island of Bali, which, due to the profile of local IT companies, has become a kind of“ crypto capital ” in Southeast Asia.
Some remote workers from Russia and European countries work in the Philippines and Vietnam, but so far more often in the format of “wintering ”, rather than permanent residence, ” the expert added.
The top three areas of Southeast Asia that are of interest to Russian relocants, including IT specialists, include Bali, Thailand (Phuket) and Vietnam (Nha Trang), said Oleg Morozov, head of the Homeapp office in Vietnam, in an interview with TASS.
According to him, since February 2022, the flows of “remote workers ” to the region have increased significantly.
"If earlier the so-called" winterers "in Vietnam rented real estate on the principle of the cheapest - conditionally, they were interested in the budget for renting $200-300 per month, now, for example, in one of the complexes, where rent starts from $800, half of the two hundred apartments are inhabited by Russian citizens," the expert said.
According to Morozov, for Russian citizens visa-free regime in Vietnam is valid for 45 days, then you can get a visa online for three months with the possibility of extension for three months on the spot.

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This trend has been amplified by the outflow of IT personnel from Russia due to political events, though about 85% reportedly returned by mid-2022.

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Content: FT reports hundreds of “digital nomads ” from Russia in South America
“Digital nomads ” from Russia are moving to the countries of South America because of Western sanctions, writes the Financial Times.
Hundreds of Russian citizens have moved to Latin America in recent months due to relaxed entry rules and an uncertain attitude toward Western sanctions.
Maxim Artushenko, who moved to Buenos Aires with his family three months ago, told FT that “people working in the field of information technology or entrepreneurs ” usually come to South America.
These are Russians, “whose business has just begun to reach the world level ”, who faced big problems in their country.
Alexey Solovyov, managing director of an investment company in Dubai, told the newspaper that since the beginning of March he had received 40 requests from Russian entrepreneurs wishing to move their business to South America.
“These are not pre-seed companies, these are requests from established and sustainable companies that see opportunities in Latin America.
I already see how the Russian technology hub is brewing, ” he said.
Citizens of Russia do not need a visa to visit Mexico and all 12 countries of South America.
Extending the standard 90-day stay in these states is also fairly straightforward in practice, and Russians generally view Latin American societies as “liberal, diverse, and democratic. ”
According to ICESI professor Vladimir Ruvinsky, “hundreds of Russians ” have moved to Latin America in recent months.
He attributes this to “relaxed rules of entry and ambiguous attitude to Western sanctions. ”
Different citizens come to the continent: from doctors and software engineers to “digital nomads ” and workers in the construction industry.
According to the Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC), 50,000 to 70,000 IT specialists left Russia in March, and another 70,000 to 100,000 people left in April.
Against the background of the outflow of IT specialists from Russia after the start of a military special operation in Ukraine, the authorities took measures to support industry employees.
In particular, they can get a deferment from conscription and arrange a mortgage on preferential terms.
At the end of May, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that about 85% of IT specialists who had left the country since the beginning of the special operation returned to Russia.
According to him, the measures taken by the government in connection with the current situation are “prompt responses to emerging challenges. ”
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Remote work is strongly favored among Russian IT professionals, many of whom would readily resign if required to return to office-based work.

