Dear DN,

As I read your adventures with a slight envy and look forward to the day when I become one.

I am curious as to what the hidden downsides of this type of lifestyle? I have only come across 2 which are not major which 1) a sense of issolation and 2) lack of ability for brainstorming with colleagues.

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Thanks

  • FuckDataCaps@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Shitty internet, shitty working setup, you work on wooden chair.

    Whenever you get a new place, you never know what will be shitty about it, there’s always something. Might be a shower that lose its hot water randomly, might be a squeaky bed, maybe there aren’t any pots and pans. It gets annoying. Normally you can just throw some money to fix your problem, but DNing, space is extremely limited so you can’t carry too much.

    You end up doing a lot of planning and it can get annoying. I’m travelling pretty slow but you often have to look for new place, new transports ect…

    You might feel guilty when you don’t go out, you’re in this incredibly exotic place, and all you want to do is spend the weekend doing fuck all inside. The truth about DN is that you’re kinda living the same-ish work-life, but in a different country (geoarbitrage is pretty neat tho). YMMV

    Grass is always greener, I wouldn’t exchange it for anything.