Hey guys, If you are planning to book a trip anytime soon and are thinking of airbnbs - I can save you some time!
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/compairbnb
It is really simple - it scrapes all your open airbnb tabs and puts all the data into a nice simple table where you can compare them easily and pick your favourite. You can even add extra rows to put your own info in!
Compairbnb is the first thing I have made from scratch. I hope you like it and will continue to support it until Airbnb shuts it down!
The long term goal of this is to get Airbnb to be better. This is not a business. Compairbnb is a protest.

I'm a fulltime dev and can work 100% remote if I want. My first suggestion is to look at job opportunities that interest you and make a list of the required skillsets. Find what is common and learn those. A good language for getting the basics down is python. Web development tends to be HTML, CSS & javascript. You may also want to look into languagues such as C# & Java. The key is to get the basics down and to start building your own applications. Find tutorials, read blogs, etc. Post it all on github and use your portfolio as proof that you can do the work. One place to start your journey is here: https://www.freecodecamp.org/

I struggled with that when I first came back to living in the suburbs, but I found the real underlying problem was that I reverted back to my old living habits instead of living how I did abroad.

What did I do to change?

1. Start taking long walks around the neighborhood. - Take your time, pay attention to everything around you, go different paths than you normally do. You'll be surprised at how many things/places you never noticed that were always right there.
2. Use meetup.com - Get involved in traveling/couchsurfing communities and other groups that share your personal interests.
3. Be a tourist - Take a tour, go to a museum, ask other people who have been to your city for advice on places worth visiting.
4. Do something new - Travel forces you to step out of your comfort zone, but at home you must push yourself to do it. Sign up for a random class. You know that store that you pass by every day but never stepped foot in? Walk inside and check it out. Go find a hike you've never been on.

I've pretty much taken all the things I've missed about traveling and found ways to fill those voids at home. All that walking around my neighborhood helped me discover new restaurants, small cafes, ethnic grocery stores, etc. I try to go to one new place a week. I frequently attend Couchsurfing meetups and language exchange events so I can continue meeting new people from all over the world. I've gone to many museums and touristy places I never even considered in the past. I've stepped out of my comfort zone to take dance classes. The list goes on and on...

These are all things that I try to do while traveling but never thought of doing at home before I was a DN.

Live your life like you are still abroad.

Regular Nintendo Switch! Buy an HDMI cable and compatible USB-C dongle (I got this one off of Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D6GXHKV/) so you don't need the docking station, and bring the original power adapter along. Now you can play the Switch on your hotel TV!

I've hooked mine up to almost every TV in hotels I've stayed at across the world. All the TV needs is an HDMI port and you're good to go (sometimes you gotta figure out how to change the input, not too hard though).

Edit: I also recommend getting this small stand. Great for airplanes, trains, rooms with a desk and no TV, etc. https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Switch-Adjustable-Charging-Stand/dp/B07D12JGBB

Or next time just have recovery backup codes for your Google's 2 factor authentication. You can client side encrypt your codes on something like https://www.protectedtext.com/ so they will be easily accessible even if you lose all your belongings. (So long as your brain still works)

It's this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PPZYN7Y/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_awdb_P4ebDb6R207E3

Didn't have a ton of reviews, but it fit everything I wanted and I'm really glad I chose it. Super slim and lightweight, and has a lot of different connection options, along with the ability to either run off your laptop battery or plugged into a wall. There happend to be a $10 off deal when I got it the other day, so that helped tip the scales on choosing it too haha

I wouldn’t recommend RapidVPN nor would I recommend Cyberghost at all since they are quite shit VPNs. You should look at Mullvad, Proton or IVPN for security and privacy since they don’t gather any logs.

u/iconic_icon Since you are a U.S. citizen (and your global income is subject to taxation no matter where you live), I would strongly suggest creating a pass-through LLC. You can use something like <strong>Stripe Atlas</strong>, to do it.

As a U.S. citizen living abroad, you qualify for the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE), which allows you to exempt up to 105,900 of your income per year (as of 2019) from being taxed.

With a LLC, there's no corporate/business tax. Everything is passed to you tax-free. Moreover, you could set up a Solo 401(k) account. You are allowed to contribute up to 56,000 per year (as of 2019) to it. You can defer most of your taxes using a Solo 401(k).

Tax Example

1. Let's say you made 175k this year.
2. You would be able exempt 105,900 of it using the foreign earned income exclusion (FEIE). Your income after FEIE is 69,100.
3. You also contribute the maximum allowed amount of 56,000 to your regular (non-Roth) Solo 401(k) account, allowing you deduct all of it from your income.
4. Thanks to FEIE and the 401(k) contribution, your adjusted gross income is 13,100.

The standard deduction for 2019 is 12,200. You get to subtract this as well. The remaining amount subject to U.S. federal taxes is exactly 900. The tax rate at this bracket it 10%.

Thus, you'd pay a total 90 dollars in taxes, on your income of 175k.

I run Socialdraft, a social media marketing software for teams and we also are a distributed company. We do hold meetings (Zoom Video Conferences), we do have company hours (we are 24/7 so lots of flex for people in different time zones) and we do work from coffee houses a lot. Personally I think some structure is better then how lots of articles like this are portrayed in the press. It's not living on beach with a laptop but it can be if you plan it right. Lots of our team members are in beach areas, some in bigger cities and few just at home. For us it's what fits into you ideal lifestyle.

We currently are hiring.

Once I was in Hanoi, searching skyscanner from my laptop for a flight to Chiang Mai, it all seemed quite pricey so I didn't purchase.

A few days later, still in Hanoi, I was at a restaurant and tried skyscanner again this time from my phone, the exact same flight I had previously seen was around £150 less expensive.

That's when I realised that (my laptop defaulted to this) and (or other country specific domain extensions) can have vastly different pricing for the exact same flights.

The best way to do this is through a VPN (I recommend TunnelBear), less well off countries often get better deals on flights. Also clear cookies or use incognito.

Another... Pretty obvious but if your flight includes at least one connecting flight, always check purchasing them separately rather than all-in-one, you can sometimes save big.

Also worth checking nearby smaller airports, I was in Malaysia and wanted to go to Koh Samui, flights were close to £200, yet a flight to Surat Thani was UNDER £20. And Surat Thani to Koh Samui is easy and pleasant.