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Russian IT specialists are ready to quit without hesitation if they take away their remote
About 40% of working remotely Russians between forced return to the office and dismissal will choose the second.
They are not ready to deprive themselves of all advantages and obey the requirements of management to work exclusively from offices.
In the IT sector, numerous IT specialists and technical support workers are ready to write a letter of resignation in response to the ban on remote location, and with them – website administrators.
IT workers love remote
Almost half of working-age Russians working remotely are ready to write a letter of resignation if the management forces them to return to the offices.
Fulfillment of labor tasks from the office or open space, imposed by the authorities, will force four out of ten Russians to leave the company.
This was reported by experts of the portal SuperJob.
The strongest thing for the opportunity to see their colleagues only by video link and never to appear in the office is held by Russian IT specialists.
Persistent reluctance to go to work in the classical sense of it, along with them experienced webmasters and site administrators, as well as technical support specialists.
It is much easier for them to go in search of a new employer, more loyal to the desire of employees to work from home, than to put up with the need to travel from home to the office and back every day.
Similar views are held by design engineers and designers, as well as representatives of the humanitarian professions - recruiters, accountants, call center employees, customer and sales managers, middle managers.
For women - home, for men - office
Of the respondents surveyed, 40% said they were more likely to quit than they would agree to return to the office.
In this group, among women, 53% voted for removal, among men - 31%.
64% of those who are ready to quit chose a full-fledged remote job, 20% could agree to a hybrid format, when the office needs to be visited once or several times a week.
To drive into the office of Russians who have tried remote, it is very difficult
The answer “rather follow the order of the employer and refuse the remote / hybrid schedule ” was chosen by 37% of respondents.
In this group of people, those who would prefer a hybrid format of work, much more – 49% versus 21% of connoisseurs of the opportunity to never go to work.
The SuperJob survey was conducted in more than 330 localities in Russia.
The results were based on responses from 1,600 people over the age of 18.
How in Russia there was a remote
The mass transition of people to work from home with their subsequent reluctance to return to offices is a trend of the past three years, and it was formed thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
In March 2020.
Russia went into a regime of self-isolation, as a result of which many had to work from home.
By the end of 2020, amendments to the current legislation regulating the relations between employers and remote employees were adopted, and in the first drafts of the bill there were more benefits for employees, but in the final version the balance shifted in favor of bosses.
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Import-independence
In itself, remote work in Russia has existed for more than a decade.
It became possible to work from home with the development of high-speed wired Internet - in large cities of Russia, it began to appear in the mid-2000s.
At the beginning of the previous decade, cellular operators began to build fourth-generation (4G) networks and gradually introduce unlimited tariff plans, which gave Russians the opportunity to work from wherever there is a mobile signal.
The advantages of remote work, the vast majority of those who switched to it, include the opportunity to save a lot of money on trips to and from work - someone spends on gasoline or diesel, someone on public transport.
Also, for many, it is important to have the opportunity not to spend free time on the way to the office and home and not to report to the authorities for being late due to congestion on the roads.
Finding a job will be difficult.
The willingness of Russian IT specialists to write a statement of their own accord is not very compatible with modern Russian realities.
As reported by CNews, in the first half of 2023, the number of IT vacancies opened in the country decreased by 9% year-on-year, and the number of applicants increased by 11%.
The average competition is six people per seat.
However, the ability to work remotely opens up quite a few prospects.
For example, it allows you to leave Russia and not change your place of work, although some companies do not welcome this.
The authorities went in this regard to meet the Russians – in July 2023, the State Duma adopted a bill protecting remote residents of their countries with additional tax levies, which could reach 30%.
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Relocation and remote location: vacancies in foreign companies with Russian roots
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Due to the unstable economic situation, many specialists thought about relocating or looking for a remote job with a salary in foreign currency.
Here are a few companies with Russian founders that are based abroad and hire candidates from the CIS.
The material is supplemented.
Relocation and remote location: vacancies in foreign companies with Russian roots
inDriver
Peer-to-peer passenger transportation service, which grew out of the Yakut group in VKontakte, today operates in more than 600 cities around the world.
The head office is in California.
The company supports employees from Russia and Ukraine and continues to hire in all 13 countries where inDriver has offices.
They are looking for developers, analysts, advertising specialists and in other areas.
Including key vacancies, including CTO and CISO.
Some positions can be worked remotely.
Miro
The remote collaboration service created in Perm was valued at $17.5 billion at the beginning of the year.
Miro has offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam and other cities.
Now on the company ’ s website there are vacancies in 13 areas, including design, work with data, marketing and support.
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WeLoveNoCode
WeLoveNoCode is an international service for the selection of no-code developers with Sakhalin roots.
The project team works completely remotely in more than 20 countries.
For all open positions, the company is ready to hire employees from Russia and Ukraine both remotely and with relocation.
There are vacancies for specialists in IT, marketing and other areas.
For a successful recommendation, a reward of $1000 is offered.
Welltory
Mobile application for health monitoring with more than four million users around the world from the creator of one of the largest game publishers Alawar Entertainment Alexander Lyskovsky.
Open positions include Python, iOS and Android developers, Database Administrator and VP of Engineering.
All processes in the company are built for remote work - you can be anywhere in the world and be a citizen of any country.
Neatsy.ai
The American service, founded by the former head of the machine learning division at Prisma Labs Artem Semenov, helps to individually select shoes to size using the AR technologies of the iPhone camera.
The company offers relocation to Berlin and Warsaw.
Now the team is looking for iOS and Backend developers, as well as App Marketing Managers.
The Neatsy relocation package includes visa processing, opening a bank account, assistance with renting an apartment, consultations on the choice of medical insurance and kindergartens.
Xsolla
One of the leading sellers of online games in Russia, whose head office since 2010 is located in Los Angeles (USA).
It sells products from companies such as Valve and Epic Games.
Xsolla offers vacancies for developers, designers, marketers and other professionals.
Including – remote and with the design of a relocation package.
ANNA Money
The authors of the banking assistant for British entrepreneurs ANNA Money are the former director of product services of Alfa-Bank Vyacheslav Akulov, the owners of Octoberry and Magneta.ai Nikita Filippov and Andrey Pachai, as well as the co-founders of Point and Button Boris Dyakonov and Eduard Panteleev.
Currently, the company employs more than 100 people.
The company invites engineers (Backend, Frontend), security specialists, Data Science and product analysts to work remotely with the possibility of further relocation.
Superdao
The American crypto startup, founded in late 2021 by St. Petersburg ’ s Yuri Lifshitz, has already attracted $10.5 million of investments, and the company ’ s valuation amounted to $160 million.
At the moment, Superdao is ready to hire about 50 employees around the world - from developers, products and designers to account managers, recruiters and marketing and sales specialists.
You can see some vacancies and respond by the link or by telegram @ superdao _ jobs.
Skipp
The automated service for hiring IT specialists was launched in 2020 by former employees of Lingualeo and Skyeng.
Now the company continues to search and hire candidates from all over the world, including from Russia and the CIS countries.
In winter, the project team relocated to Cyprus - this opportunity is provided to new employees.
All current vacancies can be found on the company 's page on HeadHunter or send an application on the website.
Crystal Blockchain
Crystal Blockchain creates tools for blockchain analytics.
The company ’ s solutions help companies monitor suspicious cryptocurrency transactions and protect themselves from the risks associated with the criminal origin of funds and fraud.
The project has many vacancies on the remote: they are looking for products, engineers, content marketers and others.
Rubrain
On the platform for the selection of IT specialists from Eastern Europe, you can now find vacancies with relocation to Bulgaria and Cyprus, as well as remote work from foreign companies with payment in foreign currency.
In addition to technical specialties, there are positions in marketing and design.
Maroo
Fintech startup from the USA from the former employee of Revolut Alexey Nikitiuk.
The service allows future newlyweds to plan a wedding, agree with proven contractors and pay for their services, as well as get a profitable loan for the organization of the celebration.
Now the company has a vacancy Frontend developer.
A successful candidate is ready to help with the move.
Improvado
Startup in the field of AdTech with investments from more than 60 angels and funds from Silicon Valley.
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People who worked in foreign-owned companies sometimes lost their jobs when those companies withdrew, prompting a rise in freelancers and self-employed, encouraged by state policies.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that unemployment in the country is now at a historic low and is about 3.9 percent.
The correspondent of Evening Moscow found out why the number of unemployed in Russia did not increase due to the departure of foreign companies, what professions remain in demand today and how the behavior of employers has changed.
After the withdrawal of Western companies from the Russian market, people who worked there were fired.
This is according to the most conservative estimates of more than 200 thousand people.
However, according to the capital ’ s recruitment expert Alina Maltseva, these people currently account for less than one percent of employees in the domestic labor market.
Therefore, it is premature to believe that in the autumn of 2022 we will face unemployment.
Three lifebuoys
First, employees of foreign organizations that have suspended their activities in Russia are not considered unemployed, says Alina Maltseva.
Receiving substantial compensation from foreign employers, that is, payment of downtime due to the fault of the company, they do not register with employment centers.
— In addition, many foreign organizations still do not complete their activities in Russia.
After all, it is not profitable for them from the point of view of doing business, - the expert continues. - Au of those companies that have nevertheless curtailed their activities in our country, a significant part of the income is nevertheless associated with activity in Russia.
It is a huge market.
Secondly, according to Alina Maltseva, some of the foreign organizations that ceased their activities in our country offered their Russian employees a relocation — to transfer them to their foreign branches.
Therefore, these people also do not fall into the category of unemployed.
— Relocation abroad was offered mainly to specialists in the field of information technology.
By the way, they were even allowed to take their families with them.
Some foreign employers promised to pay for housing, - says Alina Maltseva. - And in general, programmers who were left without work after the closure of Western organizations, will not stay in the status of applicants for a long time.
Their hands and feet will be taken by domestic IT companies.
After all, now they face an ambitious task - to create competitive local software.
The same situation with other specialists: those who lost their jobs in foreign firms become valuable personnel for domestic enterprises.
Alina Maltseva added that the growth of unemployment in Russia will not be for another reason.
Some foreign companies are now leaving our country, but do not wind down their assets, but only sell them to Russian businessmen.
So they are trying to save their companies in order to guess the favorable time in the future and return to our market.
It turns out that the employees of these organizations also do not remain unemployed.
They just now work for Russian owners.
Although in this case they have to get used to the new system of work, — says Alina Maltseva.
Bypass routes
However, there are still people who, due to the departure of foreign companies, have lost their jobs.
What's going on with them now?
They are looking for new ways to earn money.
Many of them choose to become self-employed.
This is an additional factor that will not allow unemployment to grow in our country, says the founder of the service for working with self-employed Pavel Zyukov.
According to the results of a large all-Russian sociological study, over the past five years the number of self-employed in Russia has grown significantly and exceeded five million people.
In 2021 alone, self-employed people earned more than 800 billion rubles.
Pavel Zyukov predicts that in 2022 this figure will be much higher.
One of the leading factors in increasing the number of self-employed in Russia is that the state encourages it.
For them, an individual tax regime has been developed, they are provided with various measures of state support - grants, subsidies and preferential loans.
All these tools are very useful for novice entrepreneurs.
They make it possible to open your own business from scratch or develop an existing one, - explains Pavel Zyukov. - Therefore, two factors affect the increase in the number of self-employed in Russia: the departure of foreign companies and government support measures.
However, not all experts are as positive.
Yes, since 1991, the unemployment rate in Russia in May and June has remained at a historic low of about 3.9 percent.
In April, this figure was 4 percent, in March and February - 4.1 percent, and in January - 4.4 percent, Rosstat reports.
But in the future, these indicators may increase.
After September 2022, the unemployment rate can range from 4.8 to 5 percent.
The most unpleasant thing about all this is that in the near future, at least in 2023 and 2024, a serious reduction in the unemployment rate in Russia is not expected, ” says Nikita Maslennikov, head of finance and economics at the Institute of Modern Development.
According to him, such risks are caused not only by the fact that some foreign enterprises suspend or terminate their activities in Russia.
There are not many people there to sound the alarm at the state level.
The fact is that an impressive number of Russian enterprises were quite dependent on the import of foreign raw materials and equipment.
— The level of investment imports is now far behind, for example, January 2022.
The numbers have almost halved.
All this may lead to the fact that the risk of failures in the production of Russian enterprises will increase.
People can lose their jobs because of this.
So now we need to radically rebuild the work, ” added Nikita Maslennikov.
Mass retraining
Experts agree on one thing – now Russians need to acquire new skills.
The most popular competencies in the modern labor market are the ability to restructure the work of the company in a new way, to come up with how to bypass crisis points, to create a new competitive product.
So retraining or retraining of the workforce can help Russian organizations avoid the consequences of strong foreign sanctions pressure.
In order to remain competitive in the domestic and global markets, employers now need to develop the professional skills of their employees.
According to experts, to meet the annual need for employers to improve the skills of their staff, at least one and a half million training places are needed.
But we have a lot less of them now.
Although, I must admit, those that exist are quite effective, ” says Nikita Maslennikov.
For example, you can get a new profession or improve your skills within the framework of the “Employment Promotion ” program of the national project“ Demography ”.
The implemented initiative, designed for the period up to 2024, is organized on the basis of 116 Russian universities.
In addition, retraining programs are now actively launched by private companies.
And every day such courses are becoming more popular among Russians.
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But the question arises: who is better to relearn?
Experts expect that new jobs in the near future may appear in ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, mechanical engineering and metalworking, chemical, forestry, mining, production of building materials.
Engineers, mechanics, capable of repairing worn equipment, also will not be left without work.
In addition, now to become a sought-after employee, you can learn to be an anti-crisis manager.
The demand for such specialists appeared in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic.
This trend continues.
After all, now we also need professionals who will be engaged in regular research of alarming signals in the activities of domestic companies, carry out preventive measures to prevent the crisis, and if it has already happened, identify its causes and think through the possibilities of the most painless way out of the critical situation.
“Programmers, system administrators, web designers who are engaged in the design of sites and applications will be in demand, ” said Irina Zhukovskaya, head of the capital ’ s representative office of the audit and labor protection center, an expert on labor legislation.
The main value is people
Another way to keep unemployment rising is to improve working conditions and increase production.
Moreover, now Russian enterprises urgently need to occupy niches that have freed their escaped foreign competitors.
According to Nikita Maslennikov, domestic companies need to increase production capacity in different cities of the country and provide comfortable working conditions for their employees in new places.
If you offer an employee to transfer to another branch of the company, which, for example, is located in another city, it is first of all to provide him with good housing.
It should be close to work, there should be good infrastructure nearby: shops, kindergartens, schools, a polyclinic and so on, - says Nikita Maslennikov. - However, this is already a matter of developing urban infrastructure, which should be dealt with by local and federal authorities.
Nevertheless, people are the main value of any production, any company.
And they must be supported.
Then the employees will have an incentive to work for the benefit of the employer, to bring him profit.
So it will benefit everyone.
In addition, the heads of Russian enterprises are now beginning to build a new policy of corporate values on which the relationship between the employee and the employer will be built, says Irina Zhukovskaya.
If you ask an employee of a foreign organization how he treats his boss, then most likely he will answer: “Loyal enough. ”
To be honest, in the address of the Russian leader you will hear this infrequently, you will agree, - says Irina Zhukovskaya. - That is why the issue of professional relations between the head and the employee is now in the first place.
But for the sake of fairness, it should be said that the mutual understanding between the head and the subordinate in Russian companies is gradually improving.
According to a study by an online job search service, more than half of the country ’ s residents, namely 54 percent, have respect for their immediate supervisor and only 4 percent of respondents still hate their boss.
According to Irina Zhukovskaya, now the leaders of domestic companies need to develop team building - events aimed at uniting the team.
Such meetings in an informal setting allow colleagues to get to know each other better, rally the team.
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Experts point out that Russia lacks enough training opportunities to meet the demand for upskilling self-employed and remote workers.

