"They aren't retired early or backed by generational wealth. Instead, their nomadic life is powered by something far more practical: Lauducci's flexible nursing job in San Francisco. About every five or six weeks, Lauducci flies from wherever the boat is docked-most recently in Mexico-back to the Bay Area. She works eight 12-hour shifts as a per diem neonatal intensive care unit nurse, making over $100 an hour."
""That rhythm is what makes this life possible," the 44-year-old told Fortune from the airport, en route back to Luana, the family's newest vessel. The arrangement might sound extreme, but it's increasingly familiar at hospitals across high-cost cities like San Francisco. In fact, there's a growing class of workers who live far from where they're employed, compress their schedules, and travel long distances to make the math work. Lauducci is one of them: a supercommuter."
Josie and Christian Lauducci have lived aboard a 13-meter sailing yacht for about a decade, traveling from San Francisco to South America and New Zealand while sometimes raising three children at sea. Their lifestyle is financed by Josie’s flexible per diem neonatal intensive care unit job in San Francisco, which pays over $100 an hour. She typically flies back every five to six weeks to work eight 12-hour shifts. Per diem roles offer schedule control without guaranteed shifts, and compressing work into focused stints enables long-distance living arrangements. Similar practices are emerging among workers who commute long distances to afford high-cost cities.
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