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I love IT and I love outdoors & adventures. Reading stories of someone working in Antarctica makes me feel happy for them, and also brings envy. I know the standard recommendation to combine IT + adventure is to just earn enough to be able to travel, or something along those lines. However, I’m looking to for a way to make adventure as part of my daily life. I get bored out of my mind living a “standard lifestyle”. And travel for the sake of it feels shallow. I was wondering how could I find something that is IT related but is not tied to sitting in an office all day? The most interesting jobs seem to be “on the field” type of jobs for nurses, social workers and such, but perhaps there is a niche for us IT people as well?

I’m an experienced dev and am now in the process of starting an agency, or venturing out on my own as a contractor. I’m based in Eastern Europe but my goal is to find US clients to work with, mainly because of potentially more interesting projects, and higher pay. What do you think would be the best route to achieve this? Does good work speak for itself, should I incorporate in the US as well, perhaps fly-in and make connections in person, anything else that could help?