I've found being online to be really helpful -- it caused me to meet most of the people I've ever worked on projects with, and I've picked up some really high d

I've found being online to be really helpful -- it caused me to meet most of the people I've ever worked on projects with, and I've picked up some really high dollar and/or interesting consulting work (which allowed me to work without a salary on various other projects) for most of the past 15y. It especially helped while I was spending a large amount of time outside of major tech centers (Caribbean 1998-1999, Sealand 2000-2002, Iraq/Afghanistan/Kuwait/etc. 2003-2007 2008-2010.)