I make about $700/month (net) from my books. My ads are entirely automated on Amazon Marketing Services and it doesn't require any maintenance, except for the vanity time I spend checking the sales figures/ranks.

Book 1 - https://www.amazon.com/Software-Engineers-Guide-Freelance-Consulting-ebook/dp/B01N1TTJFK

Book 2 - https://www.amazon.com/First-Freelance-Programming-Client-Step-ebook/dp/B01N9RETLR/

I do have some revenue from subscription services I've built, such as Code For Cash, but since I actively manage them, it's not truly passive income.

yeah i don't get the hate. thanks. do you mean this?

https://www.amazon.com/GL-iNET-GL-MT300N-V2-Repeater-300Mbps-Performance/dp/B073TSK26W

Do I plug this into my personal computer or my work laptop (im afraid since this has their own vpn etc.)? Have you had any problems traveling sofar?

I have collected loads of examples of time trackers to fit your personality here: https://www.notion.so/d3f534e55c2b4c9eba33f2026eb52f69?v=6bc1de79e5a54630abce8f0344c90460&amp;p=4ac238350d9c49e89e261e53b6a9c3d5

The difficulty is that I know how difficult it was to get a job in the booming 2016-2018 economy when I was a local candidate. For now, it's better to be a respected if not well-paid writer* than financially bleed to death in the states waiting on HR to go through their fad-processes to hire someone.

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*Especially with 2 years of "I can live well out here even if I earn $0" money.

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I am considering writing a book on this topic. I have the academic training to use the relevant research (mix of politics, sociology, economics) to make it somewhat engaging as topical (in the vein of Kids These Days rather than a memoir).

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The gig economy isn't the gold rush that much of the business press has portrayed/mythologized.

I like ExpressVPN. I evaluated a bunch of VPN services while traveling Southeast Asia earlier this year. I chose ExpressVPN because they have servers in lots of countries, apps for all the popular platforms, and it works well and is easy to use. I want a VPN for security (not anonymity.) Still using it now after more than a year and like it.

IVPN also sounds good but I haven't tried it.

The Wirecutter has a nice article on choosing a VPN that I found helpful.

Start a high-value services business (anything B2B that you can do remotely - online marketing is good). Get a few steady clients on monthly retainer. Hire people to do the services for you. Get a few more clients so you can pay yourself too. Spend 30-60 minutes a day managing people.

I travel full time (not budget travel, either - I travel mostly in high-cost developed countries or resort areas, and my monthly travel budget is €5000+). I work 5 hours or less on a good week.

Sometimes, I do a bit of consulting to earn extra cash for investments, etc., but only if the work is fun.

Going into this winter, I'll probably stay put somewhere for a while and shift more time to work in order to grow the business a bit for next year.

EDIT to add some practical advice:

• Learn direct response marketing. Read Breakthrough Advertising, Ogilvy on Advertising, Scientific Advertising, Tested Advertising Methods, etc.
• Learn sales. Read SPIN Selling, The Ultimate Sales Machine, The Psychology of Selling, Predictable Revenue, etc. Maybe get a commissioned direct sales job.
• Study business systems. Read "The E-Myth Revisited"
• Meet and speak with as many business owners as possible and talk about how they run their companies, where the money comes from and where it goes, what their goals are, what their challenges are.

DN back home for family reasons. Was over in SE Asia. Now in Portland, OR

1. For me part of DN was about minimalist lifestyle. When I got back I got rid of almost everything I didn't need.

What I kept were any books I had, a bed, a desk, a chair, lamp etc. Threw out any uncomfortable/useless/old clothes and have kept that simple while continuing to grow my business. Wardrobe consists of Wool&Prince Shirts, Darn Tough Socks, Ecco Shoes, Bluffworks Chino, Ex Officio boxers. If I can't fit it into my backpack, I got rid of it.

1. No car so I got Car2Go, and my city (Portland, Or) just set up Nike Bikes across the entire city.

I still work at various coffee shops and utilize workfrom.co to find killer spots, meet other DNs for business meet ups, etc.

Now that I am back, I've explored more of the city with no car than I ever did before. I've walked for miles, biked, used public transit and I've seen so much more of Portland.

1. Adventure. I've recently been in tune with Deep Work by Cal Newport so I've structured my days to be able to work intensely while still having time to visit my girlfriend, family, old friends. And because I have more time I've been doing things I never did before while home - or never thought to do.

Google Trips has been a fun app to play around with to find new spots too.

Also, I use Alaska Credit Cards for any purchases so I've been building airmiles to be able to take week trips including Alaska, LA, Vegas, Salt Lake City, etc. All for miles plus about 100 bucks usually round trip.

So anyways, the concepts of DN can easily be implemented into life, and for me it's about minimizing distraction, enhancing work efforts, and exploring more than I ever have.

Though, for me being home is temporary as I've got trips planned to Puerto Rico and Cuba in January for several months- barring family issues (been a long time fantasy to go there) but will be half the year back home.

I was in your position two years ago. Im 30 now and I couldnt be more happy.

It depends on what area you would like to expertice on but I think you should start with "Pragmatic thinking and learning" https://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Thinking-Learning-Refactor-Programmers/dp/1934356050

You will learn how to learn anything and how to schedule your learning. If your goal is web development I could tell you how I did It.

Nomad on a motorcycle! I ride during the weekend and work during the week. Sunday afternoon, I arrive in my destination city and spend a while scoping out the place, trying to find a decent place to stay, and looking for cafes with good internet. https://workfrom.co/ and http://www.wifimap.io/ are good resources!

It doesn't matter if you're using a "US" hotspot if you are in a different country, it's going to know you're accessing it from a different country.

You'll need to use a VPN service, take a look at NordVPN, what I personally use and you'll find a plethora of good reviews online.

If I could go back and talk to myself at your age, I would advise myself to study entrepreneurship and business. I don't mean major in business or go that route... I mean develop the skills to run your own business. If you can mesh entrepreneurship with programming/development skills, I think you can write your own ticket.

I often recommend this so I may be becoming a broken record, but please read "Choose Yourself!" by James Altucher. A secondary recommendation is "The $100 Startup" by Chris Guillebeau.

Check out TripMode -- it's exactly for this problem. It lets you toggle which apps are allowed to use the network, plus it remembers which networks you wanted it to be enabled on. Super useful.

The question is: what do you want to do with your VPN?

