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If you live rurally, you could probably get by on the amount you could get on upwork as an HTML-jockey
highly unlikely.
you have zillions of indians and pakistanis who are full stack devs to compete with who know their stuff and will work for $5/hr
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Notthereyet wrote:P.S. - I'd like to stay politically correct and be apalled by your question about my exact skin color (i guess the precise answer would be FFFFFF, since i'm eastern-european) but then again, i don't think that flies in Cambodia, and being white does play small part in success? Not to offend anyone, it's a legitimate question.

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Being white in Cambodia makes the dif between a good teaching job and a very low paying one
being white in Aisa is VERY important and white is perceived as better and envied :beer3:
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To the OP , Just make the move but be prepared for one of the most stressful and exhausting experiences of your life.
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Jamie_Lambo wrote:how much money will you be planning to come out here with?
Not much Jamie, still haven't figured it out. What would you say is a minimum, yet reasonable amount?
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Notthereyet wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:how much money will you be planning to come out here with?
Not much Jamie, still haven't figured it out. What would you say is a minimum, yet reasonable amount?
youre going to want at least a few grand in order to get yourself set up with an apartment etc and have at least a small cushion for emergencies
people do come over with less and still make it work, but all depends on what youre going to do for income
otherwise it will end up being a short trip
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frank lee bent wrote:
If you live rurally, you could probably get by on the amount you could get on upwork as an HTML-jockey
highly unlikely.
you have zillions of indians and pakistanis who are full stack devs to compete with who know their stuff and will work for $5/hr
Kind of irrelevant. I mentioned soldering skills and tech repair. Like component level hardware diagnostics and repair, not coding. But thanks anyways.
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frank lee bent wrote:
If you live rurally, you could probably get by on the amount you could get on upwork as an HTML-jockey
highly unlikely.
you have zillions of indians and pakistanis who are full stack devs to compete with who know their stuff and will work for $5/hr
Double post, sorry.
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frank lee bent wrote:
If you live rurally, you could probably get by on the amount you could get on upwork as an HTML-jockey
highly unlikely.
you have zillions of indians and pakistanis who are full stack devs to compete with who know their stuff and will work for $5/hr
Double post, sorry.
Last edited by Notthereyet on Mon Feb 13, 2017 11:31 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Oh, and i did figure getting a TEFL cert before coming. Just not sure i want that (teaching) to be my only option.
Been working project management in an ngo for the last two years. Does experience count? How is that sector down there anyways?

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Jamie_Lambo wrote:
Notthereyet wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:how much money will you be planning to come out here with?
Not much Jamie, still haven't figured it out. What would you say is a minimum, yet reasonable amount?
youre going to want at least a few grand in order to get yourself set up with an apartment etc and have at least a small cushion for emergencies
people do come over with less and still make it work, but all depends on what youre going to do for income
otherwise it will end up being a short trip
A few grand? Does 2 count as a few?

Apartment prices still el cheapo, or going up?
I'm not too picky, i need internet, as bad as it is, and a shower.




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