ABrotherAbroadB
I make my money as a writer/blogger, so I write and self publish books and my site earns money via ads. I also own a little real estate and have some passive income investments (stocks).
But here’s the more useful thing for you - I did some deep research into digital nomads a while ago, and along the way I collected data on professions for those who make a living on the road with what they do. As you’d guess, the software side of tech (web dev, software dev) and marketing (seo, agency work, consulting) jobs dominated the list. I can’t remember exactly how much but about 1/3 to 1/2 were tech or marketing.
But the remainder completely ran the spectrum. Doctors, lawyers, multiple architects, virtual game show hosts, university professors, PR, etc. The tying theme was they were all very senior management and specialists and had either virtualized a portion of their work and grew that portion or monetized their knowledge. I remember the architect simply met clients online and delivered the same way. A doctor wrote for medical journals and practiced telemedicine. A lawyer specialized in contract law and was somehow able to do that at a distance. It blew my mind because it seemed like pretty much any profession can be rolled into a virtual approach if you have enough expertise and experience and if you get creative with and focus on the aspects that can be delivered virtually.
I don’t have the exact percentages on how much, but I remember a handful of these people actually found their current remote clients through old employers or colleagues, so that is a worthwhile note.
The list of jobs that every reported is here if you’re interested:
That would be a useful but extremely subjective rating. How would you propose going about it? I am considering doing exactly that for all cities on my list. I think cost of living rating, quality of life, internet, air quality, safety/peace index, or rolled into a rating…but how to weight and combine that data into a single number?
Yes, but for the umpteenth time in this thread, this number is an AVERAGE across the country, including those massive cities with large populations and high costs of living. I guarantee you wages in Munich, Berlin, and Hamburg pay much higher than you’re talking about, and those will skew the average. Additionally, expats tend to live in the big cities with bugger costs of living, not the countryside of Germany where $1300 buys a moderate living.
I’d also like a Rolex delivered by the 90’s version of Monica Bellucci but…we take we can get.
The cities assessment is in progress and I plan to share the insight here if the “that’s not exactly what I spent when I visited that one time” crowd tones it down a notch. We shall see.