If you want security (protect yourself if you don’t trust the WiFi network for example), I would recommend the free warp by cloudflare. Super simple and very good performance.

If you want to access content that are geo-restricted (for example: stream UK football for free, but it works only from UK), I would recommend a paid one that offers servers in the countrjes you’re targeting. For example ExpressVPN, NordVPN, TunnelBear.

My use case is that I need to have the best connection when I work, in terms of latency and bandwidth. I do a ton of video conferences and my clients really dislike janky internet connections. I am trying Speedify which is supposed to combine connections from WiFi / Ethernet / mobile (tethered through cable). I’ve been using it for 1 month, and to be honest, I’m not 100% convinced that it works as promised, although it feels it does. But at least I like their interface, and I like that I can check the health of each connection individually.

Edit: if there are some geeks/nerds reading this, let me know if there is a way to test the redundancy promised by Speedify.

Checkout Private Internet Access, it's a VPN service if you don't want to setup it yourself. Really easy to use, just connect to the Internet and then they have a client which will automatically connect to VPN for you.

IMO, you are asking the wrong question. Saying >what skills can I learn to support {lifestyle}

is putting your goals ahead of your employer's/client's goals.

Flip it on it's head:

>What are some skills I can learn that will make me invaluable in my job?

Whatever your next job is, ruthlessly innovate, experiment, and bring value to those you work with. Spend a year there building career capital and then cash that in for a job that includes the opportunities you want - like remote work.

Cal Newport wrote "So Good They Can't Ignore You" and I highly recommend you give it a read.

FWIW, I work remotely for my company, am well paid, and travel full-time, but in my conversations with them, my travel has never come up. All our interactions are about me bringing value to their business.

I recommend focusing on the same.

Good luck!

You could use an EC2 instance from AWS (Or Azure or GCP - depending on what floats your boat). Turn it on when you need it and shut it off when you don't. I use this for gaming these days. I have a top of the line Azure GPU instance I remote in and has my games and shit (via steam). I only game a few hours a week so it's not very expensive.

Don't really know specifically what kind of processing power you need, but a 4 vcpu 16gb memory EC2 instance w/ windows is ~90$ a month @ 40 hours a week. If you only need it intermittently you can save a lot with a spot instance. GCP also has pre-emptible and the like so they may be cheaper than AWS too.

You might also checkout https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/ - I've never used it though so i can't comment on the performance.

Pros: Persistent machine you don't have to manage that will always be available assuming you have internet. Cons: No internet or poor internet is very obvious. Can make working a pain.

Anyway hope that helps.

I'm working for a large US corporation and living in Mexico City. It's entirely possible to fool your IT department. I'm saving and investing 50% of my income by living outside my home country and my employer is none the wiser.

I agree with the posts that say you could get fired for this. You could. I've never even come close to getting caught, though.

Here's the strategy that works. Buy a travel router with VPN, like this one. Purchase a VPN and add it to the router, choosing a VPN server inside your home country. Disable wifi on your work laptop (because some companies have the wifi scan and can catch your location based on nearby wifi.) Plug your laptop into the router with a network cable.

Essentially you VPN your company's VPN. VPN doesn't leave traces so your company can't detect that you used a secondary VPN.

I use Bitwarden. The interface is equivalent in power to LastPass and 1P, but it's open-source and hasn't had any security issues in the way that Bitwarden or 1P has occasionally seen.

The actual password manager you use isn't as critical as your security hygiene, though, as long as you pick something reputable. The most important thing you can do is not memorize any passwords except one single, complex password that unlocks the others. All of your secondary passwords that are actual logins should be randomly generated.

>day trading

Agree with the rest, but take it from former financial industry mgmt, day trading is complete fantasy perpetuated on inexperienced people by con artists. The only people who make money day trading are people who teach day trading classes.

You're better off picking up the book The Intelligent Investor by Ben Graham.

I know that's only cursorily related to what you're talking about but whenever I see someone about to lose money by wasting time day trading I always feel compelled to warn them for their own good.

Yes, it's absolutely possible.

Here is a list of 70 FURNISHED apartments available for March that are 14,000 baht and under.

Keep in mind this is AirBNB, which is pretty marked up. If you did some digging, I'm absolutely sire you could find a nice place for 11,000 baht and under.

15,000 baht will get you a furnished apartment in a good area, usually a few minutes walking away from an MRT/BTS rail station, which you can take to any other part of Bangkok.

??? I'm serious. https://www.udacity.com/nanodegree/plus

Will the job be remote? Most likely not. But if you're open to building up experience working on-site and want a guaranteed job or your money back, it could be a good option. They look like they have the full stack developer and iOS programs.

I did their Android nanodegree program (not the one that guarantees you a job), but I did that for fun more than anything as I was already an employed developer wanting to learn something new.

I did exactly this for 6 months in Mexico and will be going back again in about a week. The VPN worked fine. I put together a Raspberry Pi and installed Speedify, which allows you to bond multiple connections together for redundancy (e.g. cell, wifi, DSL/cable) and choose which VPN server you connect into. I also stopped posting to social accounts to avoid the chance of my work and personal networks overlapping and outing me.

After Mexico I plan to do Portugal, and the hours difference would allow me to start work in the early afternoon and end my day at around 9 or 10PM. Not sure I could stay sane working US hours while in SE Asia, but you might swing it for a little while.

I've seen advice on this forum essentially saying that lying by omission in this way is always a bad idea with an employer, but I disagree. Even if your company would allow you to travel internationally while working, telling your colleagues is often going to be a stupid idea. People who are stuck locally - whether because of the nature of their role, kids, health issues, whatever - may not explicitly voice any annoyance/jealousy, but if you miss a meeting, you're late with a deliverable, or you run into connectivity issues, believe that your digital nomad lifestyle will be the first thing that pops into their heads.

For US citizens you can easily get a 10 year tourist visa with 60 day periods. With visa runs every couple months you can basically stay there for 10 years straight. I can’t speak for other countries.

Many VPN’s are not blocked. ExpressVPN, Betternet, Windscribe, ProtonVPN, and many others all work. That being said internet in China is often spotty and reconnecting to a VPN all the time can be annoying.

I agree China’s a weird country but this stuff simply isn’t true. (Spent 2 months in China recently)

Americans can get 10-year visas. I was just there for 2 months and did not have a single issue while using a VPN.

