Meet the digital nomads

Published December 11, 2020 4:00am ET



You’re not going anywhere anytime soon. But while “stay at home” orders are keeping most of the country at home (or nearby), there’s a bunch of whippersnappers who have turned this whole disaster into an excuse to travel more than ever: the young professionals who can now work from any place at any time.

“Work from home indefinitely” could mean weeks in only pajamas, but it could also mean working from Uncle Dave’s empty Miami condo for all of January or setting up an “office” in some European city while prices are low. We have a new class of digital nomads who live on a subsistence diet of WiFi and the juice from a power outlet.

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