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The demand for IT specialists in Russia has grown significantly, said Vahe Zakaryan, a specialist in the field of new technologies.
He noted that now the country needs qualified personnel to create high-quality products.
In an interview with Lenta.ru, the expert gave recommendations to IT specialists regarding the development of their careers.
In recent months, many IT specialists have left Russia, Zakaryan noted.
“One of the reasons is the difficulty with the work or its sudden loss, ” he said.
This situation is typical for specialists who worked for foreign companies that left the Russian market, or for companies whose business model has undergone radical changes in recent years, in connection with which specialists have become unclaimed.
“Now in Russia, the demand for IT specialists has grown significantly, and qualified personnel are needed to create IT products, ” the specialist shared.
Many representatives of the industry faced the need to rethink their career path and make serious decisions, Zakaryan noted.
One of the options for further development is the creation of IT-startups
Vahe Zakarian is a specialist in the field of new technologies
“The success of these initiatives depends on many factors.
Of great importance is the audience for which the future product is designed, ” he said.
In Russia, import substitution in the market of IT products is relevant, and therefore the demand for new developments is very high, the expert in the field of new technologies shared.
“The second important aspect is the source of funding for the project.
Whether the development is carried out on its own funds, or on the funds of the investor - all this affects the further fate of the project.
Do not forget about the risks that depend on the conditions of doing business in the host country, ” Zakaryan said.
He advised to launch such projects that will not require a large infrastructure and will be mobile.
“The most flexible and viable project will be one without tight geographical attachment.
In general, we can say that only a small percentage of IT specialists will be able to create such a startup not in Russia mainly at their own expense.
External funding is likely to be difficult.
In Russia, on the contrary, the support of IT developments is intensifying, including at the state level, ” the expert said.
Earlier it was reported that in 2023 Nizhny Novgorod will begin to build an IT campus, the corresponding concession agreement with the director of LLC “Development of Innovative Projects ” Mikhail Koryagin on October 5 was signed by the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin.
According to the plan of the authorities, the new campus should become a center for training world-class IT personnel, which in the future will be able to produce about 1,500 specialists every year.
In order to make this possible, it is planned to create seven thousand educational places and 5,400 places for living.
Journalists specify that the object will consist of two sites, which will be located near the metro bridge and on Gagarin Avenue in the area of the National Research Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N. I. Lobachevsky (NGU).
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Russia has experienced a significant brain drain in the IT sector, with more than 100,000 digital specialists leaving the country due to economic decline and sanctions-related movement restrictions.

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Nearly 100,000 IT workers, about 10 percent of the industry ’ s total workforce, have left Russia this year, Russian authorities say, a dangerous sign of brain drain amid the conflict in Ukraine.
Russian news agencies quoted Digital Development Minister Maksut Chadayev as saying: “Up to 10% of employees of IT companies have left the country and have not returned.
In total, about 100,000 IT professionals are abroad. ”
The minister pointed out that 80% of those who left Russia are still working for Russian companies, especially since such work can be carried out remotely, according to AFP.
Many of those who left Russia settled in Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, the United Arab Emirates or the Central Asian region, where they could continue to work and be paid.
The minister did not address the reasons behind this phenomenon, which has prompted a large number of digital workers to leave Russia since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in late February.
The first major displacement of this kind occurred in the early weeks of the conflict, followed again in the fall after the Kremlin announced the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of battle-aged Russians.
The exodus, combined with hundreds of thousands of other Russians, raises fears of a brain drain that could create a shortage in the high-tech sector, which needs highly competent and time-consuming staff.
Western economic sanctions are exacerbating the difficulties, especially causing problems with funding or the provision of some electronic parts.
Seeking to contain the situation, Chadyev on Tuesday recommended not imposing "strict restrictions" on telecommuting in the digital sector as it could prompt workers to "look for opportunities in foreign companies".
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Those who have left often settle in countries such as Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, the UAE, and the Central Asian region, allowing them to continue remote work and receive payments.

Popular digital nomad destinations in Europe include places like Bansko in Bulgaria, which attract remote professionals seeking vibrant communities and better quality of life.

