Jeremy Abroad
Written by Jeremy Bernier who left the NYC rat race to travel the world, work remotely, and find the meaning of life.
Does Society Owe You Anything?
30 October, 2018“Society doesn’t owe you anything.” This phrase is often said by people on the right-wing, usually to argue against redistribution of…
How I Made This Website
02 October, 2018I made this website with Gatsby.js , a static website generator framework based on React.js. The website is hosted for free via GitHub…
How to work an office job without destroying your eyes, wrists, and back
02 October, 2018It probably won’t come as a surprise to you that sitting down all day and staring at a bright LED screen a couple feet away from your…
Social Skills as a Software Engineer
01 October, 2018I was grabbing lunch with a stockbroker friend of mine from the hostel the other day, and for fun we decided to shoot some street interviews…
Completing things is addicting
27 September, 2018I wasn’t planning to write so much today. I would just force myself to start writing one article, and then seeing the unfinished article…
Stop Demanding Perfection From Yourself
27 September, 2018Perfectionism is one of the greatest sources of procrastination. Our fear of things not being perfect prevents us from completing anything…
Reactive Dopamine-Addicted State
27 September, 2018Reactive State: The dopamine-addicted state of living in pure reaction. The Reactive State is what I call that dopamine-addicted zombie…
You are a product of your habits
27 September, 2018You are a product of your habits. Our brains are naturally lazy and seek what’s easy, the past of least resistance - the comfort zone. It’s…
Communal Living
27 September, 2018I think that communal living is the ideal way to live for anyone not in a serious committed relationship. I’ve spent the last 8 months…
Ideal Work Schedule
27 September, 2018We all have our own conception of the ideal work schedule. Some like to work out first thing in the morning, others like to meditate and do…
Foreigner's Impression of NYC
27 September, 2018I was just speaking to a South African in the hostel common area who’d spent 8 years living in London. When I told him I’d been living in…
Cold Weather
26 September, 2018It’s cold outside here in Kiev (13° high, 7° low). As someone who hates cold weather, this would normally be my cue to leave - after all…
Why I'm still in Kiev
26 September, 2018I arrived in Kiev on 8/17, and as I write this (9/26) I’m still here. Why did I stay in Kiev for over a month? After 4 months of travel in…
Hostels are Amazing (1 week of hostel life in Kiev)
26 September, 2018Kiev, Ukraine After spending a couple weeks in AirBnBs, I was bored and struggling to get work done, so I booked a dorm in a hostel for a…
My Story (short version)
25 September, 2018I was a Full-Stack Web Engineer for 3 years in NYC with a comfortable six figure salary before I got fired after someone sent a satirical…
International Mobile Plans
05 July, 2018It’s important to set up your mobile plan/strategy before leaving the country, especially if you’re currently with an overpriced provider…
Credit Cards I Use and Recommend
05 July, 2018Credit cards with cash back policies and no annual fees are essentially free money (assuming you treat it like a debit card and don’t spend…
Neofeudalism and the Parasite Economy (summarizing Michael Hudson)
11 June, 2018There are two types of income: earned and unearned, aka economic rent. Economic Rent = Price — Instrinsic Cost Value Economic rent is the…
Our Economy is like a Big Game of Monopoly
10 June, 2018Our economy is like a big game of Monopoly, except all the properties are already owned by other people (unless you’re lucky enough to…
Why most jobs suck - Perception-based Management
09 June, 2018When I first started working, I had this idealistic vision that I would be judged based on my results and my results alone. In certain…
How it feels to be back in the U.S. after 4 months in South America
05 June, 2018I almost titled this “Back in America after 4 months in South America”, but after going to South America I’ve realized how arrogant it is to…
DebateACapitalist.com
23 May, 2018I was strolling through the old town of Sao Paulo today and this idea for a satirical website popped up in my head, so I went home and…
Mexico City Impressions
15 February, 2018Mexico City was the first stop on my world tour, and these are my impressions after 1 week. I’ll be completely honest - I originally had no…
Why I Left NYC
15 February, 2018When I first interned in NYC my junior summer I fell in love with the city and vowed to move there after college. After graduation I went…
I've seen the light, and there's no going back
30 January, 2018As I type this it’s 2:27am in my hostel in Mexico City, 5 days after I started traveling, and I’m happy. I know this is going to sound super…
