bbigman21 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I was just wondering what people do for a living. I know this had been covered a little bit. I am just trying to get some idea of how many are retired and how many are still working. Have a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backflip Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I have a good one - I just wish it was bigger. Your question has been asked and answered dozens of times. Try the SEARCH function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donz Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 i import clothes and jewellry and sell them, plus i work 1 day aweek as a credit controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotsman Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I am retired with a good company pension but I used to come here so many times for a holiday way back in 1986 to 1996 when I was working so I retired here over 10 years ago as its lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 am not retired ! and I don't work either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZONE Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Director for over-sea operation for US firm. Not in Thailand at the moment but will be again someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinrada Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Islington Can-sil mate...Can-sil...but need a pay rise to pay for all of these extra taxes that Thai Airways keep imposing on us to fly to the weekend cottage in Chiang mai....(now down to only 2-3 times a year ) Incid ..weather nice here this morning...about 10 degrees C and a fresh breeze blowing (in compari to Bangers & Chianger last week...wheee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 and you'd STILL rather be here than in the UK right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donz Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I need to move to Thailand permanently soon. Just dont know what job i can do. Anyone wanna give me a well paying job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinrada Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Afraid thats why so many of us are still working in places like over "ere . There are jobs in LOS that you can get by with....teaching ...ducking and diving etc but unless you have a good pension (signs of all those OLD boys)or are running your own (joint) business or are working with an international company and are on a decent screw...where is the fun after the 2 week jolli is over. I might ..one day finally make the decision to go for the semi retirement bit..cant imagine not working...but I sure as hello dont intend to sit around and just enjoy the sunshine all day. To me it makes sense to hang on to your (paid up-rent it out )gaff in the UK-EU-US,have a least a house/condo/lump of land in say both Bangers and C.M and maybe a a wee weekend doss house in Patti-hua Hin or whereabouts to save the hassle of booking in to hotels.. A set of wheels is essential preferably a Fortuner to swan around in a and a new 4 door VIGO for the hired help to drop you off at the pub in the evening. Also apart from the 400 k you need in the in the bank ..if hitched.. you also dont really want any bills-mortgages-etc to give you a sore head and all/any of your spare dosh can be spent travelling on NOK Air to visit all the nice boozers in Hanoi-Singers-Hong Kong -Saigon-K.L.-Sydney-Yoko Hama-Shanghai...etc...as well as maybe a spot of ski-ing in the height of summer ....(say Andorra -mai peng) .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donz Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I can get a house in Thailand easy from my future father inlaw easy as he is a big time developer, but i just dont know what job i can do over there apart from owning my own business, but if that goes sour i dont wanna be no english teacher. There must be a job somewhere for us foreigners with decent pay. what about working at a bar?? I would like to be a policeman but i dont like studying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonid Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I was just wondering what people do for a living. I know this had been covered a little bit. I am just trying to get some idea of how many are retired and how many are still working. Have a good one. I am thinking everyday. every sunny day from 6 to 18. And in night i am doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZONE Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I can get a house in Thailand easy from my future father inlaw easy as he is a big time developer, but i just dont know what job i can do over there apart from owning my own business, but if that goes sour i dont wanna be no english teacher.There must be a job somewhere for us foreigners with decent pay. what about working at a bar?? I would like to be a policeman but i dont like studying. Don't like studying, Don't "wanna be no english teacher", and want to work in a bar to make decent pay? Ummmm..Good luck youngman! You're going to need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meemiathai Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I am a civil servant in HK. And my main job is to make sure the chairs and beds in my office do not get stolen or blown away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard10365 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I am retired. I just went over two years here in Thailand and felt a bit bored living in the country not doing much. So I found me a job in Chiang Mai teaching. Now I can expierence life in a big city in Thailand. Maybe its better than the farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donz Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I can get a house in Thailand easy from my future father inlaw easy as he is a big time developer, but i just dont know what job i can do over there apart from owning my own business, but if that goes sour i dont wanna be no english teacher. There must be a job somewhere for us foreigners with decent pay. what about working at a bar?? I would like to be a policeman but i dont like studying. Don't like studying, Don't "wanna be no english teacher", and want to work in a bar to make decent pay? Ummmm..Good luck youngman! You're going to need it. thanks. Well i guess studying for a policeman wont be hard. Plus I can make good money if I really want to from it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigman21 Posted April 10, 2006 Author Share Posted April 10, 2006 I need to move to Thailand permanently soon.Just dont know what job i can do. Anyone wanna give me a well paying job