Best way to make money as a software developer?

Hi everyone,

I would love to hear what you'd like me to build next on Nomad List, or any other product/feature feedback ideas you have.

It's been 6+ years now but I'm in this for the long term and with the boost remote work got last year it's even more exciting to work on Nomad List than ever.

Current roadmap is here: twitter.com/levelsio/status/1363204985488572417?s=20 and pbs.twimg.com/media/EusS9PKXEAUR8xp?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

The next products/features I have planned:

- 🛂 Rebase: visa, residency and immigration services for remote workers

- 🎓Courses: learn the steps how to go remote and travel/relocate

- 🏛 Gov liaison: diplomacy services to the governments to help us lobby for nomads and for them to attract remote workers

Thanks a lot!

What are the best places right now in the Caribbean/LatAM? (Also cheapest flights/accommodation?) Asking from the US.

As part of signing up for this website I was hoping I would come across a list of Visa and/or Residency requirements by country ideally in a table format to assist with decision making. Does anybody recommend any other websites that might present the information in this format (or Google Spreadsheet)?

I love living in walkable areas of town. I can always find them. But now I'm wondering where in the world are the most walkable places? I'm imagining walk streets (no cars), zoning allowing both business and residential, parks or beaches ,etc.

Hi guys,

After the Netherlands, the Bay Area, Colorado and being on the van life for 8 months, I am now in Sedona, AZ with a few other digital nomads. We are sharing a home here and are wondering if there are more like minded people in the area.

We do a bunch of hikes and campouts in the northern of Arizona. If you would like to connect with us, please do so :)

Val

Has anyone figured out a way to get setup with a virtual number and internet connection anywhere you go?

Hi everybody. I live and work in Germany and want to go to Canary Islands for 6 months to work from there. I'm going to keep my current job, just change the "home" in the home office part of things. Are there any tax issues I have to be aware of? I was reading about becoming a residence after 183 days, thus having to pay taxes there plus my employer having to register there. Does anybody know how it works exactly? Thanks a lot!

Can anyone recommend a good accommodation website for Chiang Mai?

Winter is coming and I’m feeling the ache of travelling after being stuck in the same place since the Pandemic started. Wondering if anyone is travelling right now? If so, where are you currently located and how is the situation where you are?

Greetings Nomads,

I recently closed a US company that was used to sell cheats or hacks for popular games due to imminent litigation.

I have just recently embarked on a similar venture, but working as a contractor. Myself, and my lead developer have just found ourselves in the position of not being paid and will need to re-establish ourselves.

Due to my experience in marketing, distribution and management I know running a company myself would still be a successful venture, I just do not want to run it out of the US.

Due to the nature and risk of litigation from large gaming companies I believe moving offshore will be the path I should take. I spoke with my attorneys, who basically made it sound like it would be impossible to set up without physically living somewhere, based on my past experience with these guys, and paying tens of thousands of dollars to protect myself just for them to say “it’s best to shut down” the moment we were contacted by a gaming company, I am going to assume it’s their lack of experience.

My questions are:

1. As a service likely in the same realm as Adult Services or Gambling, with myself residing in the US and my Lead dev residing in Europe, what country would be a good option to set up with fair tax that cant easily be pressured by US or European game producers?

2. In said country should I find and contact legal council there instead of using US attournies to fumble through this charging me exponentially more to just relay info and elongate the process?

Thank you in advance for any assistance.

I recently started running a software consultancy in the UK that specialises in MVP development and onboarding/marketing strategies. I found it relatively easy to get leads by attending networking events (quite a lot here in Edinburgh).

I plan to start travelling soon, though. Has anybody tried to travel while running a software consultancy? I’m really curious to find out how you handled finding new clients while doing that. Let’s say that if I go networking somewhere in Asia I won’t find clients willing to spend much on a project (and can’t just pay my employees less because I can’t find good paying projects).

I am a junior level web developer with 1 yr experience. At the moment, I have some options to work remotely for agencies, and need to negotiate hourly rate.

Having never worked remotely before, I want to know how much the standard rate is for juniors. I am a full-stack developer using either Rails or Meteor.

Hi guys,

I’m planning to start working remotely come October and was wondering what are the best strategies for getting a first remote job? I’ve stumbled upon many that are US-only (I’m in Europe) or for seasoned remote workers, so I’m wondering it there’s some “hack” to get the ball rolling.

Would love to hear your stories

João

I’m a .Net application developer with 5 years of experience and I’m contemplating trying to fund my visions of location in-dependency with my acquired skills or if I should rather head into the web development sector in which I don’t really have a lot of experience yet. I’m seeing a lot of web dev. / designing being successful but I haven’t see an application dev. yet. Would be glad if you could share your opinions.

I am a software engineer with 4 years of experience. I have been working for several companies in the software business, and I think I’m done with working in an office, 9-5, small talk in the coffee machine, etc. I just can’t stand it anymore. I don’t like the idea of sticking around an office, working there with a lot of distractions and pointless interruptions because I am supposed to be more “productive”.
I am skilled, hard-worker and dedicated. I love being part of a team, and part of a meaningful project in which I believe, and in which I can contribute to a remarkable growth and evolution of a valuable product/service.
I have handled website development of all kinds (mostly AngularJS + Bootstrap in the last year), Android apps, and Java development. I have a quite nice resume and cool projects behind me, and a deep understanding of software projects management (Scrum / Git / testing…)
But I am totally lost in how could I get a job that allows me remote work. I d I have tried looking for jobs in remoteok.io, but when you’re not from US or not willing to be there the opportunities are way less than expected.
I am not looking for a huge salary/conditions, just the chance of working in a project in which I can give my best, while I enjoy an Internet connection from Spain, Slovenia or wherever is my next destination.
If you know how I could start looking for my perfect remote work, or know someone who is looking for someone like me, I say thank you so much in advance.

PD: Sorry if this kind of question is not suitable here, or has been asked before. Please tell me or move it if needed.