|
Teaching English Abroad (pg. 2)
|
View this Thread in Original format
| spc |
| quote: | Originally posted by ZeJayMan
Go for it man. Get Djing at a big club in Tokyo or something.
|
Oh man, that would be so awesome.
Went to a currency converter site and 250,000 yen/month is roughly ~$2384 in USD. I'm oblivious to cost of living, prices of food and what not in Japan, but is that a good salary? |
|
|
| gehzumteufel |
Rob, I have a buddy that is over there doing it right now also. He loves it. He just had his internet installed in his new place. 50Mbits. bastards!!!!!!!lol
Ok but seriously, go over there with like 5k cash in an account. You won't see a paycheck for 6 weeks. Also, find out if the company that you would be going through pays for housing or if you have to take care of it. If you must take care of it, then you will really need to make sure you have enough money for rent for the following month you move.
If you have any questions, I'd be more than happy to ask my buddy that's over there. He is a TA and I'll link him to the thread also. Maybe he will post about it. Otherwise I will try to relay the questions. :) |
|
|
| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by spc
Oh man, that would be so awesome.
Went to a currency converter site and 250,000 yen/month is roughly ~$2384 in USD. I'm oblivious to cost of living, prices of food and what not in Japan, but is that a good salary? |
My buddy over there makes like 3700/month there, and usually has a good amount left over. He has been in a ty time, as the company he went over with, went bankrupt and he had to find a new job. He got evicted from like 2 or 3 places he stayed. lol |
|
|
| pkcRAISTLIN |
let this thread continue as a "BSG is the greatest tv show ever and grace park is the hottest robot in the history of robots"
 |
|
|
| spc |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
let this thread continue as a "BSG is the greatest tv show ever and grace park is the hottest robot in the history of robots"
|
FINAL CYLON PREDICTIONS?
I always thought Gaeta would make the perfect fit, 2nd guess would be Helo since that would be a huge curveball for most viewers |
|
|
| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by spc
Oh man, that would be so awesome.
Went to a currency converter site and 250,000 yen/month is roughly ~$2384 in USD. I'm oblivious to cost of living, prices of food and what not in Japan, but is that a good salary? |
I'd be making a bit more than that, approximately 285,000-290,000 per month, no utilities, subsidized rent (I'd pay about 20,000 per month out of my own pocket), and have full insurance benefits.
I don't need more than $30,000 a year, my laptop and mixer, and a way to get in touch with people at home to be happy.
:) |
|
|
| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Also, find out if the company that you would be going through pays for housing or if you have to take care of it. If you must take care of it, then you will really need to make sure you have enough money for rent for the following month you move. |
Furnished apartment with subsidized rent ready for occupancy upon arrival.
Most people have seemed generally very, very pleased with the living situation AEON sets up - and it's definitely your own place w/ full kitchen and bath as well as in apartment laundry.
I'm sure it will be tiny, but again, I don't need much - and I'm not a big guy :p
And as far as the company your buddy initially worked for, I don't claim to know all that much about these programs, but there's definitely a fair number of web resources for sorting out which ones are decent and which ones are sketchy.
AEON came pretty highly recommended, but I'm of course always looking for more - some sort of "catch." |
|
|
| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
I'm sure it will be tiny, |
just like asian girls' wastelines! |
|
|
| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
I don't need more than $30,000 a year, my laptop and mixer, and a way to get in touch with people at home to be happy.
:) |
ouch! i hope you have no student loans. |
|
|
| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by jerZ07002
ouch! i hope you have no student loans. |
I have tons - well, I guess not a ton more than the average student who needed loans. Fortunately they will all be deferred while I am in graduate school, and while I'm in Japan my parents are going to help me with whatever my payment is over $500/mo. (basically they're going to pay between $150-$200 of my loans per month while I'm there).
In any event I wasn't ever going to make a ton of money - but thankfully I also don't care so long as my bills are paid.
:)
Experiences > Material Things |
|
|
| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Furnished apartment with subsidized rent ready for occupancy upon arrival.
Most people have seemed generally very, very pleased with the living situation AEON sets up - and it's definitely your own place w/ full kitchen and bath as well as in apartment laundry.
I'm sure it will be tiny, but again, I don't need much - and I'm not a big guy :p
And as far as the company your buddy initially worked for, I don't claim to know all that much about these programs, but there's definitely a fair number of web resources for sorting out which ones are decent and which ones are sketchy.
AEON came pretty highly recommended, but I'm of course always looking for more - some sort of "catch." |
He did a bunch of research before he decided, but there was nothing talking about the financial stability of the company that he was with. He was really worried about just such a thing happening. He was there for about 3 months and then bam, all over. He found a new job like 1-2 weeks later, but you just don't see a paycheck from ANY companies in japan for 6 weeks after you start. Really gay.
Sounds like they have a good arrangement then with the living situation. I know the place my buddy went over with, they paid for it all (obviously paid you less but it wasn't THAT much less than the ones that didn't), and he was making around 3200 or so. He lived in a tiny place that he shared with someone else too. Pretty ty. Sounds like AEON provides you with your own full apartment. |
|
|
| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
I have tons - well, I guess not a ton more than the average student who needed loans. Fortunately they will all be deferred while I am in graduate school, and while I'm in Japan my parents are going to help me with whatever my payment is over $500/mo. (basically they're going to pay between $150-$200 of my loans per month while I'm there).
In any event I wasn't ever going to make a ton of money - but thankfully I also don't care so long as my bills are paid.
:)
Experiences > Material Things |
i agree, but you'll find that desired experiences are sometimes hard to come by without proper financing. i wish i could get my girlfriend to think that way. - coach, gucci, chanel, blah blah blah. |
|
|
|
|
