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2026 November - The Campground Coder: Life as a Digital Nomad on IBM i - IBM Champion Joseph Wright
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
Category: Events
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Webinar The Campground Coder: Life as a Digital Nomad on IBM i
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IBM Champion Joseph Wright
12 noon - 1 pm PST Register for this free webinar: REGISTER .
The Campground Coder: Life as a Digital Nomad on IBM i: Ever wondered what it takes to trade a traditional office for full-time life on the road without missing a single client deadline? Inspired by a barrage of questions from his peers at TechXchange in Atlanta, Joseph Wright breaks down the practical reality of operating a full-time consulting business on the road. This session will include: Mobile Infrastructure: Starlink, multi-carrier failover, UniFi networking, and edge homelab gear.Offline Development: Local runtimes, Git, and local LLMs for coding through dead zones. Legal & Banking: Residency hurdles, mail forwarding, and Patriot Act compliance without a fixed address. Daily Workflow: VPN security, travel logistics, and working from anywhere (including abroad). ..
About our speaker: With 15 years of experience on the IBM i platform, IBM Champion Joseph Wright has extensive expertise in software development, database administration, and modernization. Joseph has led complex code conversions and database migrations, bridging legacy systems with modern API architectures and backend frameworks. His technical specialties span ILE RPG, SQL, NestJS, Python, PHP, and Node.js, with experience in databases including Db2, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. His work includes designing and scaling highly concurrent API workloads, developing modern full-stack applications, and managing enterprise infrastructure, cloud environments, and database architecture. He also mentors developers on change management, documentation, unit testing, and ethical AI use. An active leader in the IBM i community, Joseph serves as Vice President of Conferences for the OCEAN user group and as a Subject Matter Expert for COMMON’s Education Committee. He is also a core team member for the Code for IBM i project and shares his expertise through conference presentations, workshops, and technical writing. Joseph holds a B.S. in Data Science and numerous technical certifications..
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