Hii! I really want to live in Japan within a few years but I'm not keen on the idea of being an english teacher. I don't like little kids and I don't have a degree so I've kinda crossed that off my list. Are there any other well paying jobs for foreigners? I'm in the process of learning japanese! xx
That's how I felt before getting this job but the truth is that it's very difficult to find other work here that isn't teaching even if you do have a degree... unless you are fluent in Japanese. This is why many people just decide to teach for a year or so until their Japanese gets better and they can do something else. This is also the reason why I'm not staying more than a year because I want to do something more relevant to my interests but it's near impossible to get a different kind of job here since my Japanese level isn't high enough. One of my coworkers at my part time job at an English preschool does not have a degree but he gets paid less because of it too. But again it's a teaching job. You just have to be really lucky to find something else.