Telecommuting from the road

My latest Ask Rolf question at World Hum comes from reader Ty Brady, who posits the following query:

I want to telecommute—not from “home” but from anywhere in the world where I can connected to the Internet. All the work I do is on a computer, and 15-20 hours per week would give me enough money to live the vagabonding lifestyle. There are lots of books on telecommuting, but I have not seen one on the subject of traveling the world while telecommuting (they all assume you are “home”). Any tips on how to make this possible?

Telecommuting, I tell Ty, is indeed a great way to mix travel with steady work, and advances in communication technology make it easier with each passing day. As a travel writer, I’ve been “telecommuting” nonstop since 1999, and things have come a long way since the days when I was paying $25 an hour to send my editor stories from a painfully slow dial-up connection in Cambodia.

Since travel writing isn’t a typical telecommuting trade, however, I shot a few questions to my friend Justin Mounts, who does contract product management, marketing consulting and simulation development for two different U.S.-based companies. Justin has mixed work with travel from many locations worldwide, and he is currently based in Rio de Janeiro, where he lives just a few blocks from the beach.

To read my telecommuting Q&A with Justin, and to learn more about using technology to earn an income from the road, click here.

Posted by | Comments (2)  | September 16, 2006
Category: Vagabonding Advice

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