Other issues are valid though. I only go because I need to for work.

Astrill is the best VPN in case anyone needs a recommendation.

Hospitals are at capacity so we changed to red light this week. More details here: https://visitpuertovallarta.com/covid-19

• Weather is amazing mid 70s, sunny, mid 60s humidity with a nice breeze everyday.
• Infrastructure far outclasses PDC/Tulum. Grocery stores, internet, gyms you name it. Probably because hurricanes don’t wipe everything out.
• Expats I don’t know. Covid’s a thing so I socially distance. I have yet to see backpacker type tourists. Many affluent snowbirds/families that own houses here.
• Mountains are gorgeous. Thailand vibes from how lush and looming they are to the city.
• Beach is rough, not many folk in the water. The sand/restaurants/boardwalk are popular albeit not like pre COVID.
• Hiked Boca De Tomatlan to Playa las Animas this weekend. Very beautiful, but not for beginners. https://www.alltrails.com/trail/mexico/jalisco/boca-de-tomatlan-playa-las-animas?u=i

From my time in PDC it seemed to be the hyped place millennials were using as a getaway. PV is a well known hub for snowbirds/affluent folks but not known/hyped by millennials. PV has a mature vibe to it that appreciates folks from outside. PDC knows it’s a tourist hub and treats outsiders like it.

I use a travel router with VPN. You connect your work laptop to it and it encapsulates your laptop traffic, exiting from whichever VPN server you choose. So you could choose to have it exit in Canada and you'll likely have no issues. I use ExpressVPN and this router.

I suggest that you also disable wifi on your work laptop and plug in a network cable into the router. Some companies scan wifi in order to see where in the world you are.

Recommended reading for an aspiring VP. An accurate portrayal of speculation and grandiosity. Also, the post is meant to be satire man. Lighten up.

Honestly, why are you getting downvoted for this? sigh

Anyway, yes! I travel with the Smart Alec, and I love it. Here's a review a wrote

If I were you id use a friends number back in Australia. Have them give you the verification. Then you should have access. You can either set up a new account with updated country or switch services, I hear many good things about Stripe.com although I haven't used myself.

Once you have access you may just be able to set up a google voice or textnow phone number (will probably be a US #). You can make this you permanent phone number for all things verification. Textnow free #s expire after a month so GVoice may be a better option. I will say that GVoice+Hangouts is a nice free solution but they suck. Google really f-ed them up.... That being said my permanent US phone number is with them.

If you have the time, you will find that Upwork has tons of writing gigs.

People say it's shit and that it's saturated with low-rate users but don't let that deter you. You will find opportunities on there and some might even be specific to only your city.

Build your profile, put an hourly rate you are comfortable with, put that health science site as one of your portfolio and search for jobs with medical keywords.

https://upwork.com - good luck.

So the four states you mention, are those California, South Carolina, Virginia, or New Mexico? I found them here: http://www.expatistan.com/blog/35-What-Every-American-Expat-Should-Know-About-US-Expat-Taxes

I've been using the Gigabyte Aero 14 for 2.5 years, including a lot of travel and various environments. Purchased at a shop in Taiwan, where they're made. Here's the upgraded model on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T53H776/ref=psdc_13896615011_t1_B01MY2YYKB

Cheaper than a MBP, has a great graphics card, fairly sturdy although you're not going to beat Apple's aluminum shell in that department, and it's fairly easy to self-service when it does have problems. I can get 8 hours battery life out of mine, which is awesome on long flights, and it's light.

Asus is another good brand, at least for their higher end laptops. Razer Blades seem OK, a bit pricey but you should be able to find a showroom for them in Asia. Have also heard the Dell XPS 15 is pretty good for travel, although I'd completely avoid the Western brands besides that single model.

I'd recommend checking NordVPN out, it's not that expensive but offers a really quality product with a bunch of additional features. But I think, the best way for you to choose what to use is by reading many different reviews and comparisons, this way you'll see what you like yourself. Try starting here.

The increase in speed wouldn't really have to do with NordVPN though. Generally VPNs decrease your internet speed, but if an ISP throttles your bandwidth, pretty much any VPN would be able to circumvent this.

I’ve used VyprVPN all over the world and it works pretty well even in China behind the Great Firewall.

That said, there are others that are probably better overall. But VyprVPN does the job I need it to.

Expat for over 14 years here. I put up with citibank and their horseshit for almost a decade doing exactly what you describe over their debit card and THREE credit cards I own through them.

Finally shit-canned citibank and went with Charles Schwab for my main bank, and multiple other cards as backup - no more bullshit calls and no more bullshit SMS checks.

You can also open a wise.com account and get their prepaid card which is great and they use WhatsApp for 2FA - so no worries about traveling or needing a specific SIM in your phone.

You can use https://technitium.com/tmac/ for windows. I used it when it was easier to get around comcast limiter. Another thing is they will also block you when you use too much bandwidth. So don't expect to be streaming a movie that might just also get you blocked

The purpose of Nomadlist is to provide a landing page so the owner can charge $75/year to other digital nomads in exchange for access to a Slack chatroom and a Discourse forum. To that end, the accuracy of the city data is largely irrelevant.

Source: https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/nomad-list

In case @OP doesn't know what a VPN is: VPN stands for "Virtual Private Network"

Basically, it's a service/computer software/mobile app that you can use to "hide" the origin of your internet connection, and set it to another location, like the US.

Coinbase will think you're logging in from the US, when you are actually in Europe (or anywhere else in the world). It's also specially useful for logging into bank accounts and streaming services like Hulu, Netflix, etc.

Express VPN and NordVPN are two of the most popular ones, but whatever you choose I recommend you pay for the service, because the free ones are usually trash (unless someone here can recommend some good ones that are free).

Source: 10+ years working remotely around the world with American bank accounts.

Also with NordVPN. The $100 for 3 years was too good to pass up. Obstifucated servers works fantastic for Netflix/Hulu etc and in alot of places actually improves my speeds. One subscription covered both our phones, laptop and tablet.

im a bit confused, what is preventing you from simply opening a normal US business account?

It's understandable that a foreign bank won't touch US customers, I've been hearing those stories a lot. But auto-banned for applying to a US bank as a US citizen? Sounds like you need TunnelBear!!!

