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?
anything in tech. software engineer/developer is most common but anything for a software dev firm as long as it’s a remote company.
I was a QA engineer (manual and automation) and then got into business development for a software dev firm b/c i had a biz mgmt degree and communication skills and can talk to technical and non-technical folks.
Became a DN at 28 and from 22-28, was working for IT consulting firms & software dev firms (both big and small like start ups). You need to gain experience and seen as a high performer before any really trust you to work remotely.
For example, my company won’t hire junior engineers. You absolutely have to have some years under your belt b/c of nature of remote work
People won’t hire junior engineers because the lack of experience,
which results in junior engineers not having experience,
which in return means they wont get hired.