Software engineer Raymond Berger begins his
work day at 5 a.m., before the sun comes up
over Hawaii.
Rising early is necessary because the company
he works for is in New York City, five hours ahead
of Maui, where he is renting a home with a
backyard that’s near the beach.
“It’s a little hard with the time zone difference,”
he said. “But generally I have a much better
quality of life.”
The pandemic is giving many workers the
freedom to do their jobs from anywhere.
Now that Hawaii’s economy is reeling from
dramatically fewer tourists, a group of state
officials and community leaders wants more
people like Berger to help provide an alternative
to relying on short-term visitors.
Coinciding with the approach of winter in
other parts of the U.S., “Movers & Shakas” — a
reference to the Hawaii term for the “hang
antfer
(Antfer)
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