Provincial life of the digital nomad

Remote-work plans help techies see the world, not actually live in it

One recent evening, real estate executive Micki McNie stayed late at the office to close a deal with a new client looking to buy a home. Business was booming at the Denver-area company she runs, 33 Zen Lane, but she still couldn’t afford to push the contract to the morning — that would ruin the tour planned for Cambodia’s Angkor Wat.

McNie has spent the past six months coordinating the team of brokers at her extremely brick-and-mortar business from abroad — first from the island of Jeju in South Korea, then from Chiang Mai, Thailand — courtesy of Hacker Paradise, a