Family of 4, oldest kid going to intermediate soon. We moved to NZ about 10 years ago from Europe.

We’ve been pondering with the idea to move somewhere within NZ. We love the outdoors and the beach, right now we’re not near a nice beach (Petone) For my work we have to be near a big city. Thought about CHC but there are much fewer IT contracts there. Auckland is an option but we think it’s too big for us.

Schools are also important, we want to live close to good intermediate / secondary schools.

While I like IT as it’s convenient and pays extremely well, it’s not super exciting. Then, I thought, what about a career change? A job as park ranger at DOC looks cool, however it would mean a big drop in salary. Could be manageable if we can get a cheaper house.

Also thought about starting my own business, but don’t have experience. I love making ice cream, not sure though I want to do that professionally.

Our latest idea is to move to Kapiti, as it’s a change of scenery and it’s close to nice beaches.

I still feel a bit stuck. Does anyone have tips?

  • @MaungaHikoi
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    211 months ago

    I’m running a small dev contracting company from the far north and we don’t have too much trouble finding remote-only work. My main client is 100% remote for their entire engineering and product teams.

    • @sylverstreamOP
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      211 months ago

      Thanks, besides TopTal and Seek where would you recommend me to look for remote work?