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by FearNotDaniel
3111 days ago
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I'm really not sure what you're asking. Could you possibly clarify? You are already working as a contract programmer, which is a freelance of sorts, and already travelling the world. Are you saying that you travel on your personal time, i.e. when you're not working, but that you would now prefer to travel further afield (more than France and Germany) specifically to work on projects? Or are you saying that you are already travelling for programming work (France and Germany being examples of this), but that you now wish to transition into a more management-consulting focused role instead of programming, i.e. more involved in the business process and strategy end of things and less on the technical side? |
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" travel on your personal time, i.e. when you're not working"
Currently I am a software developer working 100% remote. So I travel for personal reasons or professionally (rarely) when I need to go on-site to a customer (of the company which employs me) to fix something or develop a solution. I really enjoy being location independent and would like to it that way. The comments about Germany and France coming from the job opportunities which I see online or at recruitment agencies, they are 95% on-site in towns or in different parts of Paris. That is not the type of travelling I am looking forward to. That's were the idea of an international freelancer comes from: I assume most well payed jobs need people on-site and mobility comes with a premium. So why not going to awesome destinations?
"when you're not working, but that you would now prefer to travel further afield (more than France and Germany) specifically to work on projects?"
Exactly I like to travel more than just France and Germany. I enjoy mobility/travelling on an international scale. But what I see from the most job positions is that they need people in Paris or in different towns in Germany. I like to avoid that.
"now wish to transition into a more management-consulting focused role instead of programming, i.e. more involved in the business process and strategy end of things and less on the technical side?"
Ideally I like to stay in technology as much as possible. But I like to avoid being a freelancer on Upwork and compete with low paid people from all over the world and getting Upwork type of jobs. I also enjoy a lot working with clients, doing their requirement analysis and getting solutions done rather than writing code.
So I am looking to increase my salary by doing what I enjoy and what I am good at. And I feel like I am hiding behind my computer just looking for "programming jobs". The point is I wish to keep my independent lifestyle and deliver the most value which I can possibly deliver.
Does that make sense?