A truck stop off of an Italian highway after all of the Italian truckers must have gotten the espresso shits

I’m outside of the USA for 365 days. I qualify. Physical presence test.

I still pay taxes because I make over the limit.

Yep. My max is +3 or -3 time zones from my US company’s. I don’t enjoy working late or early. I can’t work asynchronous

Of course.

I don’t have a LinkedIn and they don’t know who I work for.

I’m in Central America. 5 hour flight, multiple direct flights per day to choose from.

I pay my US and after taxes after claiming the foreign earned income exclusion. I have a digital nomad visa that specifically excludes income. No tax fraud

A dumpster for all I care.

I went to dinner. Software engineer. 17 years experience

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Yes. Two GLs

I’m a digital nomad making $240k for a US company.

They key is I just don’t tell them and I have to be willing to get caught and get fired. (I have a dedicated VPN at my moms house in the US and a travel router, plus a burner phone spoofing my location with an Authenticator app just in case- but I’ve only ever needed texts for 2FA)

My moms house plus the occasional FaceTime call to say hi and go over what I got in the mail and what to keep and what to trash

Pacific side of Costa Rica

I am from a northern part of the US. I moved to Costa Rica for the warmth and the extra daylight. I understand.