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Hi all I have been working as a software engineer in NYC financial sector for 5+ years and have Bachelors in Computer Information Science; love - live and breath technology... Now I want to get (preferably an IT related) job that would involve extensive travel around the world... perhaps a new destination back to back every week or month or so... I am thinking some sort of onsite hardware / software / staff training / maybe even product demonstration+sales if need be... not sure what jobs and sectors I should be targeting, where I should be searching... whom should I be contacting... particular sectors? jobs? consulting firms? particular companies? headhunters? recruiters? sites? please can anyone advise me on anything at all in regards to this... any insight is very much appreciated... Thank you... | ||
SAP | 1 | |
Be careful what you wish for... Moving to a new place every week would be very tiring and you would see very little of the country. IMHO you would only do the job if the work was stimulating and the pay was commensurate. If you can spend a few weeks or longer you can actually get to see somethings. Since you have specific requirements for the role, I would contact recruitment agencies. | 2 | |
your best best would be to look for an it job where you can work from home, that way you can go wherever you feel like it. Your not going to find an IT job where they send you to a different place. You could try your own consulting business as well. I day trade and travel the world and I all I need is internet and thats pretty much what you would need as well. Best of luck! -marcello | 3 | |
I don't know that they are currently hiring and it probably doesn't involve traveling all the time but rather living overseas in different places every 2-4 years but you might want to check out the IT positions with the US department of state and with the CIA. IMS is one such position although they aren't currently accepting applications.
I have a similar job and I can't say that all the travel I did allowed me to see much of the cities that I visited. Often I spend long hours in airports and on planes, get whisked to a hotel, taken to the office and back and rarely see much of a city besides the view from the car window. Better to live overseas and to work in a place for a few years and then to move. Ruth | 4 | |
Yes, logically speaking you're going to get tired of packing your suitcase every week or month. Sounds good, but in reality... How about Geek Corp? Probably the salary isn't what you're making, but depending on your skills, they place you in some country. Knew a guy years ago who ended up in Ghana for a year thru them. | 5 | |
PS I know that travel+work is very stressful... from eating by your self to no friends to no girlfriend ... if anyone can get me any leads - point me in the right direction - post here or email me at andrei [dot] blackberry [aat] gmail.com | 6 | |
Since you heard a lot of negatives of business travel, let me speak up as someone who still likes it. It helps that the profiles of my business trips are very desirable. I make about a trip a month to a wide variety of destinations, including some that are considered nothing but vacation destinations; my last trip was to Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Of course I also have the boring repeat destinations like Beijing, Manila and Bangkok. I don't mind the business hotels (I have really racked up the hotel reviews on Tripadvisor) nor the travel nor the airport transits. I am a big postcard writer and reader; transit time is an excellent time to do both. Of course the biggest factor that makes my trips not only tolerable but likable is that I run my own business and I plan all of my trips. I can take enough time away from business to either see something, or if I am too tired, to sit at a cafe and people watch and especially to enjoy the local cuisine. | 7 | |