Article 5JESA Work is where your laptop is: meet the globetrotting digital nomads

Work is where your laptop is: meet the globetrotting digital nomads

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Julia Kollewe
from Technology | The Guardian on (#5JESA)

Worldwide shift to flexible and home working in pandemic has led to rise of new kind of backpacker

Samantha Scott does not miss her daily commutes in London, particularly the dread of having to wake up and get on the tube, and heading into work sweaty and flustered. I'm still waking up at 6 or 7am, but I'm able to go for a walk on the beach before I start work."

When she and her partner Chris Cerra arrive with their luggage in a new city, they can easily be mistaken for tourists. But they are part of a new generation of digital nomads" who hop from country to country to live and work.

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