The age of the digital nomad opens up the world for the tech sector

For years, prestigious universities attempted to convince us that flexible, remote, and working from home were a positive, presenting research and reports that highlighted greater productivity, higher employee satisfaction and loyalty. But the business community largely took these reports with a pinch of salt, with managers preferring to see their employees, at their desks, ‘working’.

It was only when offices were forced to close that the world collectively realised that desk-based jobs in particular, could be conducted from virtually anywhere. Communicating with your colleagues once we got the hang of Zoom etiquette, was, as it turned out, efficient. And it has certainly worked for Ding as a company – where we have happily succumbed to being digital nomads to great affect.

by Barbara McCarthy