If you can give up the need for physical presence abroad (like an HSBC style bank), you should be fine. Maybe consider getting an Estonian e-residency for full autism levels of digital nomading

Exhausting. We went way too fast, visiting 17 countries in a year. There were some countries where we didn't get out much because we were too tired.

It took ~9 months to put everything into action. Selling cars and furniture, renting out the house, putting stuff in storage, shoring up client work... it's a lot to do.

Tools and services:

• T-mobile gives free 2G data nearly everywhere. It greatly reduces the need for extra SIMs and data plans. And it just works, every time you step off the plane.
  
• PODS is a company that delivers a container to your doorstep, you load it with things to put in storage, and they haul it away. Very convenient.
  
• Craigslist was helpful for selling items
  
• Goodwill was great for mass donations
  
• Citi was great for offering 50K FF miles on a credit card bonus. And a benefit of the card is that you can use to get access to lounges in airports.
  
• OneWorld was our choice for a RTW trip ticket because it has better coverage in South America
  
• Word Lens is magic and eases you into other languages until you can figure them out for yourself.
  
• Airbnb for housing
  
• Google Play for music
  
• Private Internet Access for VPN
  
• Surface Pro 4 is the best computer I've ever had
  
• iPhones are the most compatible with SIMs around the world
  
• /r/bodyweightfitness when we can't have a gym
  
• Merino wool clothing that doesn't hold the smell as much and dries much faster
  
• GoPro for underwater video, landscape picture taking, and action shots
  
• Duolingo for practicing other languages. Sometimes it helps just to know and hear basic words and not really learn the language.
  
• WhatsApp for global texting
  
• Google Drive as our cloud solution
  

I definitely had frustrations living short term in China, and I don't think I'd go back or really recommend it to others tbh (maybe I was unlucky with my experiences as well), but the Internet overall was OK for me. I was in Shanghai, and I used Astrill. Never got anything more than 1 mbsp anywhere, but it was still good enough at all the cafes I would regularly work at or AirBnBs. Thinking about it, yes Internet at hotels definitely sucked, and you have to avoid any chain cafes because apparently there is a law that any publicly accessible Internet requires you to first authenticate with your Chinese mobile service provider (EDIT - but every boutique or ex-pat owned cafe ignores this).

Grab a copy of Stephen King's "On Writing." It's short and to the point.

Try a style guide - Strunk & White should do in a pinch.

Then do something really low. Emulate somebody else whose writing you aspire to. Get deep into their style and walk in their writing shoes. Do this for 2-3 authors (it's kind of nice to make at least one of these authors somebody who is no longer "a name") and then start playing with your own style.

Good luck. You took that on the chin, which suggests you have the "rhino hide" necessary to make it as a successful writer. :-)

I recently read a book by Steven King called &quot;On Writing: Memoir of the Craft&quot; which has some realistic advice on how to deal with rejection, especially for fiction.

Maybe you're just writing to the wrong audience? Maybe it's better to avoid the bottom of the barrel? I can't say, but $15 an article sounds like slave labor to me.

Read So Good They Can't Ignore You to learn about developing rare and valuable skills that will allow you to set the terms of your employment, such as working remotely. Learn a little software development and see how you like it; there are tons of great opportunities for remote work in the software field.

If you want to graduate college and immediately work remotely you'll need to build experience while you are in college. Look for internships (in person or remote), work on side projects, help out a local nonprofit. When you graduate you'll not only have the skills – and the best way to learn is by doing – but also things you can point at to prove that you can deliver results.

I loved Puerto Escondido in southern Mexico as a getaway. We rented an Airbnb, and it was a 45-minute walk along the beach to the nearest bar or restaurant. Through the Airbnb host, we hired the caretaker to cook for every day. She was a grandmother who came, did our laundry, cleaned, and made fresh Oaxacan food every meal. She prepared tortillas from corn by hand every morning and cooked things like pork tacos and mole. (If you haven't had Oaxacan food- in my opinion, it's the best food in the world.)

It was a relaxing pace of life, there was a small downtown for when we wanted to go out, and the apartment was relaxing. We had a hot tub in the living room, a pool downstairs, and an empty beach a couple of minutes walk away. If you're into surfing, it's supposed to be world-class there.

It was a total chill-out / mental recovery week for me there. I started re-reading the Harry Potter books and got through four by the time I left.

Here was the view, and this was the specific listing if you're curious.

I'd advise against using them. If you read the fine print of their coverage, it seems like it's nearly impossible to meet the criteria to have anything actually covered. I've read several blog posts where people recommend them, but none of them have actually filed a claim. The only other reviews I've been able to find of them are on Product Hunt, and all of them are obviously fake (written at the same time, by people who either work for them or are relatives. Seriously, one of the top reviews is from the founder's mom). Read for yourself: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/safety-wing

Stripe. Their verification process is very simple/straightforward. If you need to send invoices, use one of the many invoicing solutions you can get that have Stripe integrations: https://stripe.com/docs/integrations

If you look on Hotels.com you'll find lots of places in Bali that cost a lot more. They aren't hostels or cheap backpacker rooms, though. Sure, you can find lots of rooms in Ubud for much less. You get what you pay for.

The cooking is part of the social experience. They organize group meals, and it's nice to have some groceries handy. Some of us enjoy cooking and sharing what we make.

I don't stay at nicer hotels or Roam to "be part of the DM community." I choose where to stay for my own comfort and to socialize with people I have something in common with. Bali offers plenty of accommodation choices at all price ranges. Are the people who stay at The Samaya idiots for paying over $800/night for a resort? We all have our own priorities. Like I wrote, it was full the month I stayed there, and everyone there knew about cheaper hotels and villas -- quite a few people I met there had experience at other Roam locations or had stayed in Bali before.

I have no relationship with Roam other than as a guest.

Ha I’m with you there. I do C# all day and Visual Studio for Mac is a joke. I’ve been fortunate enough to be working with the new .Net Standard stuff and since that can run right on MacOS it’s actually been easy to go Mac only. I have a Parallels machine for every once in a while, but don’t use it anymore. Visual Studio Code with the C# plugin is great, and Rider by JetBrains (https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/) is phenomenal.

Will probably get downvoted for recommending this, as it goes against social convention and many people get the wrong idea on first hearing about it, but get into daygame if you're into travelling and dating. Once you get to a certain level you get to meet amazing people that way. It absolutely changed my life for the better

Sometimes you even meet other guys who are also into it and you have instant friends all around the world as well (admittedly a good portion of the guys in that community are weirdos, but the cool ones are amazing, just avoid the online communities for the most part). Also try meetup.com for random activities (this is not a dating site, it's for actual meetups of people with a wide range of interests), get hobbies and you won't be lonely.

