The West Midlands has been named the country's fastest-growing tech sector and the region's thriving digital industries are expected to create thousands of new jobs by the end of 2025.
Courtesy of Andrea Valeria
With many people working remotely, digital nomads people who earn a living online while they travel are on the rise.
Insider spoke to digital nomads Andrea Valeria, Wanda Duncan, and Kim Leary about the perks and challenges that come with working remotely from around the world.
According to them, the digital nomad experience can be rewarding, but it can also be difficult and lonely so it’s important to meet others and form a community.
While travel is risky during the pandemic, aspiring digital nomads could prepare by sharpening their remote-work skills now before taking the leap later.
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Digital nomads told us what it s like to work remotely from around the world - and how you can do it yourself after the pandemic
Digital nomads told us what it s like to work remotely from around the world - and how you can do it yourself after the pandemic
Jessica PoitevienDec 18, 2020, 01:04 IST
Being a digital nomad has taken Andrea Valeria to places like Tulum, Mexico.Courtesy of Andrea Valeria
With many people working remotely,
digital nomads people who earn a living online while they
travel are on the rise.
Insider spoke to digital nomads Andrea Valeria, Wanda Duncan, and Kim Leary about the perks and challenges that come with working remotely from around the world.
The University of Birmingham is offering scholarships to women across the Midlands to help them improve their skills and secure jobs in technology. 50 Women in Tech scholarships of £4,000 each are available to women studying on two of the University’s short courses. The Coding and Data Analytics Boot Camps are intensive 24-week part time programmes that aim to help adult learners and working professionals into digital careers. The awards are being offered as part of a digital skills training fund from the West Midlands Combined Authority . They will help address the digital skills gap and the gender imbalance by targeting financial support to unemployed and under-employed women, enabling them to enrol in Boot Camps and to progress into highly skilled, digital careers.