Four years ago at the age of 22, Steph Smith left her consulting job and a two-hour commute to redesign her life. She began traveling the world, working from her laptop, and experimenting with different ways to live. Now she’s a growth marketer for top tech and media brands like the Hustle, a self-taught coder and indie maker whos projects have ranked #1 on Product Hunt, and a blogger with over 400,000 readers who writes about remote work, personal growth, women in tech, and learning to code.
In this episode we discuss:
- The “ah-ha” moments that lead Steph to discover the world of travel and remote work
- The concept pulled from the book Algorithms to Live by of exploration versus exploitation and how Steph has applied it to her life
- The diminishing returns of freedom
- Steph's experience as a woman digital nomad in tech
- Our advice for how to learn to code
- Exciting trends Steph sees related to the future of the location-independent movement and remote work
Show notes for this episode:
https://www.radicallydifferentpodcast.com/episodes/designing-your-life-wisdom-from-a-26-year-old-nomadic-coderwritergrowth-hacker-steph-smith
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