Not me, but I work with people who do (or could do) that.

To cut it short, in my field, software development, there are a lot of consultant companies which enlist regular SW engineers and basically rent them to other companies looking for (mostly) temporary help in their projects.

These consultant companies have lots of connections and I would imagine would be more likely to find you remote only gigs than through regular job channels. At least my company requires some weekly office presence for the permanent employees, but basically has no enforced requirements for the temporary consultants.

I guess it depends also, do you already have a skillset, or are you going to choose a trade based on the remote work opportunities?

At least in Finland the ex-politicians usually become lobbyists, public speakers and leaders in private organizations.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was similar in France.

Back then OpenAI also heavily used/developed/showcased the AI technology for DOTA 2 (Valve’s game) bots, at level which was spectacular at the time. It makes only sense that the front face of a company shows interest in the (non-profit at the time) product of their partner organisation.

How would you do away with the wolves today, if the non-wolves could become wolves tomorrow?

I don’t see that as a possible option at all.

I participated in multiple homestays in different countries as part of my studies. The shortest was one night, the longest one month. But to be clear, no working, just an opportunity to live with a local family when studying abroad.

I guess those were the best ways to actually see how regular people live in those countries. What are the apartments like, what kind of habits they have. Everyday stuff that you won’t see as a regular tourist.

Those would have also been golden opportunities to improve my language skills more, if I wasn’t so shy.

But regardless, now almost 20 years later, those are one of the very memorable and distinct experiences from my youth.

I would definitely recommend it. Assuming the culture/country is something that interests you.