The document discusses the life of a remote worker. It outlines both advantages and disadvantages of working remotely, including being able to work from home or anywhere, setting your own schedule, opportunities to work on various projects and with different companies, but also challenges with accountability, work-life balance, and potential loneliness. It provides tips for getting started as a remote worker such as determining goals, current skills, and level of commitment. Industries like computer programming, creative/multimedia, and customer service are highlighted as suitable for remote positions. The document encourages starting with small projects and scaling up over time, and pursuing one's passions as a remote worker.

1. The life of a remote worker
Charis Rafailidis #SKGTech

2. Personal Experience
Jan 2013 start
Mar 2015

3. What is remote

4. Why work remotely?

5. Why work remotely II?

6. Why work remotely III?

7. Immigrate?

8. There must be a better way

9. Working remotely is easy

10. Work remotely

11. Key-phrase:
“There is always someone out there
in need of the skill you possess”

12. and he is willing to pay for it…
Key-phrase:

13. Advantage #1: Work from home

14. …or anywhere in the world

15. #2: Set your own schedule

16. #3: Do what you love

17. #4: Opportunities
• Experiences
• People you meet
• Companies/Projects you work on

19. Too good to be true?

20. Disadvantage #1: Keeping
yourself accountable

21. #2: Work-Life balance

22. #3: Blur legal structure
• Health insurance
• Pension
• Paid vacation
• Tax/legal

23. #4: Loneliness

24. How to get started
1.What’s your goal?

25. How to get started
1.What’s your goal?
2.What’s your current state?

26. How to get started
1.What’s your goal?
2.What’s your current state?
3.What resources do you have
(time, experience, skills)?

27. How to get started
1.What’s your goal?
2.What’s your current state?
3.What resources do you have
(time, experience, skills etc)?
4.How bad do you want it?

28. Which industries?
*actual data from elance.com

29. Which industries?
*actual data from elance.com

30. Big vs Small projects
Small:
• Easy to start
• Big overhead
• Small margins
• No stability

31. Big vs Small projects II
Big:
• Expertise required
• Stability
• Bigger earnings
• May require more than 1 person

32. Big vs Small projects III
Start small
And Scale

33. Start Now !

34. What is your passion?
Go for it !

35. • Make money super fast
• Big upfront investments
• Pyramid schemes
• Work without being
paid
Stay out of trouble

36. Thank you!
(Big applause)

37. Now start the remote work!
by Charis Rafailidis @hrafailidis