Hi there,

A good jumping off point for finding work-from-anywhere jobs is to check out sites who specialize in this kind of stuff, including Remote.co, WeWorkRemotely.com, Working Nomads, and FlexJobs.

There are also a number of companies that hire for these jobs. We recently put together a list of 'em (https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/companies-work-from-anywhere-jobs-right-now/). Zapier has a great list as well (https://zapier.com/blog/companies-hiring-remote-workers/).

There is an android app called WiFi Analyzer which shows a real time graph of WiFi signal strength. You can use this to find the places in the room that have a decent signal.

Another good tool is a special vpn called Speedify. It can combine multiple Internet connections into one, so you tether your phone and use the WiFi simultaneously. It's magic!

The model I have has been obsoleted but it's basically this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Kidde-Battery-Operated-Monoxide-KN-Copp-B-LPM/dp/B004Y6V5CI/

It's definitely bigger than I'd prefer, but when I was researching it just seemed like the small/portable ones seemed more focused on marketing and branding, and at least Kidde makes standard home detectors. It's battery powered on standard AA batteries, so that makes it a bit more travel-friendly (don't have to source lithium batteries, can use rechargeables).

If you're living out of one backpack, that's a lot of space to take up, but if you're carrying a suitcase or something it's manageable.

right, but even without that, I'd rather use Proton or Mullvad which donate to privacy causes and clearly help those rather than Hidemyass, NordVPN or Cyberghost which are clearly not private or have a misleading privacy marketing

Just returned from a few days there, and for work I connect remotely with Citrix via Netscaler! I didn’t work ootb, so I first had to connect to ExpressVPN with another device, create a hotspot sharing that VPN and only then connect to the servers. It added a bit of lag but nothing horrible!

I see a lot of developers using the asus ones. https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-MB168B-1366x768-Portable-Monitor/dp/B00FE690DI?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_1

From what I can remember about my time in Nicaragua the internet wasn't city specific. There were places that had both slow and fast internet everywhere.

Also checkout Unlocator. It's not a VPN but it still masks your IP to appear in the US without having slowing down your connection like a VPN. I used it for basically everything last fall in Mexico.

internet is terrible there, VPN doesn't connect in many cases, you have to switch servers, protocols, it's a nightmare. Don't listent to people saying oh, just buy this and that VPN, this and that may not work in your apartment, the best VPN is Astrill, but even it has issues.

"A Random Walk Down Wall Street" should dissuade you from attempting as much; https://www.amazon.com/Random-Walk-Down-Wall-Street/dp/0393330338

Edit; go to the personal finance and financial independence subreddits and read, there are more comprehensive guides which will answer questions you didn't even know you had.

Most Airbnbs are usually priced high because they have such a high turnover of guests which consumes a lot of time, as the typical user uses Airbnb for short durations.

It's ultimately up to the host whether they prefer short-term stays or long-term stays. Write-up a persuasive message and send it to hosts that have places available for your the dates you're interested in. Be sure to communicate the benefits of longer stay for them as a host.

If the location has a lot of seasonality, they may not be interested as they can often get more profit from the higher-priced daily stays. However, I'm sure there are some out there that don't mind taking a break from being a host and will cut you a deal.

Try using Airbnb's subletting-specific page as its search usually favours search results with a better long-term deal: https://www.airbnb.com/sublets

There are a few reasons that tunneling over SSH works when VPN doesn't, but primarily it comes down to this: the GFW can't shape SSH traffic without affecting China's IT industry. Not having access to GitHub is bad, but manageable. Not being able to SSH into overseas boxes would be disastrous.

Tunneling over SSH is pretty simple — get a box on which you have an account, connect with -D to make SSH set up a SOCKS proxy, and then configure your browser or OS proxy settings to point to the local proxy. Here's a thread with some additional info: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7586775

I'm also early 30s, introvert, DN. Generally when traveling alone, I'll do some combination of the following to help "fit in". Obviously this is just the list that works for me and everyone is different.

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• Work from coffee shops instead of at my airbnb (this helps me get out of my airbnb which is key to avoid feeling overly "stuck")
• Meetup dot come groups. Usually either hiking adventures, tech meetups, run clubs, board games, etc. People who go to meetup groups and generally looking to make new friends in my experience.
• Signup for a tour when I first get to a new city
• Drinks at the local pub/bar
• Walk/Jog around the city

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3185731/security/lastpass-is-scrambling-to-fix-another-serious-vulnerability.html#tk.rss_all

https://lifehacker.com/lastpass-hacked-time-to-change-your-master-password-1711463571 When there are other options that havent had these issues responsiveness doesnt really matter to me. 1k is also low for a bounty like that.

I live close to GTO and the weather is nothing like PV, Cancún, etc.

It's dry most of the year. The rainy season lasts 3-4 months but it's not as heavy as in the coasts.

Temperatures rarely go above 30ºC. You definitely don't need AC.

See this comparison at Weather Spark.

Is this cause of personal reasons?

Have you checked out: https://visa.lafrenchtech.com/ or Swedish Citizenship?

Have you checked into Stripe Atlas? https://stripe.com/atlas

The British Virgin Islands are a big offshore banking location.

You don't get fined as long as you are outside the country at least 330 days of the year, or unless were are a "bona fide resident" of another country for a full tax year.

Source: https://www.healthcare.gov/exemptions-tool/#/results/2015/details/citizen-abroad

I would still highly recommend you acquire health insurance that will adequately cover your travels. Some good suggestions have already been made so I won't repeat them.

If right means posting stock photos from your Mom's basement then... yes. You're doing it right.

These are the covers I bought. They are decent. Nothing great.

CURMIO Travel Carrying Bag for Apple 27" iMac Desktop Computer, Protective Storage Case Monitor Dust Cover with Rubber Handle for 27" iMac Screen and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZNGFDWG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_M1AsEcH8VuQcl

Also, for the TravelPro luggage, I paid $160. Checked-Large 28. I see now it’s at $220. And I got the Olive/Black in case you were wondering.

I have this one.

