As the online marketplace for skills is maturing, it is going to create marketplaces much like what LinkedIn has done for people who are full-time employees in a firm and who are looking for full-time work with another organization
I was speaking at Asia’s largest conference of photographers. During the break, I was seated at the table with two of the speakers - Neelima Vallangi and Shivya Nath. They are both “digital nomads”. They are travel bloggers and photographers.
After seven years as a software engineer Neelima Vallangi (@Neelimav) quit her 7-year job as a Software Engineer to write and travel full time! Her stories and images have been published in BBC, NatGeo Traveller, Travel+Leisure, Mint, Indian Express and more.
“My belongings all fit into a suitcase and my computer and camera fit into my backpack. Since I don’t have a home or even a permanent address, I have to be a minimalist.”
How did she hit upon the idea of giving up a home?
“My very first story for a travel magazine would also be published with none other than National Geographic Traveller India (in 2013). And that's how the idea was implanted in my head, that I could perhaps be a professional travel writer and photographer. I quit my job in 2014 to do this full time and gave up my home in 2015 to be location-independent.”
Shivya Nath’s first book The Shooting Star was a bestseller. Her work has been published by BBC, Huffington Post, National Geographic and several newspapers. Shivya’s work is available to more than 73,000 followers on Instagram (@Shivya). She tells me, “4 years ago, I gave up my home, sold most of my possessions and embraced a nomadic life. This journey has taken me as far within as with my feet.”
A new kind of LinkedIn
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