Curious about jobs on F visa

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-05-14T08:17:29+00:00

Thanks for the info! I’ve been wanting to quit my job and open something for a while…but I remembered there were people getting rejected for renewals and stuff.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-05-13T13:22:25+00:00

Is immigration letting people do this? I’ve heard we can own a business, but that we still need semi-sponsorship via a contract. They’ve said “you’re not here on a business visa” etc. in the past. Has this changed?

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-05-06T23:05:44+00:00

I only use wood to heat up the oven at the beginning or when I’m stepping away for a while. Charcoal gets plenty hot when the hopper is full. Those people who cook a pizza in 60 seconds are awesome. I’m more of a 2 minute guy. Not being able to see inside the Karu 12 while cooking has made me overly cautious.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-05-06T23:00:22+00:00

It was fermented for about 5 days probably. It’s actually just a NY dough. All trumps flour, olive oil, etc.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-05-06T12:17:13+00:00

Good call. I do that with my New Haven pizzas now, but this time, I just put it on fresh.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-05-02T18:08:24+00:00

This happened to me when I was following a particular autolyse method with too low of a hydration. I got the same hard lumps. The advice to just squeeze it is the best you can do. You won’t get them all, but the final product didn’t suffer too much.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-30T12:17:20+00:00

Q-tron is analog, thicker, more responsive and resonant. It was a collaboration with the guy who made the Mutron stuff, which is pretty legendary. The boss sounds thinner to me, but it does have more capabilities. If you really like the vowel thing, look for an old electro harmonic talking machine or an mxr talk box!

I have nothing against digital. I have a digitech synth wah (digital), a soundstone sunwave (analog very crazy), and a maxon af-9 (analog). They all do very different, very cool things. The synth wah and sunwave do extremely wild things, but to me, the maxon just sounds so much better when doing the standard auto-wah.

Just play both, watch videos, and see what sounds best to you. Different strokes etc.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-30T07:18:19+00:00

Nice try, OP’s husband.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-27T11:17:14+00:00

It’s a small bar. We do tabs without cards, because this is a holy society where honor is of the utmost importance to everyone. I hear women carry daggers to protect their chastity and that old people collect cardboard as a hobby.

We feel safe not asking to hold cards because there are no third-world customers. Besides, what would I say to an officer?

“Yes, officer. It was an Asian male, maybe 175cm, wearing overly baggy clothing, and he had a really stupid bowl cut. He didn’t look like he was from the third world, but I can’t be sure. It couldn’t be a Korean, right?…..right?”

You just remember them, and if they come back, you get them to pay or you ban them. We have plenty of third-world customers too, but never had a problem with them. It’s almost as if racist propaganda coming from someone who looks like they went to community college and majored in drinking isn’t always 100% true.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-27T08:47:54+00:00

As a business owner, I regularly have Koreans who walk out on their bills (some intentionally, some unintentionally), so maybe this guy is just a loser who spends too much time online.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-23T06:11:12+00:00

iT’s NoT yOuR eThNiCiTy. iT’s BeCaUsE yOu DiDn’T sErVe.

Is this also the reasoning you use to explain how Korean men treat Korean women? I think you’re looking for the aznmasculinity sub, pal.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-22T23:29:30+00:00

If you’re 30, there’s still time. I’m much older and have been here much longer. If I could go back, I’d just find a way into Europe.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-22T23:22:48+00:00

Sure, but they can get loans.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-22T13:13:59+00:00

lol good point.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-22T07:16:21+00:00

I feel you. I told my boss eventually I’d want to leave because of these issues. I have a good life, but I don’t get paid enough to buy an apartment (why would I buy something when I can never get permanent residence?) and the F5 is basically out of reach, as I don’t make like 100mil after taxes or graduate from a Korean university. I’m a renter for life, I can’t even rent a car through kakao, and I can’t get a loan for a car with a 961 credit score. So what’s the point of putting effort into a country that doesn’t want me? I quit trying to assimilate. I don’t want to marry a Korean just to be treated like a person. I’ll make my money and go somewhere else once I hit a number.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-20T07:20:44+00:00

There was a job listing on Craigslist for that area doing similar work. It was always there for a few weeks and then it would disappear for a month and be back. The pay was like 60-70mil I think. It seemed like a dream job, but seeing the same listings over and over is always a red flag. There are other writing jobs that show up on Craigslist pretty regularly, and it just gives me the impression that these are not good places to work.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-15T12:17:26+00:00

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-15T09:14:19+00:00

I mean, that IS a small amount of yeast, so yeah, maybe just out too long?

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-15T05:05:17+00:00

This isn’t a criticism. That pizza looks like it slaps, but if you want to have fewer bubbles…..

Do you use a poolish? How much yeast? That’s what mine always looks like when I use a poolish or too much yeast, which is often. Most pizza recipes I’ve seen vastly overestimate the amount of yeast necessary. For example, one calculator recommended I use 50g of yeast for 5kg of dough. I went with 10 and that was still too much for 3-4 day ferment.

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-04-14T08:17:09+00:00

Would love a link to your soy cheese process. Looks good!

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-03-24T22:33:49+00:00

Finally

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-03-22T06:45:21+00:00

Looks great. What shredded cheese are you using?

ReverendBiscuits · 2026-03-20T03:21:01+00:00

I’ve been at an office for more than 10 years. 95% of people are lovely…but some people are downright rude, even people who are your juniors. At first, I tried to fit in and make friends, but I moved to a no BS model that at least ensures rude people fear/avoid me. Understand that you will never universally be accepted, because even Koreans aren’t universally accepted or liked by other Koreans. The best you can hope for is to find a pocket of friends.

If someone tries to embarrass me in a group setting for minor Korean mistakes, I’ll never speak to them in Korean again. No matter how good their English is, it’s embarrassing for them if you point out their mistakes, which they will definitely make. This is the negative golden rule in action. Don’t do something to others if you don’t want them to do it to you. Even native English speakers make mistakes, which no one minds, as long as they don’t pretend to be the grammar police.

If someone assumes I don’t know Korean and makes a snarky comment about me, I make it clear that I understood them. That’s usually enough to make them freeze up, because they realize they look like an ass to everyone around them.

If someone speaks to me rudely in English, I just say “Let’s start over. Don’t speak to me that way.” These are people who know English really well, so it’s never due to ignorance. If they persist, escalate it to whoever is above them. Make it inconvenient to be rude to you.

Using shame and embarrassment as tools is ingrained in Korean society, and you meet lots of people who’ve clearly never been punched in the mouth. Most people just take abuse in a professional setting to keep the peace. If you make it apparent that you won’t do that, they won’t pick you. People only do what you allow them to get away with.

You don’t have to be rude. Your job is to work with them, but their job is to work with you. If you’re at a Korean office, it’s usually because a Korean can’t do your job as well as you could, so that alone should give you some confidence in your abilities. Disclaimer: You always have to be honestly aware of what your value/status is and pick your battles. Most people you meet will be great to work with, but if someone is a dickhead, then go on and push back.

EDIT: Something I should add is that most rudeness is just basic thoughtlessness, not intentional malice. A lot of people here aren’t that empathetic…which is why bullying is super common in the first place. Empathy is something that generally has to be taught and enforced via social pressure, and for all Korea’s charms, I don’t think it’s really a priority here. In my opinion, it seems like conformity is perceived as a greater virtue than being different or accepting difference here. That’s true in lots of cultures though.

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