{"id":4228,"date":"2014-11-15T14:44:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T14:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2015-12-15T10:09:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T10:09:55","slug":"q-digital-nomad-living-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/fr\/2014\/11\/q-digital-nomad-living-bangkok\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions et r\u00e9ponses avec un nomade num\u00e9rique vivant \u00e0 Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the amount of digital nomads coming to Thailand<\/a>, I thought it was about time I interviewed one of them.This Q&A is with a long time expat who has been living in Thailand for around about 5 years or so.<\/p>\n

If you’re thinking about moving to Thailand and need help, check out my Thai friend’s website here<\/a>Elle pourra peut-\u00eatre vous aider.<\/p>\n

Pouvez-vous me parler un peu de vous ?
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28, UK male, moved to Thailand at 23 in 2009 after graduating BSc Physics from Imperial College, London. I hear after a few more years non-resident in the UK my student loan gets wiped, so looking forward to that.<\/p>\n

60% of graduates from my course went into finance jobs for top banks, I knew that I\u2019d be miserable doing that and one day wake up finding that I\u2019m 40 and never lived. Friends that I keep in touch with back home went down that route and while their salaries are higher than mine, they never seem to have any money after taxes, high London rent costs, commuting and so on.<\/p>\n

My reason for moving to Thailand was to have a higher spending power and better quality of life even on lower wages, and I\u2019m glad I did. I got the idea from reading online gaming forums, there was a travel section with an \u2018Ask us about Thailand\u2019 thread.<\/p>\n

I saw guys my age posting pics of their apartments, really nice rooms for $300 a month, and their hot Petites amies tha\u00eflandaises<\/a> that weren\u2019t 200lbs or stuck up bitches. So I booked a flight.<\/p>\n

\u00a0So what do you do currently in Thailand?<\/strong>
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On the same gaming forums I noticed a job ad asking for freelance poker writers. When I was at uni circa 2005 online poker was in its boom, so I spent most of my uni years playing that, and knew a lot about it. There is always demand online for content writers if you actually know your stuff, as unique content ranks well.<\/p>\n

I started out freelance (paid per word or per article) and after a while asked them if I could take on more hours for a full time salary, they said yes, and then I got that increased later on. Currently I earn $1,800 \/ month for 30 hours a week, although I work at home with no set hours so if I get projects done quickly, I have a lot of free time.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s four times the average salary in Thailand, and I live in a 26th<\/sup> floor condo with a gym, sauna, tennis courts, squash, pool, and ten quid sushi buffet<\/a> downstairs so in terms of life quality that $1,800 is worth more than it sounds like.<\/p>\n

The company I work for is basically an affiliate marketing company, they run six affiliate site – for online poker (www.rakeback.com<\/a> et www.pokerbonus.com<\/a>), Forex trading (www.fxbrokersearch.com<\/a>), fantasy sports betting (www.realfantasyfootball.com<\/a>), casino gaming (www.findcasinobonus.com<\/a>) and binary options trading (http:\/\/binarybrokersearch.com\/<\/a>). I ended up writing for all of them in my current position as the senior content manager.<\/p>\n

What visa are you on?<\/strong>
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I alternate between student visas<\/a> (non immigrant Education visa is the technical name) and tourist visas. Student visas allow for a longer stay and come with Thai lessons, tourist visas you have to fly out and in every 90 days for, but sometimes it\u2019s pretty fun to mix thing up and check out the Philippines, Vietnam, Jakarta<\/a>, Laos or Cambodia, especially the last two for easy access to “bananas”.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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