Working from Home on a Tropical Island Paradise?

Posted by Cliff on Friday January 13, 2006 @02:30PM from the a-work-environment-to-live-for dept.

CarrotLord asks: "I've recently returned from a holiday in Bali, and I liked it far more than I like London, where I live and work. With the growth of telecommuting and outsourcing, surely it should be possible for a technology worker to relocate to a cheaper, more pleasurable location such as Bali, and work from there, living an enjoyable life, working less, earning less, but still being able to afford a good standard of life. Personally, I would take an 80% pay cut quite happily to live there, and I'd still be financially secure. Surely, someone could set up a company, employing skilled workers in locations of their choice, to do remote outsourcing work at a relatively low price? Does anyone do this? Has anyone thought about doing this?"

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My guess? by MarkusQ · 2006-01-14 01:42 · Score: 0, Troll

I don't get it. What's going to be left in the US?
If I had to guess, a bunch of fundamentalist christians who are willing to give up all their civil rights for the assurance that no married gay people ever get an abortion. Oh yeah, and to fight terrorists.
--MarkusQ