Huawei E5770s-320 150 Mbps 4G LTE Mobile WiFi Hotspot - Black. I got it a while on Amazon. Personally I use Project Fi, so I just threw a data SIM card in and I get LTE almost everywhere, though it is missing some of T-Mobile's bands in the US. There are probably newer versions now, which may have more bands added.

It's nice because it's at once a travel wifi repeater, LTE modem/router, and battery to recharge your phone.

You can have it in repeater mode and (if you want) it can be configured to automatically switch to LTE if wifi drops. I turn that off because if I'm using mobile data, I want to know it. It does have a physical Ethernet jack, which I have never used.

Technically it has an SD card slot and you can turn it into a file server or whatever. I think that shit's useless, but it's there. I guess.

Software-wise, it's fine and more functional than most similar gadgets I've tried, such as the HooToo. You can control it over the web or a surprisingly decent phone app. But be warned this thing is probably wildly not secure, because like almost every consumer wifi router, the OEM doesn't give two shits about pushing regular updates. It's not unique in that regard, but I wish the industry had a different attitude about that.

Anyway, when I got it last summer, it was the best I could find at doing all of this. It's a router, wifi repeater, cellphone battery all in one with a micro USB cable as a lanyard strip. I recommend it.

Many services block IP addresses originating from known VPN-servers sources. There's no way out of it.

What you can do however is rent a server on DigitalOcean/Amazon/Namecheap in the US region, preferably a Linux, and Google around on how to make your own VPN connection.

That IP address you will get will not be associated with known VPN-services like TunnelBear/ExpressVPN/HotSpotShield, etc.

I'd suggest NordVPN over PIA. More exit points and their dedicated ip servers allow you to Netflix if your speed is good. Their app is also nicer than PIA's and easier for non-technical people. I researched VPNs and I also like that Nord is not in a Five Eyes country, the fact that PIA is us-based is, at least for me, a deal breaker and the reason I dropped them.

Also the HP Spectre 360 is a good alternative to the Macbook, similar built quality, better specs, and lower price. Plus it's easier to find spare cables for PCs vs Macs and the touchscreen, 360 degree swivel and backlit keyboard are all convenient for different situations.

Finally, V-Moda headphones are pricey, but their recertified cans are great value. They sound great, the cabled ones have a removable cable that can easily be swapped or replaced and their durability is legendary at this point. Literally indestructible.

NordVPN is good.

Occasionally Hulu or Netflix figures out one of their servers is VPN and blocks it. We simply shoot them a note and they provide us with their latest list of working servers.

Really like that they keep on top of that!

I use a lot of the standards:

Slack IFTTT or Zapier where Slack apps/hooks don't cover it Trello GitHub AirVPN SublimeText with various plugins & linters AWS for jump box Screenhero

Then I also use:

Duet Display app - lets me use my iPad Pro as a second display with my MBP (with a Mountie for attaching the iPad to the laptop if I'm not at a desk)

Little Snitch app - monitors network traffic, lets me configure profiles so each Wifi network or VPN can have its own firewall rules (i.e. block all traffic not required to establish WiF and VPN connections, until I'm connected to the VPN, no leaks; or block data-heavy non-essential apps and software updates while I'm on 4G to save my quota)

Arq app - encrypted backups to multiple cloud services and external drives (I use S3, Glacier, and a 256GB SD card)

SendLater plugin for - lets you schedule a time to send a reply you've already drafted, helps a lot with time zone offsets and setting expectations around response times

GPGMail plugin for - secure emails

Evernote iPhone app - to use my iPhone for scanning documents with OCR so I can stay paperless

F.lux app - helps maintain & adjust sleep schedule

I use AirVPN; pay by Bitcoin, up to 3 devices simultaneously, endpoints all over the world, bypasses content region restrictions, allows P2P, no logs, VPN over Tor, etc.

100% false. The law and the penalty has no such enforcement measures or punishment included. The only enforcement is taking any penalty owed out of present or future refunds.

The IRS doesn't even reject returns which do not answer if you have the required coverage or not.

And the IRS certainly can not revoke your passport. Where did you come up with that?

The law prohibits the IRS from even sending the penalty to collections.

Please stop stating such baseless misinformation and hyperbole as fact.

What happens if I don't pay the fee? The IRS will hold back the amount of the fee from any future tax refunds. There are no liens, levies, or criminal penalties for failing to pay the fee.

hey baldman. think of what you might like doing within software development first. then find an Angela Yu courses on Udemy and I’d say you’d be job-candidate ready after going through one of those boot camps. I’m a computer engineering university student in the US and she’s better than any professor I’ve ever come across. also depending on the company, you may be given a technical interview, for which I would recommend this free course by Google: https://www.udacity.com/course/data-structures-and-algorithms-in-python--ud513 , and then the book, “cracking the coding interview” for practice

they’re both doable within three-four months time or less, depending on you

freecodecamp was bout dry as crackers for me. but that’s just me.

Well, buying a house and settling down is pretty much exactly the opposite of what most digital nomads are doing by definition.

I'm originally born and raised in Boulder, Colorado. Colorado Springs will certainly get you more bang for your buck than San Francisco, but it's also not a terribly interesting city. The mountains are nice, and there's a cutish little downtown, but it's so politically and culturally conservative that (maybe this changed?) you things like street lights are no longer paid for by city government. It also depends on what circle you run in, but unlike Denver/Boulder, people will just ask you after meeting you where you go to church or what branch of the military you served in. It wasn't this way in the 80s, but in the 90s it was sort of annexed as part of the Bible Belt.

New Mexico is cool, especially Santa Fe, but actually not as cheap as you'd think and the restaurant scene is stifled by a lack of liquor licenses. The same applies to Salt Lake City: great, except for the Mormon influence that makes getting a beer like going to the DMV. (Not sure if you're much of a drinker, but if you enjoy a cocktail or a beer, SLC isn't a good choice.)

Denver has gotten incredibly expensively lately. It's a cool city, and I'm partial to it since I consider it my home. But even $120k/yr will probably be tighter than you'd prefer. You might also consider Fort Collins if you don't mind a smaller town. It certainly has more to do than Colorado Springs and Denver isn't far away.

Here's how to see what's embedded in your email, I don't see anything that gives it away: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-can-you-learn-from-an-email-header-metadata/

If you weren't using a VPN Gmail would know your location, if the recipient is also using Gmail (or G Suite) it may be that the sending location flagged something in Google's internal spam detection.

