Make sure that you have the skills to pull such a thing off. Web development is really friendly to the idea of remote work, but you have to be very good at wha

Make sure that you have the skills to pull such a thing off. Web development is really friendly to the idea of remote work, but you have to be very good at what you do (otherwise most companies will hire someone of equal or higher skill, for a similar price, who will be willing to work on-site). I'm not trying to stereotype you, but the majority of people that I talk to (and my own experience echoes this) have not typically seen the kind of output from recent college grads that would justify a company supporting the lifestyle you're envisioning. You should be really comfortable working on the web, and able implement fairly advanced techniques on your own, before you start backpacking around the country as a lone-gun coder. Know what part of the stack you're best at, and be really freaking good at it; then you can demand what you're asking from would-be employers.