Boquete is a small mountain town located in the western province of Chiriquí, Panama. Known for its cool climate, lush landscapes, and rich cultural heritage, it is a popular destination for travelers from around the world.
We spent a week exploring Boquete while working remotely and this guide will tell you everything you need to know about whether Boquete is a suitable destination for remote workers.
Continue Reading “Working remotely from Boquete, Panama”Working remotely from Bocas del Toro, Panama can be a perfect escape from the daily grind: tropical island beaches, turquoise waters… and surf! It can all be combined with your work schedule.
We spent a few days in Bocas del Toro, balancing work and play. If you’re thinking of Bocas del Toro as your next remote work destination, read on!
Continue Reading “Working remotely from Bocas del Toro, Panama”Just like starting a company, switching from a day job to the freelance world can be difficult and scary at the beginning. Plus, there’s an added problem: The fact that you’re on your own. While startups are the result of a collaboration between two or three partners, usually with different skills and responsibilities, as a freelancer, it’s just you and your computer. You’re the person in charge of accounting, sales, marketing, making coffee, and actually delivering projects to your clients.
As soon as you start working with your first clients, you’ll notice one thing: Companies tend to undervalue freelancers because they look at them from a position of power. An organization versus an individual. David vs Goliath. They don’t usually see it as a business-to-business relationship, and payments will look more like a salary to them, rather than a client-company relationship. This usually happens because companies don’t tend to understand the costs of being a freelancer. In their minds, being a freelancer is free, therefore all the money you make from them is pure profit.
Continue Reading “Turn Your Freelance Business Into An Agency And Close Better Deals”
If this is not your first time reading The Wayward Road, chances are you are already familiar with remote jobs (whether you are a digital nomad or not) or are thinking of becoming applying for one (need some tips?).
For those who are not familiar with the concept of having remote jobs, it is a very eye-opening concept. For people who have never considered the idea of leaving their cubicle, commutes and lunchboxes, etc. the idea of using your skills to start freelancing or looking for remote jobs probably sounds exciting. But also very scary.
Here at The Wayward Road we have been working remotely and freelancing for several years now, and decided to create a quick list of remote jobs and resources for those who are considering their next career move. Continue Reading “5 Remote Jobs That Allow You To Live Anywhere”
2018 is here. 2018 is the year you exit your cubicle and never look back again.
To help you do that, we have manually curated a list of 10 remote jobs you can apply for right now.
Don’t know how to apply for remote jobs? Learn more here.
Want to know where people with remote jobs travel to? Check this out.
Here’s our list. Go get’em! Continue Reading “10 Companies Hiring For Remote Jobs This Month”
What if you could work from a place like this? (Mancora, Peru)
A few months ago we shared with you our experience switching from traditional to remote jobs. Shortly after we published that article we started receiving emails from readers asking how they could also start working remotely. Now we have decided to go one step forward in helping our readers get the remote jobs they deserve.
We have manually dug through AngelList’s remote jobs section and hand-picked 10 startups that are currently hiring for non-tech remote positions.
Here’s our list. Go get ’em! Continue Reading “Apply To These Remote Jobs And Start Packing Your Bags”
This is probably the question us remote workers get asked the most: How can you work full time while traveling at the same time? It does sound weird, especially for someone who only travels to and from work. For people that have in-office 9-to-5 jobs, the idea of being able to have a meaningful job and not being attached to a cubicle, a water cooler and an identification badge sounds too good to be true.
Truth is, this is something a log of people dream with. You just have to do a quick Google search to realize how many people are looking for ideas on how to get paid while traveling: Continue Reading “How To Travel And Work Full Time At The Same Time”
The following is a guest article from Jan Schulz-Hofen, Managing Director at Planio for Toptal.
If you ask me, working remotely rocks. I’m currently writing from a small beach bar located on a remote island in southern Thailand. Looking up from my laptop, I see nothing but the endless ocean and its crystal clear blue waters. I’ll be enjoying this morning undisturbed and focused on my work because the rest of the team hasn’t even gotten up yet. Time zones work out really well for distributed teams. Continue Reading “How To Build A Remote Company”
Here at The Wayward Road, we have been talking about the importance of remote work for years. It’s something we’re obsessed with, and believe to be not only the future of work, but that it should be the present reality as well.
We believe that the times of having to move to a different city just to be able to commute everyday to a physical office should be long gone by now. Times are changing, although not at the pace we would like see them to change. Continue Reading “The Importance Of Remote Work Explained In 13 Tweets”
What if you could work from a place like this? (Santa Marta, Colombia).
A few months ago we shared with you our experience switching from traditional to remote jobs. That article had quite a bit of success, which made us think that many of our readers are looking to do the same. Now we have decided to go one step forward in helping our readers get the remote jobs they deserve. Continue Reading “10 Startups Hiring For Non-Tech Remote Jobs | June 2017”
