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Poll: Digital nomad or digital hermit: which would you prefer?
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Noura Tawil
Noura Tawil  Identity Verified
Syria
Local time: 06:52
Member (2013)
English to Arabic
Stability Mar 26, 2019

I hate routine. But I need stability and time predictability to do my job well.
When I'm out and about, I prefer to absorb the experience and not keep work at the back of my mind.

Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Philippe Etienne
Melanie Meyer
Alicia Daudt
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 04:52
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Other Mar 26, 2019

I was a digital nomad for some 15 years, flying at least once a month between Brussels (where my professional activity was) and Lisbon (where my family was). Besides that I loved traveling and used to do it as a tourist at least twice a year (Easter and Summer holidays) until one day I got so tired of airports and planes that I evolved into… a digital hermit!

Muriel Vasconcellos
 
B D Finch
B D Finch  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 05:52
French to English
+ ...
?? Mar 26, 2019

No idea what this means!
 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 20:52
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
+ ...
Hermit Mar 26, 2019

After many years of traveling, I'm very happy to be a hermit.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Paul van Zijll
 
Rita Utt
Rita Utt  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 05:52
English to German
+ ...
I would like to be a nomad Mar 26, 2019

I love coworking and I would like to work from co-working places around the world but getting older I need a very big screen which makes things more difficult ...
 
writeaway
writeaway  Identity Verified
French to English
+ ...
Other Mar 26, 2019

Digital prisoner/captive/slave

[Edited at 2019-03-26 11:15 GMT]

Muriel Vasconcellos
 
Ricki Farn
Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 05:52
English to German
Digital hermit crab Mar 26, 2019

digital. in a nice little shell. crabby.
 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 00:52
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
+ ...
Hermit with full conviction Mar 27, 2019

Being a hermit is the only way to work properly. I'm sorry if I don't agree with the mobile world, not for professional purposes, certainly not for our profession. It's great to be in contact with clients full time and be able to quote and accept jobs anywhere. But not to work. Not at all.
 


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