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?
People often overlook the massive opportunity to work remotely for tech companies in non-programming roles! Myself and my partner have both worked fully remotely while traveling the last 5 years for 2 different tech companies in tech sales roles. The work is really satisfying, I get to meet new people and companies every day and do a show and tell of our software for their needs. It pays super well also - if you’re a people person, you might love it too. I’ve also worked in operations and customer success roles and they are awesome too, so many options if you’re not sure being a developer is right for you (it certainly isn’t for me). About getting started, you would need some general sales experience first, or you can look at joining an internship program in an area you’d like to try out first