Korean Job Discussion Forums

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

If I had known about the friendlier people, easier girls, food, cost of living etc I would've (should have?) left Korea years ago.

It's good in China, lots of lies on the internet about salaries and what-not, I'm making close to what I was making in Korea, for less hours and better students.

(Sorry - this is the Sunday afternoon coming down post)

VanIslander · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject:

2.0 million Korean won = 10,000 Chinese yuan

And there are plenty of 12,000 to 14,000 yuan Chinese jobs these days!

Though I've heard the students are worse and the air ten times more polluted.

Where in China are you?

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Ideally, you want to be in Nanjing, in Jiangsu Province. Lots of unis here, so lots of foreigners (read: foreigner-friendly).

VanIslander · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject:

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

VanIslander · Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:24 am Post subject:

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

I can't personally testify if China is better or not.

BUT, I have heard TONS of people say that Japan/Korea is the same-same...but that certainly is far, far from the truth.

It is incredibly comfortable and relaxing to live in Japan, almost zero stress. Don't get me wrong, I LOVED living in Korea, but I also drank way more than I should compared to Japan, and I realize now that it was because I'd get so wound up just from riding a Seoul subway or having to deal with typical B.S. there all the time.

With China, I've also heard of many people who made the move and made equivalent wages to Korea...and that Chinese people are just a whole lot easy to be around.

All that being said, I still do like Seoul quite a bit though.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I could never live in China, or at least Beijing, because I remember the old people being far more overbearing there, and the taxi drivers being much more terrifying.

McLovin · Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Location: Taiwan (Korea wannabe)

pest2 · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada

I lived in Shanghai, and pretty much all these observations above are true. It IS more fun, people ARE more happy, people are friendlier,... but it is DIRTIER, and more CHAOTIC and CORRUPT. Recently, you can make as much money as in Korea, but that wasnt the case when i was there a couple years ago.

Privateer · Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Location: Easy Street.

Shanghai was really nice but I did get a lot of stares from people in the park at night, contrasting quite strongly with the welcoming attitude toward my Korean girlfriend before they realised she was with me.

Same thing in Japan now I think about it: people in the bar would be all smiles and friendliness and curiosity with her but act scared at talking to the big foreigner guy.

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Damn, this is the real jajster:

"I" did not start this thread. I failed to log out when I went outside for a bit, in my friend's house, so he got funny and usurped my name.

Not really my style to write about things like this, as some may notice.

D.D. · Joined: 29 May 2008

I had way more fun in China but I took 30000 Aussie dolars with me for three years as my salary was only 4500 rmb a month.

For some reason I met more girls there, enjoyed the food more, but the air was filthy. Nanjing did seam like a nice place when I visited there and the air was better than the town I lived in.

For me Korea is really boring as I live in smaller city in the south.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

yeah, no big deal but Rolf, never do that again.

(he's gonna be pissed when he wakes up and reads this tomorrow)