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Episode #52: Gabe Hollombe

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In this episode, Gabe Hollombe, talks about his adventures traveling throughout Southeast Asia while working for a company based in Australia. He discusses staying connected to the Internet and home-based coworkers, traveling with coworkers, and essential equipment for the vagabond programmer.

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Gabe Hollombe (twitter / github / blog)

Tutoring Australasia
Pairkit.com

00:37 – Gabe Hollombe Introduction & Background

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  • Los Angeles native
  • Moved to NYC
  • Has an English degree as opposed to Computer Science
  • Currently calls Sydney, Australia home for the past 6 years

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    01:48 – Traveling

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    • Has traveled to and worked remotely from Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, and Spain in the past 8 months
    • Took two teammates and co workers from Sydney with him
    • Earning Australian dollars; spending in Southeast Asia
    • Devotes time to working half and half between company and his own other projects

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      04:20 – Staying connected to the Internet while traveling

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      • Ubiquitous free wifi in Southeast Asia
      • Thailand = most wired out of all above-mentioned

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        05:35 – Staying connected to the team back in Australia

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        • Morning (daily) stand ups
        • Time change between Southeast Asia and Australia works well
        • Google Hangouts
        • Fall back on Skype

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          06:30 – Nha Trang, Vietnam
          08:03 – Traveling with coworkers

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          • Easier to work
          • Keep each other focused and motivated
          • Feel less isolated

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            08:42 – Adjustment for “home team” to have coworkers working away

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            • Flew the team to Vietnam about halfway through the trip

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              10:28 – Tutoring Australasia

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              • Connects students to tutors online, 24/7
              • Intelligent matching system
              • Real-time sharing
              • Schools/public libraries can pay for a subscription

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                12:11 – Lessons learned from making the change to working on-site to off-site

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                • Communication
                • Having conversations be captured in a place where everyone can see them
                • 6 month sweet-spot

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                  14:18 – Start smaller (traveling)

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                  • Do a trial run with coworkers

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                    16:08 – Equipment for the vagabond programmer

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                    • Universal general power adapter
                    • Universal power board
                    • iPad
                    • Unlocked GSM phone
                    • Camera
                    • MacBook Air

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                      19:55 – Key advice for people working remotely

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                      • If youâ€re thinking about doing a trip like this, do it
                      • Saving more while working half as much
                      • Itâ€s easier than youâ€d think

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                        22:45 – Pairkit.com

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                        • Gabe’s FREE! Beta pet project
                        • Makes SSH reverse tunneling easy

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