Martin Smith, Principal Engineer

Martin Smith is a Site Reliability Engineer for HashiCorp, a remote-first company that solves development, operations, and security challenges in Cloud infrastructure. Martin previously worked in software engineering at Rackspace and the University of Florida. In 2016, with his remote job at Rackspace, Martin spent a year traveling the world with Remote Year.

Jono Lee, Product Designer + Founder

Jono Lee is a product designer and engineer who enjoys building products people love. He's currently the founder of Wanderium, a smart all-in-one travel assistant. Previously he was Lead Product Designer at Disqus. In his spare time, he enjoys coastal foraging, traveling, baking, and watching A24 films. He was a member of Remote Year’s second group, Battuta, in 2016.

Rebecca Rubin, Marketing Coach

Rebecca Rubin is a feel-good marketing coach for women entrepreneurs and runs her own business, The Pursuit of Fabulous. In this interview, we discuss what a marketing coach is, how Rebecca built her business up from side hustle to full-time, and how she works with her clients remotely - both from her home base in DC and while traveling the world.

Spring 2018 Update

First, a story about how this podcast helped change someone's life. And a request for you to let me know what you want to hear. Second, the status on more episodes to come and who you'll be hearing from. Third, my recent travels, my time in Medellin, being around Remote Year again, professional development as a digital nomad, and my upcoming travel plans.

Katy Fowler, Freelance Translator

Katy Fowler is a freelance translator, working from German and Italian into English. She was a member of Remote Year’s second group, Battuta, and lives in Hampshire, England. She studied languages and translation & interpretation, worked at a bird park and as a tour guide throughout Europe, did interpretation for the European Union, and is now a translator. 

Laura Hansen, Graphic Designer

Laura Hansen is a freelance graphic designer & owner of LaHa Design. She was a member of Remote Year’s second group, Battuta, and now lives in Columbus, Ohio. In this interview, we discuss her education at SCAD, her work at advertising agencies in Dallas and New York, going freelance and founding LaHa Design, and case studies of several of her projects, including the Remote Year Battuta Yearbook.