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Matthias Zetler is the co-founder of Co-working Bansko in Bulgaria, which has become one of the most popular destinations for digital nomads in Europe.
The German businessman was a digital nomad before the sanctuary for foreigners traveling and working independently was created five years ago.
Matthias chose the small mountain town of Bansko, one of the country's main ski resorts, as the venue for his project.
“I chose Bulgaria because it ’ s a very interesting location, the cost of living is not exorbitant and taxes are low, it ’ s also located in Europe, so you don ’ t have any problems with visas and it has an amazing nature.
I found Bansko here in the Perrin mountain range, and since I love mountains, it was natural to come here. ”
Today, this open workspace has around 100 members from all over the world, most of whom work in the digital field, including writers, translators, graphic designers and software developers.
What adds charm to the place, according to Matthias, is society.
"Of course, we can all work from home, but this is very boring.
People come here to be surrounded by like-minded people who understand your needs and vision. ”
Many events and presentations are held to share skills as well as sports and social activities.
Digital nomads take advantage of this space and at the same time make friends and enjoy ice skating together.
“It ’ s really a combination of working and enjoying this mountain city, ” Matthias says.
Matthias worked for a large translation company, and when he founded his own online marketing company he realized that he could be independent, then traveled and worked in many countries such as Russia and the USA.
Bansko co-working says: “For digital nomads, it ’ s often a bit difficult to form a network when they go to big cities.
Co-working spaces are full of freelancers living in the city. ”
“That ’ s why digital nomads often choose destinations like Bansko, Bali or Chiang Mai, where they meet many other digital nomads.
“People don ’ t have to make it clear that they ’ re not on vacation, but actually they have to work while they ’ re traveling. ”
It started with Matthias as a hobby so he could work and get friends around him.
He said, “We were about 10 friends.
We rented a small site together.
We wanted to play board games and have fun in the mountains, since then the site has grown to be one of the most popular Bedouin destinations in Europe, we have an average of about 100 members and of course that means there are also a lot of new requirements. ”
Matthias wants to transform Bansko Co-working from a business he owns into something his community owns together, and one way to do that is to turn the site into a co-living place.
This is a way in which Matthias believes it may appeal to companies, not just freelancers and solo entrepreneurs.
A lot of people always ask Matthias, how can they establish a mister workspace like the one he has?
“It ’ s very important for anyone who wants to build a shared workspace or a shared living space to first understand why they started this business.
It ’ s a different answer depending on each person and their motivation.
So find out why you want to do this and then build your dream project. ”

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Many digital nomads initially worked for large companies but shifted to independent freelance work once they realized the freedom remote work could provide, enabling travel across countries like Russia and the USA.

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A phenomenon that has been expanding since the Coronavirus pandemic, and that is how governments use them.
The speed of the internet has given rise to a new way of working remotely, called “digital nomads. ”
The “digital nomads ” are often young people, who work using digital sites, and do not want to work from a fixed location in a particular country, but move from one country to another, combining work and tourism.
The coronavirus pandemic has helped turn this once marginal phenomenon into a spreading trend.
This has led governments in many countries to increasingly offer people visas to allow them to work there on a temporary basis.
Attracting through the granting of visas
Countries such as Namibia, Ecuador, Belize, Malaysia and Albania have recently issued visas to attract digital nomads.
In Europe, Malta, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece and Hungary followed suit.
Countries ’ motivations range from wanting to compensate for the loss of tourists during the outbreak to accepting the positive side of hybrid methods of work, while others want to attract workers to compensate for their lack of skilled labor and their aging populations.
All of this helps to accept digital nomads, who are no longer seen by countries as job dropouts, but as pioneers of a new way of life.
Digital nomads see themselves as part of an international community, sharing tips and experiences on the best places to live and work online.
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With European appeal and Mediterranean weather, Cape Town is Africa ’ s “digital nomadic capital ” with reliable infrastructure, including high-speed internet, beaches, mountains and cheap, high-quality food.
Nairobi is another popular destination in Africa and is also a good starting point for the many safari opportunities in Kenya.
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It is important for digital nomads to communicate that they are not on vacation, as remote work requires dedication and time management while traveling.

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The trend of remote work expanded significantly after the Coronavirus pandemic, with governments progressively accepting digital nomads as pioneers rather than dropouts.

Some governments, like Algeria’s, have implemented favorable conditions allowing digital service exporters and freelancers to benefit from their full earnings and work internationally.

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Starting this Saturday, January 20, 2024, Freelancers Algeria will be able to obtain a self-contractor card to carry out their activities legally.
Interestingly, this possibility also applies to foreign residents.
In November 2022, MPs approved the draft organic law for the self-contractor.
After the inclusion of seven amendments to the text of the project, perhaps the most prominent of which is to allow foreigners to own the card of the self-contractor in Algeria.
This means that any foreign national residing here, “in accordance with the legislation and regulation in force, ” will be able to carry out a profitable activity individually, without having to get a job or open a private company inside the country.
This could also mean, later on, that foreign freelancers would be legally able to move to Algeria to become their business base.
Most of them are “digital nomads ” who can work anywhere in the world.
Many countries, such as Spain, Germany and Lithuania, are paying special attention to attracting these foreign travelers.
By issuing a digital nomad visa, they can move in to do business that they can do digitally from anywhere on Earth, in exchange for taxes they pay for the finances of these countries, of course.
As digital services exporters in Algeria can now earn full returns on their services with hard work.
This would be an incentive for digital nomads to come to Algeria, given the low cost of living in Algeria compared to the countries mentioned above, and the sunshine throughout the year.
although, of course, this is not enough.
There are other conditions that would encourage foreigners to emigrate for self-employment and self-employment in Algeria.
These are the same conditions that make it easier for Algerian independents to carry out their activities first.
They are usually listed by experts in the development of the banking system in general, providing more options for electronic payment, while improving the quality of Internet connectivity.
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Salaries and the cost of living for digital nomads can vary greatly from country to country, and tools such as salary calculators help assess potential earnings abroad.

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A new salary calculator can tell you what you can earn at your job abroad.
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Do you dream of trading in your current job with a shiny new job abroad?
You're certainly not the only one.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led many people to rethink their relationship to work, including exactly where they want to stay.
With the exit of strict restrictions and closures related to the epidemic, many workers in Europe and the United States are still considering leaving jobs that do not meet their needs or provide a good work-life balance.
If you ’ re like one in five recently polled respondents by PwC who say they ’ re likely to change employers in the next 12 months, the new salary “calculator ” could be useful.
The tool, created by insurance company William Russell, shows how average salaries vary for different jobs across 38 OECD countries, and the company used data from Glassdoor to find the average salary for each OECD country for 36 different jobs, then converted those salaries into US dollars and British pounds.
Hourly rates have been converted into annual pay based on 37.5 hours worked per week.
How much will you earn as a digital nomad?
Using a calculator, a web developer who wants to be based in Europe can see that they will get more money in Switzerland ($88,496) or Denmark ($70,763), compared to France ($43,757) or the Netherlands ($40,531), in stark contrast to Greece ($13,492) or Portugal ($15,557).
The calculator confirms salaries for a wide range of occupations, including nurses, doctors, graphic designers, and accountants (though data is not available for each job in each country).
Salaries vary widely between countries, but so does the cost of living.
Switzerland and Denmark may pay salaries at the end of the scale, but both countries are among the 10 most expensive countries in terms of cost of living, based on the OECD cost of living index.
Besides calculating salaries a list of the most expensive and least expensive countries is included, based on this indicator.
Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Israel and Australia are the top 5 countries with the highest cost of living while Turkey, Colombia, Mexico, Poland and Hungary are listed as the most expensive.
Here ’ s a look at typical salaries for some of these jobs, across selected OECD countries:
According to the salary calculation, the US ($105,000) has the highest average salary for a UI / UX designer, followed by Switzerland ($88,496), while the lowest pay levels are found in Turkey ($6,217) and Colombia ($12,311).
Here ’ s what you ’ ll get in some European countries:
Top 5 Countries (in USD)
Switzerland: $88,496
United Kingdom: $64,478
Germany: $58,782
Ireland: $52,076
Luxembourg: $51,648
Less than 5 countries
Poland: $20,613
Hungary: $18,404
Portugal: $17,769
Greece: $16,731
Slovakia: $16,461
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Doctors in the United States earn ($151,000), in Canada ($112,290) and in Norway ($110,668), and have the highest average salaries by OECD, while those residing in Turkey ($7,994), Mexico ($10,243) and the Czech Republic ($14,853) are among those earning the lowest wages.
Top 5 Countries (USD)
Norway: $110,668
Switzerland: $101,447
Italy: $93,152
Netherlands: $70,484
Ireland: $69,842
The 5 Lowest Paid Countries
Greece: $35,347
Spain: $35,053
Slovakia: $23,126
Portugal: $21,615
Czech Republic: $14,853
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The highest average salaries for graphic designers were found in Switzerland ($85,258), Lithuania ($58,467) and Norway ($57,990), while the average rap in Turkey ($4,441), Colombia ($6,155) and Mexico ($6,829) ranged among the lowest.
Top 5 Countries (USD)
Switzerland: $85,258
Lithuania: $58,467
Norway: $57,990
Denmark: $56,248
Italy: $48,527
The 5 Lowest Countries
Slovenia: $15,759
Portugal: $12049
Poland: $11,779
Greece: $11,725
Hungary: $11,314
Accountant
For accountants, the highest average salaries are in Switzerland ($118,714), Iceland ($83,219) and Austria ($72,060).
Meanwhile, Turkey ($7,994), Mexico ($12,520) and Greece ($14,126) are among the lowest in terms of salary rates.
Top 5 Countries (USD)
Switzerland: $118,714
Iceland: $83,219
Austria: $72,060
Netherlands: $69,570
Denmark: $68,949
The 5 Lowest Countries
Slovakia: $19,038
Portugal: $18,700
Hungary: $18.073
Poland: $17,668
Greece: $14,126
For more jobs and comparisons, check out our salary calculator to see what you ’ ll earn as a “digital nomad ” in other countries.

