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Hi guys, is there anybody who is willing to share their experience how they get into nomad lifestyle? I am searching for the community or people because I feel kind of alone in this. At the moment I am stuck in corporate, I work in hybrid mode but I dream about fully remote and geographical freedom lifestyle. I am European and I wish to live by the sea here in Europe. This time next year I wish I can try living in Croatia but I am only in the beginning of figuring everything out🫠

Hey Ada, to start you basically just need a remote job and just start traveling for a few months while working.

Keep your apartment (maybe sublet it), stay registered in your country. That way you can test the dream in a safe way.

If you love it, take the next steps: deregister, set up a tax-optimized structure that fits your situation (e.g. an LLC, there are providers who handle all of that) and go all in.

Hi Niklas, I know that most of digital nomads are business owners but I was wandering if it was possible to get hired by companies. I guess it is very difficult? I am at the very beginning of all of this, I am employee in my country and I wish I could continue as employee because that is the easiest way from many points of view. At the same time I always wanted to have something on my own but I don’t have this figured out yet, it is overwhelming🫠 How is life in Croatia for digital nomads?

Ada that’s not true. The majority of digital nomads are either employees or freelancers. It’s just the people more public online are entrepreneurs. I ran a company for a while but it’s a lot of work relatively.

Hi David, actually this is what I meant…I put freelancers also in the cathegory of business owners because it is similar and different than being an employee. So yes, what I see online is that most digital nomads are freelancers but I don’t come across many nomads who are employees so I would like to know more about this too. I imagine that having your own business must be very stressful. So now you are back to freelancing?

Hi Ada,

About the colleague that mentioned creating a US LLC, I think what he meant is it's very common for when you get remote jobs, even if it's for a single client, something fixed. It's more resembling an employee relationship where you will still be hired as a contractor and then provide the services through a business. You basically provide services as if you were a freelancer but if you really stop to think about it, you're an employee. This is quite common. I know a lot of digital nomads that do this and that's definitely a possibility, right? If you get a remote job many times it's not going to be as an employee with the full regulations of an employee and Social Security contributions, etc. It's going to be as a contractor

Hi Francisco, yes it is clear for me, this is what I understood that this is the most common way of working. So far I have been an employee my whole life so I just need to learn more about this because it is a huge and scary step🫠

well thats not my specialty but i do have a friend that helps people find, prepare and apply for full remote positions. glad to intro

I appreciate any kind of advise and information that would help me understand remote world better😇 I am happy to talk to anybody who already has experience