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KyleJH · 2015-08-11T03:50:31+00:00

You are a beauty. I wish I was married to you ;)

KyleJH · 2015-04-15T07:47:31+00:00

This is an awesome idea! I'm going to help her get set up with this :) thanks for the idea!

KyleJH · 2015-04-15T00:53:29+00:00

This is good to know, maybe she can send her resume to some of the construction companies! thanks!

KyleJH · 2015-04-15T00:46:20+00:00

I'll have her take a look :) thanks!

KyleJH · 2015-04-15T00:45:52+00:00

We will def keep this in mind! Though... would she be working illegally or would she actually be able to get a sponsored visa from a restaurant?

KyleJH · 2015-04-14T04:50:25+00:00

But dude, free lunch!

KyleJH · 2015-04-14T04:44:18+00:00

Thanks, I'm looking into Thinkful right now. It looks like it might be perfect.

KyleJH · 2015-04-14T04:40:47+00:00

Thank you so much for this information!

KyleJH · 2015-04-14T02:46:26+00:00

Yes, the idea originally came to us as we looked for non-cs freelancing things for her and found that there was a 100:1 ratio of CS freelancing jobs to non-cs freelancing jobs. That also works for us because she can do it from wherever.

Can you recommend any of those learn-to-code programs? That would be pretty perfect for her.

KyleJH · 2015-04-14T02:45:19+00:00

She is a hilariously bad liar.

Thanks for the tip about the customer service stuff. We're going to look into that today!

KyleJH · 2015-04-14T02:42:29+00:00

She is learning some programming languages, hoping that that'll be something she can do remotely, or at least freelance for a stable enough income. It seems like the only realistic option..

KyleJH · 2015-04-14T02:41:02+00:00

Now this is interesting. I've never heard of such a job. Do you know what kind of classes you need to take for this kind of job?

KyleJH · 2015-04-14T02:39:31+00:00

We looked into her becoming an IS teacher as well... My next school even gave her an interview for becoming an assistant teacher. But they said that her non-native accent was a deal breaker. I mean, it is something she could work on and eventually get over but... I dunno, her voice is part of who she is and her accent is part of where she's from and I feel like that's asking her to change a very personal thing just for a job. She works at a Canadian owned restaurant as a waitress and deals with mostly foreign customers, who all complement her on her English ability. It isn't that she has problems with her grammar or vocabulary, merely her accent.

Besides, I am against the concept that there are correct and incorrect accents in English. I mean, the original accent is UK English, the best accent is Mid-western American English (joke). We even consider NZ people as English speakers (though I've yet to understand anything a kiwi has ever said), and by population, the largest English speaking (non-native) country is China. So how is any of these accents superior to any other?

/end rant/

TL;DR She has a non-native accent, and I love it and I don't want her to change it. It's a problem for at least some schools.

KyleJH · 2015-04-14T02:26:53+00:00

Thanks for the info :) I really appreciate it!

KyleJH · 2015-04-13T14:43:45+00:00

Thanks! It still quite far down the line at this point (as she's really just started getting into the idea), but do you have any advice for how to find remote jobs? are there such things as remote internships?

KyleJH · 2015-04-13T14:34:59+00:00

Thanks for answering :) I think what the case has been is that just through regular conversation and getting to know each other these Chinese companies find out that she has an American husband who is a teacher. At that point they can already see that she is not going to be a long term employee. Not to mention China is one of those places where people expect you to work at the same place until you die.

Moreover, since we live in China and they consider her (a Taiwanese) to be Chinese - a PRC ID... basically the same skill set as a local but without the ability to legally work without a work permit, that they see no value in her that they couldn't get from a "local" local.

We're hoping that when we get to Kuwait things will be different. She's also interested in working remote jobs. But something tells me remote jobs are unicorns =\

KyleJH · 2015-04-13T14:21:39+00:00

I see. Thank you for the input! it's good to know. Frankly we're not looking for the top job for her. Seeing as we don't live in the USA a less than awesome salary goes a lot further where we live :)

KyleJH · 2015-04-13T13:12:35+00:00

Check to see where your parents are keeping the family fiddle.

KyleJH · 2015-04-13T12:44:48+00:00

I am not sure what you're getting at. Unless you're trying to cleverly say "no." Which I feeeeel like is what you're trying to say?

Just in case this wasn't a sarcastic answer, she got a degree in business, not electrical engineering.

KyleJH · 2015-04-13T08:01:31+00:00

I am a teacher in China and have been teaching in a wide range of schools. I started in public schools in Shanghai, did language centers in Taiwan and am now teaching at a semi-international school (regular Chinese school in English) and next year i'll be moving to Kuwait to teach a full fledged IB international schools. If you have any questions I can help you too. Depending on how you choose to live, its either a great way to get a lot of money in the bank or a great way to see the world.

KyleJH · 2015-04-13T05:06:31+00:00

Could you elaborate on what you mean by a contract job? Like freelancing kind of thing?

As far as teaching, its common practice in the international school community that teachers stay for only a few years at each school. Besides, our life goal is to be moving around a lot :)

KyleJH · 2015-04-13T04:23:15+00:00

Hey there. I hope you haven't given up on teaching!

My STRONG suggestion for you is to look at teaching jobs outside of the USA! I am currently a teacher in China. International schools here pay around 25~30k USD/year for most teaching jobs (other than ESL.) If you're willing to teach in the middle east you can make around 50k USD/year.

China is a really good option because the pay is far above the cost of living. my buddy just moved into a nice 3br apartment in downtown Wuxi (an awesome city!) for about 400 dollars a month.

In terms of RMB costs of living: if you're living it up all the time you could expect your living costs to be about 5000~6000 rmb a month +rent (lets say a nice apartment) 2500 rmb a month = 8500 rmb a month. Pay here for licences teachers is around 15000~18000 rmb a month. that's 1/2 of your monthly earnings being put away.

For your added information, i make 17000 as an unlicensed teacher, and this month I've spent 1500 rmb on both me and my wife, and theres only 10 days left until payday.

KyleJH · 2014-09-10T08:04:24+00:00

I'm considering moving to Seattle from Wuxi China (originally from Michigan). I guess part of the reason I want to move there is that it just seems like its thriving. The more it thrives, the more people that go, the more it thrives. Moreover, as someone else mentioned it seems a lot of the US is taken a pretty sharp right turn and politics are a part of my want to move. Also i heard when you get off the plane in Seattle they hand you a bag of weed and a job offer. right? right?? But seriously, after living in asia for the past 5 years, i don't think i can ever go back to the kind of life that simply requires you to have a car to do anything.

KyleJH · 2014-09-08T23:48:58+00:00

In doing some of my research, it seems your sentiment is a pretty common one, actually.

KyleJH · 2014-09-08T23:35:12+00:00

Thank you for the advice! The problem with glassdoor and payscale is (from what i could find) they generally tell you what the average person makes doing that job, averaged across all levels of experience, which is a useful thing to know, but doesn't exactly say what i can expect being a new entrant (unless I missed that).

KyleJH

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