digital nomads
Location-independent workers
Digital nomads are people who work remotely while traveling, using technology to earn a living from anywhere with internet access.
The lifestyle emerged with widespread laptops and WiFi, accelerating during the shift to remote work.
Digital nomads typically favor locations with low costs of living and reliable connectivity: She's been a digital nomad for three years, working from Bali, Lisbon, and Mexico City.
- freelancersSelf-employed contract workers
- co-livingShared residential arrangement
- remote workEmployment from afar
- coworking spacesShared office facilities for independents
- telecommutingEmployment from afar
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- digital societysocial networks, internet, internet culture, online communities, connectivity
- internet usersusers, browsers, surfers, daily users, power users
- migrantsmigrants, arctic tern, monarch butterfly, caribou, humpback whale
- tech culturedevelopers, coders, startup culture, programmers, computers
- travelerspassenger, travelers, traveler, tourist, vacationers
- Modern Trendscancel culture, doom scrolling, doomscrolling, echo chambers, fake news
digital nomadsoffice workers
Indoor professional employees
commuters · desk jockeys · factory workers · nine-to-fivers · corporate employees
digital nomadshomebodies
People preferring domestic life
settlers · permanent residents · homeowners · townies · locals
digital nomadsmanual laborers
Workers using physical effort
tradespeople · blue-collar workers · craftspeople · field workers · construction workers
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