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Portugal stands out as a digital nomad destination due to progressive labor laws, including prohibiting employers at larger companies from contacting employees after working hours, with substantial fines for violations.

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Penalty awaits the manager if he calls or sends messages after the end of work
If you work in the office, you should be aware of the sheer dread that overcomes you when you see your boss ’ name flashing on your phone after work.
In today ’ s corporate culture, it is now normal and acceptable to answer office calls, even after logging out of work.
In addition, working from home has made it worse, with employees around the world complaining of burnout.
While other countries have done nothing about it, Portugal has taken a step forward and passed a rule banning managers from messaging or calling employees after working hours.
Already, the government in Portugal has passed some new labor laws that prohibit bosses and team leaders from sending messages to employees and beginners after working hours.
The law is expected to address the mental health of employees and promote work-life balance.
Now, this is a dream come true!
What does the new rule mean?
Portugal ’ s ruling Socialist Party has approved legislation to ensure that domestic workers are not disturbed or forced to work after working hours.
According to the new law, employers will be treated heavily and will be entitled to pay a large fine, if they are found to be violating the law.
That ’ s not all, bosses may also be temporarily or permanently barred from monitoring their employees as they work away from the office.
In addition, businesses will also have to help pay for expenses incurred by remote work, such as rising electricity and internet bills.
However, the rule does not apply to companies with a workforce of less than 10 people.
Portuguese Minister of Labour and Social Security Ana Mendes Gudinho said they wanted to make telecommuting as seamless as possible, adding: "The epidemic has accelerated the need to regulate what needs to be regulated.
Remote work can be a game changer.
If we take advantage of the advantages and reduce the disadvantages.
We consider Portugal as one of the best places in the world for these digital nomads and remote workers to choose to live, and we want to attract them to Portugal. ”
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Remote work and the digital nomad lifestyle are increasingly seen as game changers, and countries like Portugal actively seek to attract nomads and remote workers.

Countries like the UAE and Israel also support remote work, with companies opening new branches and employing specialists internationally.

What areas of the world have 10% of Russian IT workers settled in to work remotely?

A surge of Russian professionals in Dubai has pushed up rent and living costs, causing some expats to consider relocating elsewhere or returning to Russia, though the UAE remains attractive to many.

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Two years ago, Dubai became a favorite destination for Russians looking to raise money or build a new life after President Vladimir Putin ’ s invasion of Ukraine.
But that temptation is now waning as the cost of living rises and banks become tougher in enforcing U.S. sanctions.
Russian money flows to the UAE are showing signs of slowing, according to bankers, executives and investment specialists.
None of them predicted a massive cash exodus already from the UAE, yet executives say it appears to have absorbed most of the benefits of Russian money and is unlikely to see more significant inflows.
Some Russian expats are considering moving to new jurisdictions or even returning home, as the rush of expats to Dubai leads to higher rents and daily expenses.
Unlike the United States and the European Union, the Gulf state does not impose sanctions on Russia.
However, Russian entities that open bank accounts are now likely to face scrutiny from local banks, Bloomberg quoted sources as saying.
Investment-based immigration consultancy Henley & Partners sees fewer Russians settling in the UAE, according to the firm ’ s head of the Middle East, Philip Amarante, “so the trend is trending downward. ”
“In fact, some of my Russian clients have either downsized their real estate assets in Dubai that they bought two years ago and kept a small base here, but have returned to Moscow or to other very accessible and attractive jurisdictions like Mauritius, ” he said.
Banks in the UAE, including Emirates NBD, Mashreq Bank and First Abu Dhabi Bank, have tightened scrutiny of Russian entities and tried in recent months to ensure greater compliance with U.S. sanctions, sources familiar with the matter said.
Dubai-based bankers said that although the average non-sanctioned Russian middle class has largely not had significant problems opening accounts, banks have turned down many sanctioned Russians.
According to some sources, some people with political affiliations or contacts with sanctioned persons also faced difficulties in managing bank accounts.
Emirates NBD said in a statement it was committed to fighting financial crime and followed "applicable international sanctions", but declined to comment on details.
Norilsk Nickel, Russia ’ s largest mining company, has also decided not to start trading in the UAE due to logistical and banking problems.
In the immediate aftermath of the invasion, real estate agents in Dubai reported an increase in the number of wealthy Russians looking for properties in the emirate ’ s most prestigious neighborhoods.
The UAE does not provide statistics on inflows by nationality.
However, in property buyer rankings, Russian passport holders have now fallen to third place last year, trailing Indian and British nationals, having occupied first place in 2022, according to Dubai-based brokerage Peterhomes.
In an interview with CNBC in January, the head of real estate developer Damac Properties Dubai said Russian demand was slowing despite other buyers blocking the market.
In the long run.
At the same time, even Russian companies that did not face banking problems faced other difficulties.
Swiss-registered fertilizer company EuroChem Group — founded by sanctioned Russian billionaire Andrei Melnichenko who holds an Emirati passport — presented itself to local media at a reception at Dubai ’ s Charming Arts Club last year.
People familiar with the matter said they have since scaled back their local staff.
In recent months, many jobs, including public relations, have been relocated to Moscow in part because maintaining operations in Dubai with record-high rents and school bills has been too expensive, the sources said.
They said the fertilizer company had no problem with its bank accounts in the UAE and continues to operate them.
EuroChem said in a statement that it had reorganized some of its jobs in the UAE, cutting some staff, while adding people in departments such as compliance.
“It ’ s a routine work process driven by our internal regulatory goals, ” she said.
Many Russians in Dubai interviewed by Bloomberg said they are considering moving to Europe or elsewhere in the long term as the war enters its third year.
Maria, a 42-year-old Russian designer, said the rising cost of living in Dubai and the summer heat of the desert had forced her to consider options such as France or Berlin for her family.
She asked to be identified only by her first name to keep her personal details confidential.
Ivan Kozlov, 37, left his job as a derivatives regulator at VTB Capital in Moscow more than two years ago, lived with his family in Turkey for about two months and then arrived in Dubai in May 2022, where he co-founded Resolv Labs, a crypto-based investment product.
As the startup nears the end of its fundraising process, Kozlov is considering moving to Europe, and possibly to Spain, where one of his business partners lives.
He said that although the UAE is a good place to do business, it suffers from lifestyle issues such as hot summers and limited opportunities for outdoor walking.
Marginal effect
In late February, the UAE was removed from the global oversight grey list, sources told Bloomberg, making the UAE and its financial institutions tougher on Russian entities or executives, especially those facing sanctions.
Stephen Hertog, an associate professor at the London School of Economics, said the impact on the UAE ’ s economy would be relatively marginal given the interest from the wealthy in other parts of the world.
The Russians are not ready to give up the United Arab Emirates completely.
The United Aluminium Production Company, Rusal International, moved its global trade operations to Dubai at the end of last year.
Oil traders, many of whom moved from Geneva and London at the start of the war, still prefer the UAE, using the dirham as a convenient alternative to the dollar, according to some people familiar with the matter.
But even this group has faced tougher scrutiny since October, when the United States stepped up enforcement of its price cap sanctions on crude oil, the people said.
Despite the pressure, the Russians are leaving their mark on Dubai.
They now have their own medical facilities, dentists and a football academy in the emirate.
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Freelance platforms and government initiatives in some countries, such as training grants, assist young professionals in adapting to remote and freelance work.

