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I'm doing the same. Have you read Life Nomadic? The guy who wrote it did exactly what you're aspiring to do and he seemed to do alright for himself.

I'm building up my programming skills and saving up 2 year's worth of money (as well as paying off any outstanding debts) before embarking on this grand adventure.

by the way of advices, I guess I can only say just keep a tight lid on your wallet; spend it only on necessities, like food, shelter, and bills.

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Nice! Yes, I have read it. Life Nomadic is what convinced me to do it for real. [for those who haven't, http://tynan.net/life-nomadic]

Since I could take a very long time to save two years worth of money, I'll just save enough to get started in some low-cost country (something like 3~5 months in South America or Asia) and focus on building something that can generate some passive income.

Thanks for the advices. Stick to it, and maybe we meet on the road :)

2 years worth of money is how much in this case? 30,000$-ish?

In my case, it's about $20,000. $30,000 would enable you to live very comfortably while abroad, I would think. I work at a lowly data-entry night shift job which explains why I make abysmal wages, and also I'm paying for college for the next 2 years. At graduation, I'm aiming for $15,000-20,000 saved up by then.

Depends on where 'abroad' is. If you're coming to Europe it's not much. Also don't underestimate how much COL has risen across the world the last couple of years. Yes you can still live cheap in the countryside of China or Angola, but the 'connected' places across the world aren't that cheap any more.

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