smartass Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 making a living in thailand is not difficult if you give in to a common job like being an english teacher or teaching kids in an international school... (some do earn quite a lot of thai baht to go out to a club every weekend to seduce girls and go back teaching morals to little kids...talking about balance huh? :roll: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anenglishman Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 making a living in thailand is not difficult if you give in to a common job like being an english teacher or teaching kids in an international school... (some do earn quite a lot of thai baht to go out to a club every weekend to seduce girls and go back teaching morals to little kids...talking about balance huh? :roll: ) Making a living is maybe not hard. Making real money is harder and, to do so, u really need ur own business but boy is that full of pitfalls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldMember Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 With a fast and reliable internet connection and accompanying relevant skill you can earn a Western sized salary from anywhere in the world without even leaving the comfort of your apartment -and when/if you get bored of the location,you just move on to wherever takes your fancy.No bureaucracy,no hassle and no assets to seize (well apart from the pc/laptop(s).It couldn't be easier . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldMember Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Think Condotown hit the nail on the head, by saying if it were easy everyone would be there. Same i suppose goes for anything in life.Rarely such a thing as a free lunch(vagrants may beg to differ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beej Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 making a living in thailand is not difficult if you give in to a common job like being an english teacher or teaching kids in an international school... (some do earn quite a lot of thai baht to go out to a club every weekend to seduce girls and go back teaching morals to little kids...talking about balance huh? :roll: ) Making a living is maybe not hard. Making real money is harder and, to do so, u really need ur own business but boy is that full of pitfalls. ***NODS*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 making a living in thailand is not difficult if you give in to a common job like being an english teacher or teaching kids in an international school... (some do earn quite a lot of thai baht to go out to a club every weekend to seduce girls and go back teaching morals to little kids...talking about balance huh? :roll: ) Making a living is maybe not hard. Making real money is harder and, to do so, u really need ur own business but boy is that full of pitfalls. especially if u employ psychos from TF !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_George Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 id sooner go to prison then teach. ......Teaching after going to prison might not be the best order, but you could always come to Thailand and get arrested, you could spend the rest of your life, and push the daisies up, in the prestigious 'Bangkok Hilton' free of charge, except maybe some rent from your wing every morning, It's an option........At the risk of sounding truistic, I still think teaching has a better success rate for prolonging your residency in this beautiful country. 79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie36 Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 If you are young white and bright I think the best place to look for decent money is the finance industry. The great thing about broking and banking is that the language is universal - its english. Brokerage reports, the SET, financial statements and reporting are all in english. Now the good jobs are not easy to come by. A good investment analyst will easily earn US$300k a year in Thailand. But there are jobs for farangs in the industry that nobody wants that are a great ground breaker for a career. For instance you can start by editing Thai analyst's english language reports. Next thing you know people will be asking you to write the reports for them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_George Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 ......go on....... You seem to have a metal detector approach to jobs that would be found in a haystack.........I'd be quite happy to run around proofing and making tea for a fraction of 300k, ....Can you give me some more details Robbie? ...Do I need any financial education, or can I jump off the boat and dry my shorts on the Bangkok stock exchange? 79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie36 Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 ......go on....... You seem to have a metal detector approach to jobs that would be found in a haystack.........I'd be quite happy to run around proofing and making tea for a fraction of 300k, ....Can you give me some more details Robbie? ...Do I need any financial education, or can I jump off the boat and dry my shorts on the Bangkok stock exchange? 79 It is not as ludicrous as it sounds. In my first career in Thailand I ran (and partially owned) a brokerage. And I saw at least half a dozen farang go from virtually nothing - backpacking, university education - to earning US$150k+/year in the space 2 to 4 years. Same is true today. I played golf with the MD of one of Thailand's biggest brokers and they are short of staff. Of course if you start by editing some Thai analysts reports they will pay you nothing. But after a year or two a farang who knows how to put together a decent report will be worth his weight in gold.