Best resources for successful freelancers and remote workers

This is a revolution.

A real one, I mean. Technology is changing the way people work and disrupts many businesses. There is a need for Agility and Flexibility. Companies are looking for mobile and productive workforce. At the same time, Millennials are more concerned about well-being, personal development and the search for a purpose of life. These two phenomena lead to what MEDIA call the GIG ECONOMY.

A great example is the amazing UBUD coworking space in Bali where you can meet freelancers and entrepreneurs from all around the world, proudly wearing t-shirts emblazoned with the phrase “Work is Changing”. They come for a few days or weeks to find inspiration in an exceptional workspace. It is not at all a digital detox. Quite the reverse actually. With the availability of wifi and high-speed internet, you can work there like from anywhere else … but you can enjoy doing YOGA or Surfing during your spare time. And that makes a big difference.

By creating our platform (WE-ARE-TESTERS.COM), we wanted to enable the QA testers community to do what they like most (TESTING) under ideal conditions : the freedom to choose projects, schedule, and workspace.

If you want to embrace this movement (as a QA tester … or as a designer, a developer, a writer, a blogger, or an entrepreneur or whatever), here are some useful links:

Reading

Exciting ideas and reflexions on freelancers and remote workers

• Book : Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried
• Book : Agile talent how to source and manage outside experts by Jon Younger
• Newsletter : Remotive by Rodolphe Dutel
• Article : Top 10 companies winning at remote work culture and their secrets
• Article : 7 Tips for How to Stay Healthy and Sane as a Freelance, Remote Worker

Communities

Connect with people who share tips and advice

• Slack Group : #nomads
• Slack Group : #freelance
• Slack Group : #remotive
• Facebook Group : Digital Nomad Girls
• Forum (quora): Digital nomad
• Meetup group : Digital Nomads Meetups

Coworking

DO NOT stay alone, find a nice and pleasant place near you … or anywhere in the world

• Places to work
• StartupBNB
• Coworker
• WHA by Work Hard Anywhere
• Tribe wanted Bali
• Hacker Paradise
• Coworking
• Refuga
• Nomad House

JOBS

Find the right projects and missions

• Job Board (full time) : Remoters, Stackoverflow, We Work Remotely, Jobs List
• Missions for coder and developers : TopTal, Codersclan
• Missions for QA testers : We Are Testers
• Missions for usability testers : User testing
• Missions for GrowthHackers: Growthhackers
• Missions for Translaters / Copywriters : Textmaster, Worders
• Missions for designers : Creads
• Missions for freelancers : Freelancer, Upwork, Mechanical Turk

TOOLS

Use the best IT tools to be productive in a remote environment

• Project Management : Base camp
• Project Management : Trello
• Productivity : Timezone.io
• Chat, Messaging : Slack
• Video call : Join Me
• Freelance AI Assistant : And Co (my crush)

The Gig Economy has recently been under critics. Indeed, it is raising hard questions such as workplace protection, for instance.

“What cannot be eschewed must be embraced”, Shakespeare

Instead of being afraid, you should do what you feel is right for you. Today, we have the historic opportunity to completely reframe how we work.

Are you in?