Re: dropping out of the rat race.
Posted by:
nomad
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Date: November 21, 2009 01:48AM
eesh Wrote:
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> > eesh, What specifically do you want to know?
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> Assuming you're the same person that posted
> earlier and not someone that stole his handle,
> where the fuck are the tons of jobs in rural
> China?
a majority of the opportunities are in the rural areas, like Guiz Hau province...southwestern china. There are plenty of opportunities to be an educator at many levels. There are many english teaching jobs, as well as jobs in universities and trade schools with little more than a bachelors degree. This does not apply to the wealthier east coast...competition is more fierce and international. It's the undeveloped regions that have the most potential
Aside from a multitude of education gigs, almost any kind of entrepreneurial activity has a good chance. Coming in with a small investment from the United States (say, $10,000), considering the exchange rate the the elbow grease you are willing to put into your project, your small investment can have a substantial return. Remember, there is a larger middle class in these yet-untouched regions that have substantial amounts of money and NOTHING to spend it on. The same thing worked in parts of South Africa...open a KFC in the hills and you will have your rent met every day by the lunch rush. Just fry chicken. Or get some host country nationals to do it and oversee them with little regulation. THe Kingdom of Lesotho is a capitalists wet dream.
Of course you would have to be into learning a new way of life and culture. That does not appeal to most people. It does to me. I like dipping out from time to time and seeing the world while learning + trying something new...learning a new language, seeing the world through a different lens, and really immersing yourself in a different culture is such a rush to me, moreso than sitting in the EPA or DOT like my classmates clicking away at a keyboard, wasting their life. I've done this in 2 countries already, and china will be my third.
So, there's education gigs, almost guarenteed return on restaurants and entertainment in booming local areas, any health position is valued..shit...most bachelors degrees, PERIOD will get you further than in the USA. Why gradeuate and spend the first years of life at $40K-$50K, probably in the lower $40K range, when I can just jump to china, fuck hot asian bitches, ball hard with a great exchange rate, get stimulated by a new culture and way of life, have more time to myself any my family (should i want one), make some money, and life an "authentic" life. Opportunity comes and goes in waves and pulses, and right now there are parts of the "developing world" that aren't too far different than the USA in the 1970s. It's not hard to find air conditioning, taxis, or whatever you want, as long as you are able to rough it a little sometimes. Do you REALLY need a car? Do you REALLY need Perry Ellis perfume? I'll come back to NOVA one day, probably in my early 30s and go "conventional"...but for now, at 28, I've seen a lot and I want to see more, at least while I have the means. I might not always be in such good health or wealth. When I'm old, I'll look back and say it was so worth it, that I lived an "authentic" life, and didn't get "rich" necessarily, but lived comfortably, while being challenged in a different land, and being a big fish in a small pond, so to speak.
Really, anything you can do here, you can do there...but you will rise faster. Your education means more there. In VA, you are a JMU grad in a sea of JMU grads. In Yunnan province, where pot grows wild, the jobs are growing, the grass is green, and the girls are pretty, your degree will give you a HUGE edge over. Xio Ping from Yunnan Tech.
If there's anything else specifically you want to know, let me know. I can not prevent anybody from using the name "nomad" since I'm anonymous, but I'll do my best.
Its very hippyish in a way, but just let go man....you think you're gettin laid now? head to a poorer country and get a HOT bitch. Just having a CAR will get you laid on some places...kind of like being 17 all over again :-)
I hope that helps a little.