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The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology provides a training grant to train 20,000 young men and women nationwide to work on freelance platforms (Freelancing Platforms), and Gulf 365 provides questions and answers about the grant.
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What is the Youth Empowerment Initiative for Self-Employment?
As part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology ’ s strategy to participate in the implementation of the state plan to build the Egyptian people and in response to the current developments, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has launched a training grant to train 20,000 young men and women nationwide to work on Freelancing Platforms.
This initiative is concerned with building the capacity of Egyptian youth and building their skills in various fields to help them get jobs through freelance platforms in several areas such as: e-marketing, mobile applications, web development and graphic design.
Q. How can I apply for the initiative?
C- The initiative is available on the Ministry of Communications website, and the application is through several steps (announcement of the training program, registration of trainees on the electronic platform, life skills program, first test of life skills, specialized training program, final test and evaluation results, job qualification workshops and freelancing.
Q. What functions can be learned from the initiative?
c. The applicant can learn (administrative work, e-marketing specialist, graphic designer, web developer, mobile application developer).
Q. What are the conditions for joining the initiative?
C. There are several conditions for joining the initiative to qualify for self-employment, and the characteristics of the enrolled are:
Age: Applicants must be at least 19 years old and not more than 35 years old.
Gender: 50% female and 50% male, with 10% disability to be included.
Qualification: Students enrolled in the last academic year are admitted to universities and graduates of universities and institutes.
Attitude to work: The grant is accepted in the following cases (who has not previously worked), who has previously been employed and left work for more than a year).
Required Skills: Principles of computer skills, ability to work as a team, self-motivated and persistent, has the internal need for continuous learning and knowledge.
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In summary, while the digital nomad lifestyle offers flexibility, travel opportunities, and the potential for higher earnings, it also presents challenges such as isolation, the need for strong self-discipline, navigating local regulations, and fluctuations in cost of living and job security.

She was a digital nomad for almost two years but found it too stressful and stopped.

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Remote work during the pandemic made home-based work or digital nomad popular, and Canadian schoolgirl Daniella Pashuk became a digital nomad five years ago.
At that time, the new crown had not yet broken out, and only at the age of 19, she entered an online university and began working full-time while traveling.
The term “digital nomads ” refers to people who travel freely while working remotely on the Internet.
They usually have the least material possessions. They work online using computers or smartphones in temporary homes, hotels, cafes, public libraries, shared offices or motorhomes. They often move between different countries and regions, and work as programmers, designers, writers, translators, etc.
“I can go where I want to go and do what I want in different countries.
It changed the trajectory of my life, "she told CNBC.
Pashuk, 24, has traveled to more than 20 countries in five years and is a freelance writer whose monthly income fluctuates.
“My monthly income ranges from $2,500 to $3,500 … Some months I travel as a family nanny, so I don ’ t have to pay any accommodation fees. ”
It also means that she has to plan her finances with extra care, although she can travel and work whenever she wants.
“You have to accept a little bit of unpredictability … each month looks different because you ’ re often in different regions, in different currencies, with different spending, so forecasting is a challenge, ” she says.
Extremes like “spending 600 euros last month and 3,000 euros the next month, ” Pashuk recalls.
To be a digital nomad, she says, it ’ s important to keep your finances in good shape because you have to fund the lifestyle you really want.
She shared four financial tips for being a digital hobbyist with CNBC.
Decide what kind of digital nomad you want to be
Pashuk says that what type of digital nomad you want to be will determine your situation.
The first type is people who change places frequently, going to a new place every one to two weeks.
She was in this state for almost two years at one time, but then stopped doing it because she found it was too stressful for her.
This can quickly become expensive, she said, as there is a big chance of problems with each move, such as high ticket prices, train cancellations and other extra costs.
Now she ’ s a “Slow Digital Nomad ” who stays in one place for at least a month or as long as her visa allows.
Pashuk says this helps the budget because the budget is fixed for months, and you stay in the same place and still spend the same things.
In addition, building an affordable “base camp ” can go a long way, providing some stability.
Currently, Pashuk has a “headquarters ” in Montenegro, but also works in different places:“ I still travel every month, but I have a place to come back. ”
She has to spend at least a certain amount each month, such as paying rent in Montenegro, but it has little impact on the total expenditure.
2. Use the correct debit card
When Pashuk started out as a digital nomad, having a stable and reliable cash flow was a huge challenge.
Her Canadian bank account has been locked because she is constantly changing locations, which the bank thinks is a bit suspicious.
So she was forced to call the bank all the time.
In addition, when you use a Canadian card to withdraw money from a local ATM, the offshore transaction fee is also considerable.
“Sometimes I lose $30 to $40 every time I withdraw cash, and if you have to withdraw it multiple times, you lose a lot of money. ”
Two years ago, she switched to a multi-currency debit card, which allowed her to top up and withdraw cash in the currency she wanted. Pashuk said she saved her freelance earnings into the card and took it to more than 20 countries without any problems.
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Do full research.
She said that as a digital traveller, in the process of moving to a workplace, it is really important to do adequate research.
To figure out the average local prices, determine if they fit your budget, and find the average prices for Airbnb apartments, food, and other essentials.
Before going somewhere, Pashuk always makes a small table of the items needed for life.
“You never know what unknowns might creep up and steal your money. ”
For example, public transport can be prohibitively expensive in some countries. People often don ’ t think of this, Pashuk shares, because public transport is always cheap where you ’ re staying. “But I went to London and it cost a lot more than I thought, up to $20 a day. ”
Pay close attention to tax requirements
Pashuk also regularly keeps an eye on the latest tax requirements of different countries to ensure that a stay in one country is not long enough to be considered a tax resident.
"I just don't want to deal with it," she said. "Canada's taxes are enough for me."
If you ’ re considering becoming a “slow-moving digital traveller, ” Pashuk suggests studying digital traveller visas, as they typically offer tax relief — and some even complete exemption.
The more you travel, the more accurate you can predict how much you will spend, she says.
“Where you can cut costs, you have to be a little smart.
Being financially proficient is definitely a good thing in the long run and can keep you moving forward. ”
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What are critical aspects of the digital nomad lifestyle?

Now, she adopts a “Slow Digital Nomad” approach, staying at least a month in one place or as long as her visa allows.

What are critical aspects of the digital nomad lifestyle?

Knowledge of visa and other legal requirements

She currently has a “headquarters” in Montenegro but still travels every month and maintains a home base.

Using the correct debit card is important due to high overseas bank fees, which sometimes cost her $30-$40 per cash withdrawal.