If you insist of sitting that much on the computer, and even if you don't, install https://justgetflux.com/ on your machine - that will help with the late evening coding.

As for the skills, degree is definitely useful, I wish I had one - I lack big parts of general knowledge, but that has not stopped me from pursuing my coding - I have worked on different kind of projects - for example my first site was a shitty website - after that came a shitty implementation of my moms horse website with an admin panel.

Just keep working on projects, and I highly recommend finding a trainee position - it is hard to jump to real responsibility when you have no experience - I learned so much from my internship at my first job, thinking I was good and then learning that I knew nothing was an interesting lesson.

But the most important part for me, now that I look back, was having mentors and listening to the pros talk about things.

In any case, if you like it, keep doing it, just make sure you have the necessary breaks from the screen, and keep yourself healthy!

AirBnb does let you search for monthly discounts: https://www.airbnb.com/sublets

Edit: And those places usually have weekly discounts too.

The problem is that AirBnb still tends to be more expensive than other local options, like serviced apartments and hotels. But the latter are harder to find.

Are you sure you want to do programming? (I'm a professional software engineer currently not traveling, but toying with the idea of digital nomadism). Just today I read a good comment on HN about how sometimes it's good to steer people away from programming as a career. It will involve countless hours of sitting in front of the computer trying to get your code to compile or trying to fix some arcane bug. Just know what you are getting yourself into, and that it's not for everyone.

Your description of what you are looking for sounds like undergrad university :)

I'm not location independent yet, but my online business earns about half of what you do every month. My money is deposited to PayPal and I have a PayPal Business Debit Card, which pays me 1% cash back when I use it for purchases (but not for ATM withdrawals).

There was no credit check to get it, and the foreign transaction fee is only 1% - which makes it almost a wash with the cash back. Highly recommended.

Full terms of the PayPal Debit Card are here

I made some financial mistakes early in my life, but it was a long time ago and I have a pretty good credit score now - but I certainly understand how a stupid score on a piece of paper can limit your options.

Good luck - and please don't let the credit rating agencies deny you your freedom.

This is probably going to be a pain, depending on how often you want to move. The good news is that moving states is a qualifying event, allowing you to get a new policy through an ACA exchange. The bad news is that most coverage offered is regional, and you'll want to stay within your coverage network in order to not have to pay out the ass for care. So that could mean getting a new policy everytime you move. But there are large insurers that have wider networks that cross state lines, so if you pick one of those, it could help. Or not. This is going to be a bit of a research project, because every policy will offer a bit different coverage network.

If you have an idea of the areas you're interested in, I'd start by looking at policies on https://www.healthcare.gov/ and maybe even calling them to talk through your options.

Also, another thing to consider is that since you're newly self employed, you may have a hard time qualifying for immediate subsidies based on being unable to show proof of income. Now this doesn't mean that you won't receive them, but for the first year it's possible to have to pay the whole premium up front and then receive the subsidy amount as a tax refund when you file for the 2016 tax year.

You could possibly just use your previous 9-5 income amounts for this, but if you end up making making more, then you're going to have a large tax bill at the end of the year. So weigh that when considering your options.

Puerto Vallarta is great for nomads. There is a large expat community of both Americans and Canadians. You'll be able to find a lot of vegetarian options. There is Salud Super Foods that is one of my favourites. Red Cabbage Cafe, 100% Natural, Archie's Wok, El Comal...these places are vegetarian-friendly. Comida Taiwanesa, Mary Restaurant Vegetariano, Planeta Vegetariano are 100% vegetarian.

Organic Select Mexico, Organic Superfoods, and Super Cereales y Semillas are great health stores - they also carry a lof of gluten fre items, too.

Food is made fresh. This is not a culture of processed foods. Tropical fruit galore—think papaya, mango, watermelon, jicama, cucumber, and coconuts—readily available and served in salads, smoothies and side dishes. There are street vendors all throughout the Malecon; one can nosh on fruit in a cup or a mango on a stick, add lime, salt and hot sauce.

TripAdvisor has a great list: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g150793-c40-Puerto_Vallarta.html

Airbnb can be expensive - the key is to negotiate with the owners. I've used Airbnb in all the places I've stayed (3months at a time) and people are willing to come down on the price for longer stays, as long as it's not Christmas/New years and Easter (big in latin america).

I like a lot of things about Medellin. But I found the amount of rain oppressive. The average is around 70 inches per year (1.77 meters) -- amount depends on source, I think it's actually higher. There is no day during the year where the chance of precipitation is under 50% (.04 inches or more), very unusual. The wet season is over 8 months long. I did enjoy the dry season, which really isn't that dry, a lot more.

Here is a good source that gives the 30 day rainfall average around every day of the year. The lowest 30 day moving average rainfall is still 4.3 inches

https://weatherspark.com/y/22535/Average-Weather-in-Medell%C3%ADn-Colombia-Year-Round

You can also do that on digitalocean: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-openvpn-access-server-on-ubuntu-12-04

The tutorial is very simple. Did it in 5 minutes. You still need to pay $5/month but you can use the server for other things as well..

I agree with the other commenters....go! But unless you're getting on the plane tomorrow, take some time to learn a little Spanish. There are some very good online resources. Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com/ is well designed and totally addictive. There are places in Latin America where you could get by without Spanish while you learned it, but I don't think Colombia is one. Even if you only have time to learn how to understand directions from the airport to where you'll be staying, you'll be glad you took the time to do so. Also, it's easier to make friends because it shows respect for the culture, even if you only know a little. Anyway, have fun!

yep, I personally focus on forex and only do equities if I am feeling risky. This website: https://www.babypips.com/learn/forex will teach you all the basics you need to understand trading/reading charts.

I would advise that you pay special attention to their lessons about: fibonacci retracement, divergences and trend lines. These are the main tools I use in trading and consider myself pretty successful.

Tip: make sure when doing analysis on charts to give priority to higher time frames as markets moves in waves. For example if the weekly is going up and the Daily is going up then you have a better chance of success than if weekly is saying up and daily is looking to go down.

My favorite indicators are: RSI/MFI, MACD, Slow Stochastic, buy/sell pressure (custom made but you can use ones made by other users for free).

Use this website to do your chart analysis as it will have every possible tool you need, especially indicators made by community contributors for free. https://tradingview.com