Allow me to fantasize: What are some digital nomad jobs that pay as much as jobs in the US?
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Anonymous
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What can I do as a digital nomad that can pay $120K USD or more? Taxes notwithstanding?
My fantasy is to be able to pay back my student loans without having to live in the United States. And no, I don't want to just move to a LCOL area in the US to save money. I want to live in Europe. And no I don't want to pay down the student loans first and then move when I'm debt free. Life is too short for that. Also, this is a FANTASY, so none of that "grow up and put on your big girl pants" talk. Just humor me. To be grounded in some sense of reality, I work in IT and have a lot of skills in that area and I'm interested in AI regulatory policy, for what it's worth. |
Anonymous
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Not a fantasy for me! Feel free to ask me anything.
I work at a small niche recruiting agency, make $125k, work about 30 hours per week, and can work from anywhere in the world. A lot of European companies added digital nomad visas during covid where you can stay and work for a year. |
Anonymous
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Marketing, recruiting, sales, technical writing/copywriting/editing, programming.
Pretty much anything that requires you to sit in front of a screen. Much harder to get any of these positions as part of management, so you want to be an individual contributor/subject matter expert. |
Anonymous
| Brazil has a digital nomad program, and 120k goes very far here (although taxes are also very high). I've worked from London and from Brazil on teams based in the US and the time difference between London and DC made it tough. |
Anonymous
As long as you're not an MLM  tell me more. I imagine these jobs are rare.
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Anonymous
Definitely not an MLM
I think the key is that I provide a lot of value at a very small company. I control my own schedule. My main candidate pipelines are via job posts on recruiting sites and word of mouth recs from previous people I've placed in jobs so I always make sure to keep a steady stream of candidates coming in. It was a lot of effort up front but now it basically runs on autopilot. I review resumes at my leisure and candidates schedule interviews based on the availability I open on my own calendar. Reference verifications are really the only calls that I'm at the mercy of the reference because I respect the time they're willing to give me. I know my industry and job market inside and out so really it's almost boring at this point, but I'm very thankful for the flexibility. About 2 years after I got this job, we wanted to work towards location independence as a family so my husband began his job search and after 6 months he landed a job with a European company which is fully remote and he can not only work from anywhere in the US or Europe, but also we can tag along on some of his business trips. He also gets European benefits which are great- 25 vacation days, 15 sick days, and 12 holidays. |
Anonymous
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Revolut has a work anywhere policy and 100 percent remote.
They pay like 150k to 250k You need an address for payroll purposes however. Kraken has it too you can work anywhere in works EXCEPT New York State. No employees or customers allowed from NY Akamai is also all remote |
Anonymous
| Experienced software developers often can work anyplace they want. Mind, those jobs sometimes also mean you can work any 60 hours/week (not 40) to keep up with demanding dates and deliverables. |
Anonymous
Can you name some? |
Anonymous
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