What are critical aspects of the digital nomad lifestyle?

She had to call her bank frequently, highlighting the headaches of managing money on the move.

What are critical aspects of the digital nomad lifestyle?

She emphasizes the need to thoroughly research living and working costs ahead of traveling to a new place.

What are critical aspects of the digital nomad lifestyle?

Unexpected expenses, such as up to $20 per day extra in London, can add up quickly, so being smart about budgeting is essential.

What are critical aspects of the digital nomad lifestyle?

Digital nomads bring their culture and technology when working abroad, impacting local communities.

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A Computer Goes the World: What do digital nomads bring to local communities when they go to work around the world?
From Mexico to Iceland, how is the impact of digital nomad tourists traveling to destinations around the world?
The digital nomad life has boomed since COVID-19 and the fall of travel restrictions, but some on TikTok think the new type of traveler could be causing more harm than good.
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Cassie, a digital nomad from Australia, came to Bali to work for two months.
She wanted to experience the local community, but instead she stumbled upon the “mini Australia ” of Canggu.
Cangu is a popular tourist attraction in Indonesia, favored by many digital nomads.
Kathy works as a virtual assistant around the world. In 2020, when she realized she could work anywhere, she thought of working as a virtual assistant on TikTok.
When her lease ended last year, she gave up office work and commuting to work remotely from her favorite place, taking charge of virtual social media and email management.
She has seen firsthand the positive and negative impact that digital nomads can have on local communities.
Canggu has become a popular destination for digital nomads escaping the traditional desk life.
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"A lot of westerners have bought [Kuragi's] restaurants and villas and they really drive up prices, which in some way pushes locals out of the market," she said.
Digital nomads thrive in the era of telecommuting, often in freelance digital roles such as social media management or content creation, and even finance, where they revere the freedom to live and work overseas, free to choose their working hours and decide how to spend each day.
They are also being welcomed by the tourism and hospitality industry, with co-working cafes offering cocktails and swimming pools, while co-op hotels offer high-speed Wi-Fi and group activities.
Canggu is full of signs encouraging tourists to work remotely, and the economic benefits of tourism provide opportunities for the region.
But, as some have questioned on TikTok, is the digital nomadic movement a kind of neo-colonization?
Tourists come and go, but digital nomads can stay in one place for weeks, months or years, potentially exacerbating gentrification and the housing crisis.
Recently, The New York Times reported that Mexico City has become a hub for digital nomads, but the surge has exacerbated the pressure on the already tight housing market, making it unaffordable for locals.
Housing activists accused city leaders of allowing “modern colonization. ”
The rise of digital nomads
Countries around the world are embracing the era of digital nomads, with 50 countries, including Dubai and Iceland, offering specific visas for this new type of traveler.
To work remotely in Mexico, you need to prove that you have $43,000 in your savings account in the past 12 months; to Portugal, you need to have at least $4500 a month in income; to Indonesia, you need to have more than $200,000 in savings but can do “investment and other activities. ”
The requirements mean many digital nomads use tourist visas to leave the country when their visas expire, just to re-enter.
According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, between January and September last year, 3,000 foreigners entered Indonesia on B211A tourist visas for telecommuting.
One enthusiast of the digital nomad industry predicts that there will be 1 billion digital nomads by 2035, driven by factors such as the rise of high-speed internet and freelancing, as well as declining home ownership and marriage rates.
Are digital nomads taking part in the new colonization?
Some communities are opposed to the influx, and Mexico City residents say they see gentrification and housing drain problems triggered by foreigners seeking cheaper accommodation.
Anthropologist Shaun Busuttil, a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne who studies digital nomads, believes that digital nomads are undergoing some form of neo-colonization, but it ’ s not all black and white, or good and bad.
In an interview with Erik Muth of YouTube ’ s Rising Nomad channel, Basutil explained: “Historically, colonialism was when a group of people with more power or resources came into a place and effectively took over it and used the space for themselves. ”
“What are we doing as digital nomads? We go into these places, take over them, and enjoy their low cost of living. ”
Shops and businesses will eventually cater to the financial prowess of new visitors, Bousutier believes.
“So the old-fashioned fruit and vegetable shop that has been in town or village for generations now has suddenly turned into a cafe to attract digital nomads.
Is digital nomadism, then, a form of neocolonialism? ” he asked.
"Well, we're coming in and we're effectively taking over," he said.
"Look at Lisbon, or even Mexico City, or Barcelona, where locals are being replaced by foreign teleworkers and digital nomads," he said.
He told Moos that while it was usually those with fewer resources who were most affected by gentrification, those with more resources were able to take advantage of the economic opportunities offered by tourism.
How to avoid causing problems?
Keith thinks deeply about the impact on the communities he visits and how it can have a positive impact.
"As a digital nomad, I feel like we should make sure we contribute to the local economy - eat at local restaurants, stay locally and pay a reasonable fee for that," said the statement.
Both Busutil and Casey believe tourists should pay the full price, not haggle.
“It ’ s important to be aware of the impact you have on the local area, ” says Casey.
"That way you can walk into the local community, eat at the local restaurants, stay in the local area, and give back to the local community," said the statement.
At the moment, Casey likes the pace of life of digital nomads and has no plans for a pause.
“Being able to finish work in the morning and then off work and take an adventure in the afternoon – I experienced paragliding in Laos and was great and went swimming to see the waterfall – I think when you can schedule your own time, you can experience more from life. ”
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The rise of digital nomadism is attributed to flexible working arrangements where individuals can sometimes spend time sightseeing or meeting people.

