[wryoak]

I took off a year and a half for travel. Still did tech stuff during that time (woofing - helped some farms with websites and iot stuff) so my skills weren’t exactly languishing, but in the past four months of applying I’ve received one interview and it was for a role I applied to two years ago that had to take the posting down for a hiring freeze and only just recently got the go ahead to fill said position. So I’m working at a grocery store stocking produce these days. Gotta pay the bills.

[nicbou]

I didn’t know they welcomed this sort of help! How was your experience?

[wryoak]

Doing tech stuff while woofing? Mixed. I enjoyed the work and I had actually some nice facilities to work in, but some of the places I stayed were not great for interpersonal or health reasons. Some, on the other hand, were wonderful. It really depends on a variety of things. But yeah in south east Asia there are a lot of small businesses experimenting with diy tech that will offer room/board in exchange for leveraging some tech expertise. Also have seen (but not experienced) some in Europe.