LuckyLuke
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I have many relatives that work remote, and I worked remote myself for 8 years. All of us shared the same thing...we started on-site and gradually removed ourselves until we could do it remotely. Even then, I was the only one that left the country and the job lasted only a couple more years. The idea that there are loads of remote jobs out there that anyone can do is in my opinion overstated.
Your story is somewhat complicated by conflicting desires. Namely, you want to stay in BA, perform your domestic work locally, but somehow also earn internationally at your leisure, without establishing yourself there. This puts you squarely in the pool of just about everyone on Earth who can speak decent English. We're talking low paid call centers, online tutors, menial administration.
Part of me would suggest, learn to move your BA job to remote, then travel to find something else. But you don't want to live elsewhere and your skills in BA don't lend to remote. Therefore, my next logical suggestion is that you can travel temporarily and bring the work back home to BA (to eventually complement your local work). You won't know what it is or how to do it or how to make it remote until you go live it, train for it and successfully transition it. This however would require some kind of work visa or alternate nationality.
You could also try to find countries with similar building codes, requirements, etc. and offer to virtually consult locals. But finding locals in that country with just an ad somewhere in the ether of the internet can be difficult.
It's either that, or you look at various generic fields that may have some remote demand that you could lend some of your existing skills to in order to have a relative advantage, but it's a minefield right now with AI. You can go to remote job sites like Upwork, create an account and review the list of open contracts available for bidding. That will give you a rough idea of the remote landscape, skills required, and demand. From there, you would have to weight the cost/benefit of training yourself and the curve of earnings starting from novice. It sounds like a brutally slow route but many have done it.
Your story is somewhat complicated by conflicting desires. Namely, you want to stay in BA, perform your domestic work locally, but somehow also earn internationally at your leisure, without establishing yourself there. This puts you squarely in the pool of just about everyone on Earth who can speak decent English. We're talking low paid call centers, online tutors, menial administration.
Part of me would suggest, learn to move your BA job to remote, then travel to find something else. But you don't want to live elsewhere and your skills in BA don't lend to remote. Therefore, my next logical suggestion is that you can travel temporarily and bring the work back home to BA (to eventually complement your local work). You won't know what it is or how to do it or how to make it remote until you go live it, train for it and successfully transition it. This however would require some kind of work visa or alternate nationality.
You could also try to find countries with similar building codes, requirements, etc. and offer to virtually consult locals. But finding locals in that country with just an ad somewhere in the ether of the internet can be difficult.
It's either that, or you look at various generic fields that may have some remote demand that you could lend some of your existing skills to in order to have a relative advantage, but it's a minefield right now with AI. You can go to remote job sites like Upwork, create an account and review the list of open contracts available for bidding. That will give you a rough idea of the remote landscape, skills required, and demand. From there, you would have to weight the cost/benefit of training yourself and the curve of earnings starting from novice. It sounds like a brutally slow route but many have done it.
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