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In recent years, the digital nomadic work model has emerged, and the "survival at work" training program has also allowed college students to try to integrate work and life in camper cars, youth hostels and other scenes without time and offices, and need to manage their own schedules.
In recent years, there has been a thirst for IT talent in various industries, but the workplace and work patterns have changed after the epidemic. How can new entrants prepare for the job market? Gain knowledge and skills in the development of IT talent programmes.
Thomas shared that he studied Associate of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong ’ s School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE) for the past two years, and this year he graduated with a Bachelor ’ s degree in Information Engineering from CUHK.
Because of the campus environment, it is difficult to contact the actual operation of the business world.
For example, his subject is mainly mathematical knowledge. “Even if there are small group classes, there is little talk about how to apply and analyze the strategy. ”
Thomas said that he had explored his future career path and understood his intention to develop in the ICT industry.
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As a result, he was given the opportunity to participate in different skills workshops through the interworkshop programme, and on the one hand, he was able to gain experience in conceiving business IT projects for retail enterprises, and from the perspective of industry people, to understand practical workplace collaboration, from conception to implementation of projects, etc., he pointed out:
The plan raises a question, provides corresponding resources without a framework, and learns to analyze and formulate technical strategies more clearly.
He also shared that he had explored his future career path earlier, and more specifically understood his intention to develop in the ICT industry.
As a result of his more outgoing personality, he plans to look for ways to use technology to help set up business projects, rather than simply engage in scientific research.
After entering a bachelor ’ s degree, the fields of study will become more and more diverse, involving network security, AI, hardware, etc., and it will take time to figure out which areas they are more interested in deepening their development.
It ’ s a good time to hire female professionals.
Experiencing “Digital Nomad ” to Test Mental Quality Self-Discipline
During the pandemic, many wage earners began to explore the possibility of a new form of work, Digital Nomad, that is, they do not have to check in every day, and the working environment and location are not limited to Hong Kong, and they can achieve a balance between work and life.
Tracy says digital nomads are a work model she wanted to try out earlier.
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Tracy Chung, a final year student in CityU ’ s information system, said that she had already felt from internships that if the company could give employees flexibility, such as a hybrid office model, it would be attractive to look for a job in the future.
And the emerging digital nomad, is also the work model she wants to try to experience.
The concept dates back to 26 years ago. It mainly refers to the fact that with a stable network and laptop, you can work and travel around the world, you can “work in the place where you live ”, and the mode of work has become more free, you can understand different regional cultures and expand the global social network.
Therefore, when she noticed that the off-campus incubation program included “being sent to various parts of Hong Kong on business trips for 4 days and 3 nights of ‘ time and space travel ’ to simulate a working model that is not limited by time zones and regions in 2030, ” she also hoped to experience the model of digital nomad first.
Free working mode to understand different cultures
She admitted that although she can interact like a digital nomad in the event, and communicate with tertiary students in different disciplines, expand social networks and have the opportunity to collaborate on group projects.
But at the same time she found:
It turns out that if you want to be a digital nomad, you also test your psychological quality and self-discipline, and if you encounter difficulties or accidents, such as being unable to connect to the Internet, you also need to learn to calm down and deal with them, and you also need to have the ability to plan and make decisions.
Therefore, the experience will make her understand the need to improve the above soft skills.
Responding to social change equipping future skills
Experience the epidemic that has ravaged the world for more than three years, coupled with rapid technological development and change.
According to Chan Po-chen, Chairman of Hong Kong Broadband Talent CSI Foundation, and Cheung Yiu-kee, Senior Manager of Youth Services of St. James ’ Settlement, they have in recent years set out to nurture the next generation of talents by enhancing their knowledge of digital citizenship and helping to equip future skills to cope with social change.
Chen Po-chen (front), Chairman of Hong Kong Broadband Talent CSI Foundation, and Cheung Yiu-kee, Senior Manager of Youth Services of St. James ’ Settlement, said that in recent years, they have set out to provide practical support to young people who have dreams but lack experience and preparation.
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They point out that if the soft and hard skills that young people are learning today are not aligned with the needs of the future, or have insufficient knowledge of the future:
And when the time comes for change, it will be difficult for them to do so.
For this reason, this year, we are planning to invite local tertiary students to join us for free to explore the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) workplace, invite well-known companies to provide real cases, understand the future trend of technology companies, and provide workshops and practical opportunities related to business technology solutions.
Inspire innovative ideas to drive industry attention
Moreover, in the training program, they are also allowed to try to integrate work and life in the context of camper cars, youth hostels and other scenarios without time and office, and need to self-manage the schedule to design prototypes for future ICT solutions for designated enterprises.
The outstanding groups can also obtain over HK $10,000 in project incubation funds, and have the opportunity to collaborate with leading enterprises to develop “Future ICT Solutions ” to lay the foundation for future careers in science and technology.
In the long run, they hope to build and deepen young people ’ s career thinking about the future of work, “and inspire innovative ideas to further think about how technology can be used in various industries in the future, and to promote industry and society to pay attention to and discuss the future of work. ”
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What are critical aspects of the digital nomad lifestyle?

Kristie, a digital nomad, says the lifestyle helped her simplify her life and start anew.

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Remote work has become a new normal in the workplace, so long as you have a laptop and a stable network, you can move the “office ” to any corner of the world.
Whether it ’ s surfing season in the Philippines or winter in Chiang Mai, the “digital nomad ” lifestyle is no longer just an imagination.
After 90 years, Kristie and Kate quit their jobs during the epidemic to join the digital nomad, living and living in a different place, and returning to the rhythm of life. Kristie said, “Nomad ’ s gift to me is to help me clean up my life and start again. ”
While the reporter was writing in the newspaper, Kristie, who had returned from Xinjiang for less than a month, flew to Chiang Mai, Thailand. Browse her sharing on social media platforms, she enjoyed the sunshine while leisurely working with her laptop in the open coffee shop, so that the reporter “grape ”“ bathed ” in the white light tube was very good. Kristie began her digital nomad career early last year. Bali, northern Thailand Chiang Mai, and then to Switzerland, a full year did not return to Hong Kong, "began the journey about 1 month, I have decided to live such a life in the future."
Get up at 8 and 9 a.m. every day, go to the beach, meditate, and work efficiently for 4 hours. After dusk, learn new things, read books, and live the creative life that many wage earners dream of.
He made $50,000 a month at the peak of his career.
Before the pasture, she worked in the advertising industry, and her body and mind were eroded by the pressure of work, and she suffered from chronic gastritis, "(sometimes) pain so that she could not eat all day, and she would vomit after eating."
Finally, the doctor said that even if the prescription of many drugs is useless, because my life pressure is too big, let her decide to change the environment, for their own life to a big clean.
At that time, she took the initiative to propose a 30% pay cut to her superiors, and switched from full-time employees to freelance workers.
There is no regular income, employee welfare, she confessed that "initially very scared, suddenly lost the sense of security", so she had saved six months of living reserve before leaving to prevent zero income during the period; and for themselves to open up a new source of income, operating from the media, doing small business.
She also became an oblique person, relying on writing advertising copy, public relations and marketing planning to maintain the nomadic living expenses, peak monthly income can reach 50,000 yuan, the off-season income is only more than 10,000 yuan, but stretched to make up for the short, life is still good.
In particular, she is mostly nomadic in Southeast Asia, where the consumption is low and the quality of life is good. Taking the island of Phangan in Thailand as an example, she lives in an independent holiday home, with a monthly expenditure of about 12,000 Hong Kong dollars, such as clothing, food, housing and travel.
Low prices, good living, Indonesia, Thailand, a hot spot
In addition to freelancers like Kristie, there are also people engaged in online teaching, design, e-commerce, programming and other remote work, as well as enterprises due to industry characteristics, full-time employees can also work remotely, such as Kate working in the web3.0 industry. Web3.0 is a decentralized Internet based on blockchain technology, NFT, cryptocurrency, metaverse and other popular technology concepts in recent years. It is based on Web 3.0 technology.
Kate, 24, who worked as an occupational therapist for a year after graduating from college, found that she did not like working in fixed locations and hours, and wanted the freedom to travel while working as a digital nomad.
She is interested in cryptocurrency, so she turned to web3.0, engaged in marketing, operation of blockchain projects and other work, usually through online communication with colleagues.
"Web 3.0 is a more international company, with employees from all over the world, most of them do not have a physical office, and many times employees can only choose to work remotely."
It ’ s like living three or four different lives.
Every time she goes to different places to participate in seminars, and after completing her work, she will stay there for 1-2 weeks, traveling all over Japan, Thailand, Australia, Singapore, France, etc. Although she is a full-time employee, she has no fixed office hours, sometimes she does not need to turn on the computer all day, she can go sightseeing, sometimes she needs to meet and meet constantly. Bring a computer, wired headphones and plenty of mobile data.
When I tried to watch animals in the Australian zoo, I suddenly had a meeting; I suddenly had to deal with work on the way to shopping in Korea, and the store has been closed for seven or eight years, which is completely different from the excellent nomadic life I imagined.
Kate, who often hangs "work first" and "have self-discipline to have freedom", admits that even the beauty of the current can not be completely relaxed and appreciated, "I think you can not because your work location is not in a fixed place, and people feel unprofessional; it should make people believe that you can complete the work wherever you are, and there is quality, and no need for others to adapt, so as to maintain this way of life for a long."
Digital nomads have bitterness and sweetness, but both say they can ’ t go back after they set foot on this road.
Read this year Kristie published in the book fair, from the nomad, to find the heart of the sea ", she met on the road only two seasons of American couples, with children wandering the world of nomadic families, Lin Lin's total lifestyle has brought her a shock," I know in Hong Kong, many of them are a life to the end, but in the nomad meet them, I ’ ve lived three or four different lives, ” and there are fascinating stories in each life.
Embark on a nomadic journey to open Second Life, their book of life, and add a few unforgettable experiences.
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Text: Chang Shu-mei
Editor: Liang Xiaoling
Art: Hsieh Wai-ho
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According to the Nikkei News and other Japanese media reports, Japan's entry and exit country residence management agency said on the 2nd that it is currently planning a new visa category that will allow high-level technicians to stay in Japan by working remotely for up to six months, during which they can travel around Japan for sightseeing.
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