We survived. I was a bit nervous about driving in the UK but it went pretty well. Dóra did very well as a navigator and she had to tell me to drive on left side instead of right side only once. No accidents caused and close calls do not matter.

Moving itself was nothing special, just a matter of elbow grease. It was pretty straightforward this time as we moved between furnished flats in the same country. No overweight fees nor pulling suitcases through the city happened this time.

On the way back we drove along Fife coastal path (road A921) which took us through many small towns like Kinghorn and Burntisland. The downside was that the road was rather narrow and there was usually just a stone wall or thick bushes next to the road shoulder. For some reason the car rental upgraded the van from small VW Caddy to bigger Ford Transit for free. This was nice but it caused me more headache on those tight bends on the narrow road. But that is just matter of practice.

Tomorrow we will load a small van with our belongings and drive to Kirkcaldy. Yep, it is time to move again. I will keep working in Edinburgh but Dóra's studies start in Dundee so this location is a bit more reasonable. We'll see how life in Kirkcaldy looks like...

I ended up on the website of Expat Software and my first thought was how come they managed to hide from me this far. They have some cool applications like twiddla but the main point is that these guys are location independent. They seem to be doing fine having a branch at Chamonix for example. That sounds much better than a cubicle, right?

This is not the first company being location independent but this one is distributed over continents. Previously I have blogged about Artlogic but in their case they seem to be located just all over North America. Both companies have in common that they employ senior level developers only. They also utilize collaboration software to keep people on the map.

But what remains somewhat unclear is how these two companies find their customers. Artlogic has most likely achieved strong reputation among its customers and that will keep them busy. At least they have bunch of big names as their references. On the blog of Expat Software they mention high value of meeting people in real life instead of online resources. My own experience is that having a beer with right people might lead to a job interview so I could imagine that works with customers as well.