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Hiso Thai/ Chinese girls will go with any man even if Japenese, but it all depends on the size of the mans wallet and not the thing between his legs......HTH....

I was afraid of that! Same with the non Chinese Thai girls.

How the <deleted> would we know?

Someone must know! I see these girls in Thong Lor out Central Fusion and I think some are hot.

What do these girls think of Japanese guys? Will they only go for rich Thai-Chinese guys?

When I taught English at a public school the kids didn't want to learn and the administration were a bunch of idiots.

I love Thailand and the people. Unfortunately generally they can be idiotic. My Thai boss couldn't understand that I could be a Japanese from America.

What an idiot.

It's really fun. We just sit around and drink beer.

I want to do some people watching.

Why do you want to watch Chinese people?

Are you a weirdo?

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I'm kind of a weirdo.

I kind of want to see someone take a dump in the gutter and start laughing at them.

This is from when I was a teacher. Thai kids are the best.

Anyone ever go here?

Highly unlikely to be honest, at least, not whilst earning anything decent whatsoever - and you'd get very stuck in a rut at junior level. You're basically competing with interns.

I'd recommend you put 5 - 10 years in in the US and rise to senior level - maybe do one of the bootcamps and get a placement as a junior - low wage initially but big demand and rates but will increase quickly if you are decent. After 5 years you should be on 100k+ if you're in a tech heavy location (California, New York, Texas, Seattle). It is a major positive these days to have an open source presence, and be really visible - this will strongly aid your career and accelerate your progress.

Should highlight that you do actually need to be decent, it's not just going to be a case of doing a course, getting a junior role and then being patient - you need to be an autodidact and motivated to constantly learn new languages and tools.

You do have the option of starting your own thing and building a strong portfolio, and entering on a mid-senior level on the basis of this, but it's not easy to do, is unlikely to bring in any income for a long time (if ever), and also will not allow you to easily demonstrate teamwork or dev process experience, which are major factors.

What if I became mainly a web developer and helped with content?

Most interesting question. If you did that you would take on a web developing role. Your duties would focus mainly on developing great content.

Could you explain some of your strengths related to developing content. In what areas could you improve? Could you give us an example of your web developing as it relates to great content.

Back in the 90s I ran a few website. One was a Dwayne The Rock Johnson fan site. I thought I was hot stuff because I made an image map.

The problem is my HTML is 4.1. I still use tables. Depreciated tags. My coding is stuck in the 90s!

A plus is I'm a decade plus user of Photoshop. That hasn't changed nearly as much. I would make all my splash pages and graphics.

I want to get caught up with HTML5. I also want to learn Python and Ruby on Rails.

Highly unlikely to be honest, at least, not whilst earning anything decent whatsoever - and you'd get very stuck in a rut at junior level. You're basically competing with interns.

I'd recommend you put 5 - 10 years in in the US and rise to senior level - maybe do one of the bootcamps and get a placement as a junior - low wage initially but big demand and rates but will increase quickly if you are decent. After 5 years you should be on 100k+ if you're in a tech heavy location (California, New York, Texas, Seattle). It is a major positive these days to have an open source presence, and be really visible - this will strongly aid your career and accelerate your progress.

Should highlight that you do actually need to be decent, it's not just going to be a case of doing a course, getting a junior role and then being patient - you need to be an autodidact and motivated to constantly learn new languages and tools.

You do have the option of starting your own thing and building a strong portfolio, and entering on a mid-senior level on the basis of this, but it's not easy to do, is unlikely to bring in any income for a long time (if ever), and also will not allow you to easily demonstrate teamwork or dev process experience, which are major factors.

What if I became mainly a web developer and helped with content?

You'd be surprised, I know personally a number of people that currently work remotely from Thailand as programmers earning north of 100k USD.

They are senior level and very experienced of course, but there is plenty of well paid pure programming remote work for those who can show experience and ability - in fact I would say the number of remote opportunities has risen within the last 5 years, there are an increasing number of profitable western organisations that operate distributed teams and hire based upon skill not price.

There are many more, but Buffer are a particularly interesting example, since they are 100% remote and transparent regarding pay and equity for every team member (though I've seen higher at other places) - https://open.bufferapp.com/introducing-open-salaries-at-buffer-including-our-transparent-formula-and-all-individual-salaries/

Point being that they're "Senior Level & Very Experienced" and no doubt have lots of connections from their previous career(s). Somebody just setting out on their programming career is looking at a minimum of 5-10 years to get to that level, assuming they can get a step on the ladder in the 1st place (Degree probably mandatory so add on another 3 years if you don't have a decent one).

Www.freelancer.com & www.upwork.com (was oDesk) are the 2 main sites I'm aware of for getting "remote" work, never used them as I'm not actively looking for work (& haven't written production level code for 12-14 years) but might be worth looking at to get a feel for the sorts of "Jobs" in demand.

