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It never ceases to make me laugh when newspapers or magazines ’suddenly’ catch on to the ‘trend’ of working remotely. As the economy sucks and people are taking pay cuts or working multiple part time jobs, these trend pieces are not going anywhere.
It never ceases to make me laugh when newspapers or magazines ’suddenly’ catch on to the ‘trend’ of working remotely. Still, as the economy sucks and people are taking pay cuts or working multiple part time jobs, these trend pieces are not going anywhere. Now, the Washington Post has coined the term ‘digital nomad‘ to identify and describe people who - like yours truly! - can do their jobs from anyplace they want (provided it has wifi, of course). Here are some of the reasons/benefits the article gives:
- You can wear whatever you want.
- No one makes you get up at 7 AM.
- You can avoid traffic or crowded public transit.
- You are able to work flexible hours, which is particularly awesome if you have kids or are working multiple gigs.
- “Meetings” can be conducted from your living room, a Starbucks, a library, or basically anywhere else.
- Buying an iPhone is a “work expense.’
- You can meet other digital nomads at your coffee shop of choice.
- If you want to go on vacation, you don’t have to request time off - you just have to make sure your laptop will work from the beach or hotel or airport or wherever.
In other words, your company needs to get with the times and let you be a digital nomad already.
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Comments
07.27.09
It is a fun word, and I definitely agree with the advantages of working in such a position. Great post!
07.28.09
It's funny that the Post is just picking up on this term. Digital nomad has been a popular term in the techy community for awhile...
The fact that the Post is picking up on this is actually pretty cool. It means that the mobile way of work is going mainstream (I hope) and will hopefully become more accepted.
The only problem is, how does the value of being a part of a team suffer if everyone becomes a digital nomad? Are we all responsible enough to work from where we want, when we want?
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