I hate being in Australia for the most part - it’s a country of tall poppy syndrome that has squashed any opportunities to focus on innovation or interesting cultural development for the sake of rent seeking industries.
In any case, I really want to move to Europe long term, potentially migrating but in any case a remote working type of job would be perfect for my lifestyle.
I just finished my degree which was mostly social science and philosophy - good for policy work, but while government jobs are flexible, they are unfortunately not something that can support me moving overseas ;(.
In lieu of this, I’ve considered trying to learn IT related skills (I know it’s a meme but alas) - don’t really know where to start but programming sounds like it would suit me best. Got a friend who learned to code over lockdown and now has a front end Web dev job that’s completely wfh.
Learning something purely for future employment can be problematic - Ideally I’d like to learn IT skills that are somewhat transferable to my interests in music production and more generally philosophy.
Obviously though it would be a big investment of my time to learn these skills - did anyone do this for the same reasons I want to and have success or failure?
Depends on your salary expectations. You can find remote work opportunities in many fields. Customer support for example requires less time in training. Becoming a solid employable web developer takes more than a boot camp or short training so you might not have a lot of opportunities fresh out of the training. Do it only if you would enjoy the work, not for the remote perks