Interview with We Are Digital Nomads

This year we launched the Serendipity Machine. The app that connects people via an artificially intelligent algorithm based on their location, skills, interests and immediate needs, sparked interest in several groups. One of them, Digital Nomads. After all, it’s a match made in heaven. Digital nomads are often in new places where they don’t know anyone and need work and personal connections. And because they are always moving, they need it where they are, and at the moment they are there. We spoke to several Digital Nomads, and all of them have amazing stories. So here is the story of the Dutch couple who have been traveling around the world for one year and a half, and doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon.

Could you tell us who you are?

We are Eric and Fairouz, founders of We Are Digital Nomads but most of all partners in life. We decided to change our lives in November 2015 and start pursuing our dream of traveling. By reading more and more about the DN lifestyle, we began to really get enthusiastic and we decided to make a plan to be able to work during our travels. One lead to another and 6 months later we were heading off to Hong Kong, where our journey started.

Tells us what is We Are Digital Nomads.

We Are Digital Nomads is a nomadic creative agency and a platform for young and ambitious (location independent) entrepreneurs all over the world. The aim of We Are Digital Nomads is 1. Designing and creating as much creative cool stuff as possible (and being paid for it) and 2. Inspiring young people to chase their international dreams.

How do you describe digital nomads?

There isn’t such thing as á Digital Nomad. DN come in different shapes and kinds. But I do believe that they all have one thing in common and that is that they have the guts to follow their dreams and goals. Being proactive is a must when you pursue a lifestyle as a DN.

How do you work as a design agency and support digital nomads at the same time?

That can vary from seeking cooperation with other DN, for example, by working together with Dutch location independent web developers and marketers all over the world; to writing about them on our own website (www.wearedigitalnomads.com) and on the Facebook page Nederlandse Digital Nomads, which we manage, for example, by creating a monthly item ‘DN in the spotlight’.

Which countries have you been already?

Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, Germany, Italy and France in the last 1,5 years.

And how did the two of you meet?

We grew up in the same small town nearby Amsterdam. When we were both 25 we saw each other at the bus station when we were both on our way to visit our parents in the town where we grew up. The rest is history