With AI shaking up a lot of industries online, and likely more competition worldwide from other freelancers in developing countries coming online, what profession would you get into these days to become a digital nomad?
Ideally something you can build a portfolio independently while working a regular job and start making money from in less than 2-3 yrs.
Want to base myself in Thailand or the Phillipines before 2026-2027 ideally.
Already have a basic portfolio in web design and digital marketing, should I keep going and look for a job in this field or will it be too saturated in the future?
don’t go into a career with the goal of working remotely. if you do that there’s a good chance you’ll hate your job. 40 hours of being miserable every week is going to suck, even if it’s in a place you love.
find a career that is fulfilling to you and then try to find remote work in that career.
yeah that makes sense, do you work remotely as a digital nomad?
I want to find something fulfilling, I like the entrepreneurial side of business strategy, building a website and marketing, just haven’t quite found the right niche yet which makes sense to work remotely.
You have to start with the end goal in mind.
Look at careers that are remote friendly, decide which ones appeal to you, and then move in that direction.
If you choose wrong up front, and there are definitely wrong choices, it will make it a lot harder on the backend.
Eh I went into software engineering because I wanted to work remotely, not because writing code is my dream. But I have no regrets.
I think this is short-sighted. The vast majority of careers are not WFH friendly. If travel is the goal, then OP needs to focus on travel friendly careers.
Sometimes us DNs hang out with tech people and we forget that the huge majority of the workforce is in retail, transportation, and manufacturing. If OP loves construction, that’s great, but they will never be traveling abroad to do it unless they immigrate.