Well, the thing about English teaching is that it really ISN'T a very good "career" -- I mean, I don't really see it going anywhere in most cases.
It's funny because I see it as "English teaching jobs basically will pay 250,000 yen per month for working 40 hours a week" and never much more or much less, but I suppose there are other perspectives to take on it :)
Okay, that may be true, especially since I have a CS degree and all, but still, when I'm having trouble finding any work at all, and bills have to be paid (and a family has to be supported), if I can do something that is fun and pays all the bills, that is great. I can't sit around looking for work that will provide a better career while the rest of my family is starving.
Mind you, I've leaped between IT and teaching/nursery school caretaker before. I am concerned about the long term effects, ever moreso that I am 33, but even so, most of these IT jobs which I thought would provide me with a career went under or screwed the employees over or otherwise cut everyone's career short anyways, regardless of the quality or quantity of work or our efforts.
/me is pretty jaded with the whole IT field right now, don't mind him too much.
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It's funny because I see it as "English teaching jobs basically will pay 250,000 yen per month for working 40 hours a week" and never much more or much less, but I suppose there are other perspectives to take on it :)
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Mind you, I've leaped between IT and teaching/nursery school caretaker before. I am concerned about the long term effects, ever moreso that I am 33, but even so, most of these IT jobs which I thought would provide me with a career went under or screwed the employees over or otherwise cut everyone's career short anyways, regardless of the quality or quantity of work or our efforts.
/me is pretty jaded with the whole IT field right now, don't mind him too much.
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