Me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonoi Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 (edited) I can get a house in Thailand easy from my future father inlaw easy as he is a big time developer, but i just dont know what job i can do over there apart from owning my own business, but if that goes sour i dont wanna be no english teacher. There must be a job somewhere for us foreigners with decent pay. what about working at a bar?? I would like to be a policeman but i dont like studying. Don't like studying, Don't "wanna be no english teacher", and want to work in a bar to make decent pay? Ummmm..Good luck youngman! You're going to need it. thanks. Well i guess studying for a policeman wont be hard. Plus I can make good money if I really want to from it Except that I believe you have to be a Thai national to be a policeman here......not like New Zealand who have just "imported" 100 British coppers bringing a "collective 1000 years of policing experience to NZ" EDIT: I forgot to add that I work in IT for an international company pay isn't western standard but is more than enough for me to own my own house (through my gf of course and yes I am aware of the risks), a nice shiny new car and still have plenty of change left at the end of each month Edited April 10, 2006 by moonoi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuestHouse Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Consultant Engineer with an International Engineering Consultancy in Process Eingeering; Oil, Gas, Petrochem and Pharma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game4shame Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 civil servant. I work for 'the system'. shame on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monochaser Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I'm a multi-millionaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKK90210 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I'm a structural engineer, my thai wife is an architect - working for our own company here in the US.......wish we're in thailand right now, but too many obligations here at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glauka Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I work in a call center and as a part time teacher...i am finishing my studies on Environment and I spend all my wages on my flamenco dancing lessons.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylar Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I am a civil servant in HK. And my main job is to make sure the chairs and beds in my office do not get stolen or blown away. Don't you have security cameras for larger items? It's the little things you need to keep an eye on. At my first workplace, pens would go missing should you be fool enough to leave one lying around. At my second workplace, it was calculators. I wonder what the lucky item will be in the next workplace I choose to enter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecubes Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I was just wondering what people do for a living. I know this had been covered a little bit. I am just trying to get some idea of how many are retired and how many are still working. Have a good one. Gynaecology Soi 6 Pattaya. Sorry thats a past time. Real job, Oil field trash, Russia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordofdelusion Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I am a civil servant in HK. And my main job is to make sure the chairs and beds in my office do not get stolen or blown away. Any openings? With a job like that, how do you know when you're retired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naka Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 (edited) I have a good one - I just wish it was bigger. Retired Engineer, No more work ... Ever ... Oh, and Ive got a big un, wish it worked Naka. Edited April 11, 2006 by naka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Consultant Engineer (or is that Engineering Consultant) to the Mass-Transit industry (rail, bus etc.). Current state of local politics and the mega-projects means that I'm twiddling my thumbs more than twiddling my computer. May have to go to Dubai, Bucharest or (heaven forbid) Taipei to keep the wolves (and bank) from the door Gizza job, I can do that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sting01 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 (edited) I live and work here since january 2002. Obviously ,with regards on how I destroy english language, I can not teach (even if I helped in Issan country), obviously also all position as pimp is nana are full and I had to find something else. I work remote for some US based companies that outsources to me some coding to do. I also have a micro company, not for the visa, but simply as I am french I can not imagine to live in a country and not participate to the improvement of the country wealth (I use MRT, BTS, Bus, walking street, it's was basically investment made with tax money, so I me too pay taxes). My earning are the same as the basic english teacher, I work almost 18 hours a day 6 days a week, and I consider myself happy and lucky, in 4 years I witnessed planes full of people loaded with dreams and money arriving here, and going back home with dreams broken and wallet empty after some few month. I am still here, I do what l love the most, I found a nice gf that is always on my side even when money is rare and I still have hope, dreams and my wallet is never really empty (not really have the time to spend my money, so I have sometimes to ask the gf to do it for me). Professionaly, thailand is like any other country, maybe like USA just after WWII. If you are tedious, work hard, if you are focused on your goal, then you will see luck appear several times. But it's so hard to be focuse when thousand of foxies are out, hard to work hard when beer is cold and girls warms, hard to be tedious when it's songkarn, newyears day, or simply when we can simply sit or play pool. Hard also, and trully harder than in europe, to be reconised as a professional due the huge amount of clueless people pretending to be professional (true in IT, true in teching, true in many fields). It explain why I choosed to work for outsourcing socities, they need programs, but do not claim I am numb in IT because I am not able to type correctly in australian english (problem I got with local clients). Eventually I am french, so australlian english or american english ..... color, colour ... for me it's couleur and that is lol Edited April 11, 2006 by sting01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Also oilfield trash - SE Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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