I mentioned Mobile Apps may be a good area to get into, another interesting area (to me) is Automation (e.g. PowerShell on the Microsoft Platform) not as sexy as mobile apps but the potential for companies to save money & meet increasing regulatory demands around Logical Access Management & Control/Auditing of Privileged Access are huge, so feels like there will be a lot of demand for those kinds of skills.

Just my 2cents, having worked in IT for 27 years, I'm actually looking for something completely different, but happy to sit back & chillax for a while until I work out what...

Yep - I agree with 5 - 10 years, but the poster who mentioned programming can likely do this if they are returning to the US to study. Degree is not essential, even these days, so long as there is a portfolio.

There are some other options to the freelance type sites that are more geared to long term roles, for example:

https://weworkremotely.com/

https://nomadjobs.io/

http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs?searchTerm=&type=any&location=&range=20&distanceUnits=Miles&allowsremote=true

These are also handy for seeing where demand is - currently Rails, Android, iOS and increasingly JavaScript - personally I would also expect to see lots more roles related to IoT and robotics in 5 years time, and JavaScript to lead demand.

Could someone be working remotely at the junior level?

I agree. I don't see how people can spend years here working at Thai government schools. Personally I couldn't put my faith in a Thai employer. They can't run shit.

I'm going back to the USA to learn programming.

OUCH!!! I wouldn't do that... Do you know how many "Programmers" India & China (Philippines & Vietnam now getting in on the act) churn out each year who will do the job for a fraction of what you'd be looking for.

Be at the higher end of the food chain (Architect, Designer, PM) or write your own mobile apps to sell, but don't be a programming grunt (no offense, I spent almost 10 years between 1988-98 writing/hacking code & know how hard it is to do #well#, I loved doing it but that boat has well & truly sailed).

You'd be surprised, I know personally a number of people that currently work remotely from Thailand as programmers earning north of 100k USD.

They are senior level and very experienced of course, but there is plenty of well paid pure programming remote work for those who can show experience and ability - in fact I would say the number of remote opportunities has risen within the last 5 years, there are an increasing number of profitable western organisations that operate distributed teams and hire based upon skill not price.

There are many more, but Buffer are a particularly interesting example, since they are 100% remote and transparent regarding pay and equity for every team member (though I've seen higher at other places) - https://open.bufferapp.com/introducing-open-salaries-at-buffer-including-our-transparent-formula-and-all-individual-salaries/

Did you know that japanese penis size is at an all time low?

Lol, can I retire because of that?

If not working for an out of the country company, it will be very difficult.

Without specialized, needed skills you may find employment in Thailand that will pay you a modest living wage at Thailand's low cost of living.

Remember, Thailand prohibits foreigners form working in many occupations that can be filled by Thai people.

You will probably never find employment here that will allow you to invest or save for your future.

What will you do when you are too old to be employed?

In many cases Thailand considers 35 years old too old to hire!

A person in his 20s, 30s or 40's should probably not put all of his eggs in the basket called Thailand.

Plan well, or this could be you...

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I agree. I don't see how people can spend years here working at Thai government schools. Personally I couldn't put my faith in a Thai employer. They can't run shit.

I'm going back to the USA to learn programming.

Do you get to enjoy the sounds of burping and view the joyous sight of them spitting on the floor before lighting a cigarette and throwing debris on the floor?

It's quite fascinating. When I was in China I saw a woman hold a baby over a trashcan while it took a dump.

These people are more animal than human!

I want to do some people watching.

Any coders here?

I think for most foreigners Thailand would be a dead end career wise. Especially if you go the English teaching route.

Boom boom with super hot women.

The availability of alcohol and prostitutes.

He looks like your typical sexpat POS.

I hope he gets his ass kicked.

I was born.

That's it OP. That's all the effort I put in. I'm not a teacher and not retired but still enjoy a carefree life in Bangkok. I have full dual citizenship with all the rights that they bring. I support myself through:

1. The greatest welfare state: Germany (heck we invented the welfare system in the late 19th century)

2. Online work from home mostly for US customers.

3. Some real estate I own in Lop Buri which I rent out.

Put all 3 together and I have a decent income that allows me to take 4 days a week off while living under expat standards in downtown Suk.

Feels good man

What kind of online work?

Great input at both ends of the spectrum.

I am going back to the USA to enroll myself in courses and learn skills that will let me telecommute on the job.

I want to come back to Thailand while still young but if I have to spend one to three years in the USA building up my business and career that's okay.

I recently turned down a job paying 35,000 baht a month.

I would love to stay here and just party and have sex all the time. Plus I find day to day life better here than the States.

I'm sacrificing being in Thailand for short term so that in the long term I will have the independence I need to travel and live where I want. Thailand is great but I want to also experience life in Japan and maybe Philippines.