I am here on an F6 visa, and am in my 5th year of teaching with public school. I am really considering not re-signing a contract for next year because I am feeling quite burnt out and tired of some things. I will need to stay in Korea for the next few years at least, but I am not sure I want to continue with English teaching. Are there any other jobs you have heard of other foreigners having?
How's your study room then, SPQR? How long did it take to get going, how much free time do you have, pros/cons, etc? Something I've thought about before, but at the same time..ugh
Tunacookie. You learned how to program in under a year and are now working in your field remotely?if so, that is incredibly impressive.
Quote from: oglop on November 20, 2019, 07:37:19 pmHow's your study room then, SPQR? How long did it take to get going, how much free time do you have, pros/cons, etc? Something I've thought about before, but at the same time..ughIt took a couple of nail-biting years to get it going. But now it is self-sustaining.We still need to be vigilant and diligent, though. The competition in this sectoris intense. Pros:-money is good. We already bought our apartment-daily free time (work 2pm-9pm)-no commuting-no landlord-no boss-no bullshit-no co-teacher Cons-Saturday work (middle school test prep)-short vacations (usually around Chuseok and Seolnal)-high property taxes-dealing with mothers (but they're usually OK)So, good things and bad. But I would NEVER go back.
nice one. how did you go about choosing location? why do you think it started to take off only after two years?
Quote from: obwannabe on November 21, 2019, 01:10:17 amTunacookie. You learned how to program in under a year and are now working in your field remotely?if so, that is incredibly impressive.Yeah I took a bootcamp course, took about 16 weeks in total to finish. Got hired pretty much straight away. There's that many unfilled programming jobs out there. That said there's not that many junior remote roles. I've been working in the field for about a year now so I guess my company trusts me to do my job while not being in the office. Of course there's also freelance web development jobs out there if you got the skills.
Quote from: obwannabe on November 21, 2019, 01:10:17 amTunacookie. You learned how to program in under a year and are now working in your field remotely?if so, that is incredibly impressive.It's actually quite doable. I'll finish a coding boot camp course soon and have already been offered a job.Returning to Korea or somewhere else in Asia and working remotely sounds appealing.