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_George Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 It is not as ludicrous as it sounds. In my first career in Thailand I ran (and partially owned) a brokerage. And I saw at least half a dozen farang go from virtually nothing - backpacking, university education - to earning US$150k+/year in the space 2 to 4 years. ....If I could ride a white swan into the financial world like that, then who's going to say they wouldn't. ....I know how to bank online....have a University education......I'm in Thailand...........I have a backpack....... ...Sounds like the only thing I need now is some shoes...... ......(I lied about the backpack, but I'm going for the 'majority requirements' at the interview) ...79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldMember Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 It is not as ludicrous as it sounds. In my first career in Thailand I ran (and partially owned) a brokerage. And I saw at least half a dozen farang go from virtually nothing - backpacking, university education - to earning US$150k+/year in the space 2 to 4 years. ....If I could ride a white swan into the financial world like that, then who's going to say they wouldn't. ....I know how to bank online....have a University education......I'm in Thailand...........I have a backpack....... ...Sounds like the only thing I need now is some shoes...... ......(I lied about the backpack, but I'm going for the 'majority requirements' at the interview) ...79 Broking is a great business and its reasonably riskfree during bull markets.You just take the commissions .But,during bear markets ,the crap tips you give eventually make clients go bust/give up,commissions dry up and you go out of business.There are derivatives of course but thats an entirely different story...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theRascalKing Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 After reading this thread I see a broad range of suggestions .. gogo bar owner to financial broker. One thing that isn't mentioned is how to LEGALLY work in Thailand. Is it very difficult to get a working visa for Thailand? I have a solid 7 years of IT experience under my belt. I would rate myself as a mid-range sys admin with Unix/Linux. Solid experience in delivering and maintaining large scale web sites. I plan to investigate the Thai IT industry while I am in Thailand but am wondering if there are a lot of hoops to jump through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgh3rd Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 After reading this thread I see a broad range of suggestions .. gogo bar owner to financial broker.One thing that isn't mentioned is how to LEGALLY work in Thailand. Is it very difficult to get a working visa for Thailand? I have a solid 7 years of IT experience under my belt. I would rate myself as a mid-range sys admin with Unix/Linux. Solid experience in delivering and maintaining large scale web sites. I plan to investigate the Thai IT industry while I am in Thailand but am wondering if there are a lot of hoops to jump through. Rascal you and I are in the same boat except I'm a windows admin not unix along with hardware so let me know how it goes (besides we can always open a go-go bar haha). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theRascalKing Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 After reading this thread I see a broad range of suggestions .. gogo bar owner to financial broker.One thing that isn't mentioned is how to LEGALLY work in Thailand. Is it very difficult to get a working visa for Thailand? I have a solid 7 years of IT experience under my belt. I would rate myself as a mid-range sys admin with Unix/Linux. Solid experience in delivering and maintaining large scale web sites. I plan to investigate the Thai IT industry while I am in Thailand but am wondering if there are a lot of hoops to jump through. Rascal you and I are in the same boat except I'm a windows admin not unix along with hardware so let me know how it goes (besides we can always open a go-go bar haha). What? Windows? You picking a fight? We recently got a new client who insists we use .NET I was chosen to learn it until I reminded my boss I would be Thailand for 4-5 months. I dodged a bullet there. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINBOW4LIFE Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Why would you want to earn a living in Thailand. There currency is lower than UK or America. For vacation is fine. I been there for a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 .... you probably hardly can afford to go to Thailand any more with the decline of the Dollar :? :roll: TRUE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 .... you probably hardly can afford to go to Thailand any more with the decline of the Dollar :? :roll: TRUE. You can still go to Iraq though on a long holiday, paid vacation, if you're of the right age/background... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anenglishman Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 making a living in thailand is not difficult if you give in to a common job like being an english teacher or teaching kids in an international school... (some do earn quite a lot of thai baht to go out to a club every weekend to seduce girls and go back teaching morals to little kids...talking about balance huh? :roll: ) Making a living is maybe not hard. Making real money is harder and, to do so, u really need ur own business but boy is that full of pitfalls. especially if u employ psychos from TF !!!!! U have a point...