Why we need a Basic Income
30 January, 2018“The future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed” -William Gibson “The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make…
We Need Liquid Democracy
31 December, 2017It’s time to modernize our political system and bring it into the 21st century, because what we have now clearly isn’t working. Most people…
How Japan and Korea Design Cities for People instead of Cars [Video]
31 December, 2017I think we can learn a lot from Japan and Korea on how to design livable, walkable cities that don’t require you to drive a vehicle to go…
I'm a Free Man (I got fired)
21 November, 2017I got fired. Initially I wanted to call out the co-worker who dug up and sent my satirical video to HR (pretty sure I know who it was, this…
Google’s Testament to Political Correctness
09 August, 2017“Google’s left bias has created a politically correct monoculture that maintains its hold by shaming dissenters into silence.” -Employee…
South Korea's Dystopian Nightmare
02 August, 2017South Korea is one of the most technologically advanced and culturally influential countries in the world, but behind the curtain is an…
Peter Thiel - Competition is for Losers (Summary)
23 March, 2017This is my quick summary of Peter Thiel’s video: Competition is for Losers with Peter Thiel (How to Start a Startup 2014: 5) . Here is the…
The Arms Race to the Bottom
19 March, 2017The biggest tragedy of our times is that most of us have to spend the majority of our lives doing things we don’t want to do, with…
Excess Management Is Costing the U.S. $3 Trillion Per Year
11 November, 2016https://hbr.org/2016/09/excess-management-is-costing-the-us-3-trillion-per-year Background Data There were 23.8 million managers, first-line…
How to set up a basic dev environment for web development (mac OSX / Linux)
19 July, 2016This is a tutorial for beginners on how to set up a dev environment on a Mac/OSX (applicable to Linux as well). Text Editor - Sublime Text…
How to work efficiently and stop wasting your time
04 April, 2016Productivity, or the rate at which you get stuff done, is highly variable. When I’m “in the zone”, I’d estimate conservatively that I’m 4x…
Adam Grant - Originals (summary)
04 April, 2016Recently listened to an interesting interview of Adam Grant (via James Altucher’s podcast) where he talked about his research in his book…
Employment by Industry Sector in the U.S. (Visualization)
13 March, 2016Here’s a data visualization I made of nonfarm employment in the U.S. by industry sector. You can click on any box to zoom in. The data was…
9-5 Office jobs are inefficient. Employees would be more productive if granted more freedom
10 March, 2016Forcing employees to be in an office from 9-5 is incredibly inefficient for both employees and employers, and results in an extraordinary…
How I went from a 3.0 student to a 4.0 student
27 January, 2016Most people who struggle in school despite working hard simply aren’t making the effort to fully understand the material on an intuitive…
Javascript Absurdities
08 December, 2015Javascript is a funky language. Here are some obvious design flaws: 1. Regex method is inconsistent when global flag is set Today at work…
Tips for developing a 2D HTML5 Canvas Javascript game
01 October, 2015I recently had the pleasure of creating a 2D HTML5 Canvas game from scratch. Here are some tips and takeaways that might save you some time…
A Weekend in Seoul and Tokyo
31 August, 2015I recently spent 2.5 days in Seoul and 1.5 days in Tokyo on an impromptu vacation. Had the time of my life, and was blown away by how much…
Student loans are a 10–50% tax on children of the lower/middle class
26 March, 2015We don’t complain about primary or secondary education being free, yet somehow the topic of whether higher education should be made…
School is a Crime Against Humanity
26 March, 2015If you agree with me that school is a giant waste of time, then it follows that school is one of the biggest crimes against humanity if you…
Lectures Suck
10 February, 2015Today at work the whole office had to sit down in an auditorium and listen to an outside consultant lecture us on the “Agile methodology…
Hacking Twitter (how I got 1,000 followers in one week)
07 December, 2014Last night I was bored and looking for a side project to work on to help improve my Javascript skills for my new job (just finished week…
Why Remote Work is the Future
04 November, 2014Remote work is becoming more and more mainstream as companies are realizing that chaining their employees to a desk in front of a laptop for…
Reflections after getting a Master’s in Operations Research from Columbia University
26 March, 2014I just finished the Master’s program in operations research from the School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) at Columbia University…