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As someone interested in doing work-travel soon. I don't want to compete with the thousands of other competent, english-speaking engineers on elance/odesk/vwork

As someone interested in doing work-travel soon. I don't want to compete with the thousands of other competent, english-speaking engineers on elance/odesk/vworkers when my current market-rate salary would be 5-6x more. I was also considering taking on one big project (maybe 1-3 months full-time), and then traveling without work. What about trying to make money doing your own thing while traveling? I was thinking about starting a slice of life podcast series where I interview people I meet, and kickstarting the entire project. Or making a photo book of all the places I go. I'd imagine that these kind of projects would be much more effective to execute/promote if you get fellow (remote) travelers on board. Heard of any good ideas like this?

miahi 12y ago
There are a lot of failed Kickstarters with the same idea of "pay me to travel and you will see where I went", and I think it's normal that they fail: it's just a better class of begging for - let's call it as it is - your vacation. Unless you're already very well known (mostly by chance, see Matt Harding[1]) and you want to continue a project, or you are a hugely charismatic person with really really great ideas, the chances to get the funding of your vacation through Kickstarter are slim. I'm not the only one who thinks like this[2]. Maybe there are more who think otherwise, but I would not bet on it. [1] http://www.wherethehellismatt.com http://www.wherethehellismatt.com [2] http://gadling.com/2013/04/25/your-kickstarter-vacation-my-money-no/ http://gadling.com/2013/04/25/your-kickstarter-vacation-my-m...