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anenglishman Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 After reading this thread I see a broad range of suggestions .. gogo bar owner to financial broker.One thing that isn't mentioned is how to LEGALLY work in Thailand. Is it very difficult to get a working visa for Thailand? I have a solid 7 years of IT experience under my belt. I would rate myself as a mid-range sys admin with Unix/Linux. Solid experience in delivering and maintaining large scale web sites. I plan to investigate the Thai IT industry while I am in Thailand but am wondering if there are a lot of hoops to jump through. Administratively it is not that hard to get a work permit but u will almost certainly get ripped off by whichever company us use (Sunbelt et al.) to process it for u. The major challenges are 1) proving that u are performing a job that cannot be performed by a thai. This is a hurdle set by many countries. I had the same issues when I worked in the USA and Switzerland. If u have specialist skills, and there is a market for those skills here then u would be ok. 2) Getting paid. Very few employers here are going to be willing to pay Thai premium rates for farang staff unless they really have to. The main problem is that chargeout rates are very low so premium salaries are tough to justify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendlyCat Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Perhaps you could create a commodities market based on the index of buying and selling beer and go go bars. The newbies could go long and the old hands could go short. :roll: :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilaceer Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 After reading this thread I see a broad range of suggestions .. gogo bar owner to financial broker.One thing that isn't mentioned is how to LEGALLY work in Thailand. Is it very difficult to get a working visa for Thailand? I have a solid 7 years of IT experience under my belt. I would rate myself as a mid-range sys admin with Unix/Linux. Solid experience in delivering and maintaining large scale web sites. I plan to investigate the Thai IT industry while I am in Thailand but am wondering if there are a lot of hoops to jump through. IT jobs available for Farangs are few and far between, especially if you are not fluent in Thai. Despite the universal claim of IT shortages, Thailand does not appear to have this problem or, if they do, do not want to backfill with farangs. There is a country some 8 hours from Thailand that is producing "IT Graduates " at a ferocious rate, and at present they seem to be filling most worldwide vacancies. I would estimate that over 70% of the storage admins I have to support now are Indian, especially in the USA. Still I guess that, and outsourcing, is another topic. Transfer from a parent company outside of Thailand is the best option, though even that can be hard. My company has an office in Bkk, and a farang must leave the company, before we can advertise for another farang, else the position must be filled by a national. Sometimes wish we had that rule here in Australia............. :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treborz Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 After reading this thread I see a broad range of suggestions .. gogo bar owner to financial broker.One thing that isn't mentioned is how to LEGALLY work in Thailand. Is it very difficult to get a working visa for Thailand? I have a solid 7 years of IT experience under my belt. I would rate myself as a mid-range sys admin with Unix/Linux. Solid experience in delivering and maintaining large scale web sites. I plan to investigate the Thai IT industry while I am in Thailand but am wondering if there are a lot of hoops to jump through. I found a job for you in the TF jobs forum http://www.thailandfriends.com/index.php?name=DB_phpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=10527&sid=13d0e0ca4b511205567679ae4df406f1&&sid=13d0e0ca4b511205567679ae4df406f1 I'll take 20% of your annual salary as a finders fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hullboy Posted July 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Transfer from a parent company outside of Thailand is the best option, though even that can be hard. My company has an office in Bkk, and a farang must leave the company, before we can advertise for another farang, else the position must be filled by a national. Sometimes wish we had that rule here in Australia............. :roll: Fcuk me you want to live in England when i was 18, some 14 years ago i could earn the same amount on a building site then, as i could now 500GBP a week, if i was stupid enough to still do that kind of work. This solely down to Mass imigration from Third world Asian / African countries and East Europe, yet the government still spout out the politically correct mallicious lies that mass immigration is good for the economy,and it doesnt effect wages of the working class natives. You cant have a mass influx of cheap labour and a fair and equal society, the are mutually opposing ideals, politicians study for years and cant understand this most basic of concepts. However i do see that you are a highly skilled individual, so i openly invite you to Englandistan. PS i dont blame the immigrants for coming here, more the rules in place to let so many in, as i am aware its what im intent on doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hullboy Posted July 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 I think this lot of useless ***** in the Labour Govt. actually believe the lies they tell us. As theyve only ever lived in Surrey or some similar sterile location, and learned about life through reading books by other like minded social scientists. They are the middle class assholes who i despise, you know the type went to private school but one of the **** ones, and have a chip on their shoulder that they are too spineless and dont have that stiff upper lip to be part of the fading Aristocracy, which is their aspiration. PS I was brought up in an area where you get it drilled into you from birth to vote Labour. Rant over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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