
What happened to the inaugural class of travel startup Remote Year - aaronbrethorst
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/remote-year-promised-to-combine-work-and-travel-was-it-too-good-to-be-true?Src=longreads
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reustle
It's amazing how much money these people are spending on this trip, especially
with such inexperienced founders/staff. $3k down, $2k a month, and $2.5k to
leave, while many don't have solid income streams in place?

Unfortunately, after having been in this "digital nomad" scene for over a year
and a half now, it is nothing new. I've lived across 14~ countries since 2014
and have met my fair share of people who dropped everything to come to Chaing
Mai, Ubud, Saigon, etc to work on their next big company, only to end up
struggling to make a living off a travel blog or affiliate marketing tactics.
It feels like many don't make it past a few months, before it sets in that not
everyone is cut out for it.

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soneca
I always assumed the term "digital nomad" would refer to a kind of stabilished
digital freelancer that had relevant (if unstable) source of income. I indeed
don't see it working for founders developing a company.

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phantom_oracle
for $2000, all they are getting is a workspace and shared-accommodation?

That amount of money is a lot in countries like Vietnam, Thailand, etc. You
could easily get yourself a 2-bedroom place and cooked-meals everyday for less
than that.

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chrisfosterelli
Yeah, simply taking a bit more initiative to manage those things yourself
could easily save you 75% of what they are paying...

As someone who has done some travel while working, I'd say it sounds very cool
in theory but the price you're paying to have them manage your accommodation
and office space is _way_ too high.

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sneak
I heard through the grapevine that it was total amateur-hour, drunk American
bro nonsense.

This article doesn't really dispel that.

