Need some wisdom from the older NT'ers.... UPDATE PG 1

shiznut123 · Jan 6, 2017

You're a recent grad with 3 years IT experience? Did you hold off college to work? Just curious.

IMO you should really think about getting relevant experience in IT before making the jump to teaching English in Korea.

Like someone else here said, anyone can do that job and it wouldn't be a stretch to say that you can easily get a position like that later down the road with not much effort.

IT, not so much. Use that entry level help desk position to get yourself to that next higher position.

38816 · Jan 6, 2017

i maybe biased....

im an English major and, boy, do i wish i had IT experience.

friscostylez · Jan 6, 2017

eNPHAN said:
i didn't read ANY of the responses

but go with the IT

IT jobs are dope. you can literally do whatever, as long as you keep everything working. landing a decent paying gig fresh out of school is actually pretty lucky.

itll also help you in the long-term with job experience.

and TRUST ME, you definitely wanna get IT experience before TEACHING experience.

do not teach english in korea.

those programs are jokes.

the pay is terrible. the spots you stay in are terrible. the schools don't give you a ton of support and i can only IMAGINE the parents.

on top of that, all you REALLY get is teaching experience

and that, i can tell you from personal experience, is literally worthless.

they have fellowships that recruit NON-teachers for teacher jobs where they can get teaching credentials after they start

thats how important teaching is in the US

add to the fact that you aren't even an English major, you're a History major. you wouldn't even be teaching in your discipline.

ill smack you if you go to korea to teach english over taking an IT job in DC.

SMACKS

edit: lol, i went back and read and literally everyone is telling you to go to korea.

do not do that.

mark my words.

stay at the crib and stack them 1500 dollar checks for sitting in an air conditioned office wearing whatever you want browsing the internet, waiting for issues to never pop up.

TRUST ME BRO

in 6-7 years, when you're in some IT management position

you will laugh at the thought of slaving in korea.

and prolly have enough bread to visit anyway.

LOL @ young dudes in here talking about some make-believe interviewer who happens to be korean being impressed by your choice to slave in korea for a year.....LOL mog will smile, thank you for your time and hire his boy, who has 2 more years of IT experience.

lol @ make believe IT firms who value teaching experience.

TRUST ME.

I agree with him 100%.

Famb u didn't even tell us why you want to teach? Or why in korea? It comes off hella random imo. You should definitely look into it & not just do it bc you're young. From experiences I heard from other people who have done something similar, its not as fun as one initially thought, the pay sucks, and they aren't really teaching. You will be teaching English but its not gonna be something rigorous or taken too serious. Do more research.

kingkoopa · Jan 6, 2017

eNPHAN said:
i didn't read ANY of the responses

but go with the IT

IT jobs are dope. you can literally do whatever, as long as you keep everything working. landing a decent paying gig fresh out of school is actually pretty lucky.

itll also help you in the long-term with job experience.

and TRUST ME, you definitely wanna get IT experience before TEACHING experience.

do not teach english in korea.

those programs are jokes.

the pay is terrible. the spots you stay in are terrible. the schools don't give you a ton of support and i can only IMAGINE the parents.

on top of that, all you REALLY get is teaching experience

and that, i can tell you from personal experience, is literally worthless.

they have fellowships that recruit NON-teachers for teacher jobs where they can get teaching credentials after they start

thats how important teaching is in the US

add to the fact that you aren't even an English major, you're a History major. you wouldn't even be teaching in your discipline.

ill smack you if you go to korea to teach english over taking an IT job in DC.

SMACKS

edit: lol, i went back and read and literally everyone is telling you to go to korea.

do not do that.

mark my words.

stay at the crib and stack them 1500 dollar checks for sitting in an air conditioned office wearing whatever you want browsing the internet, waiting for issues to never pop up.

TRUST ME BRO

in 6-7 years, when you're in some IT management position

you will laugh at the thought of slaving in korea.

and prolly have enough bread to visit anyway.

LOL @ young dudes in here talking about some make-believe interviewer who happens to be korean being impressed by your choice to slave in korea for a year.....LOL mog will smile, thank you for your time and hire his boy, who has 2 more years of IT experience.

lol @ make believe IT firms who value teaching experience.

TRUST ME.

Welp, I'm not open but I'm convinced

nazdrowie · Jan 6, 2017

at first i was thinking do the korea thing, but after reading post above, i agree with getting practical, functional IT experience first...

give it a year and see where your head is at...

lobcity · Jan 6, 2017

eNPHAN said:
i didn't read ANY of the responses

but go with the IT

IT jobs are dope. you can literally do whatever, as long as you keep everything working. landing a decent paying gig fresh out of school is actually pretty lucky.

itll also help you in the long-term with job experience.

and TRUST ME, you definitely wanna get IT experience before TEACHING experience.

do not teach english in korea.

those programs are jokes.

the pay is terrible. the spots you stay in are terrible. the schools don't give you a ton of support and i can only IMAGINE the parents.

on top of that, all you REALLY get is teaching experience

and that, i can tell you from personal experience, is literally worthless.

they have fellowships that recruit NON-teachers for teacher jobs where they can get teaching credentials after they start

thats how important teaching is in the US

add to the fact that you aren't even an English major, you're a History major. you wouldn't even be teaching in your discipline.

ill smack you if you go to korea to teach english over taking an IT job in DC.

SMACKS

edit: lol, i went back and read and literally everyone is telling you to go to korea.

do not do that.

mark my words.

stay at the crib and stack them 1500 dollar checks for sitting in an air conditioned office wearing whatever you want browsing the internet, waiting for issues to never pop up.

TRUST ME BRO

in 6-7 years, when you're in some IT management position

you will laugh at the thought of slaving in korea.

and prolly have enough bread to visit anyway.

LOL @ young dudes in here talking about some make-believe interviewer who happens to be korean being impressed by your choice to slave in korea for a year.....LOL mog will smile, thank you for your time and hire his boy, who has 2 more years of IT experience.

lol @ make believe IT firms who value teaching experience.

TRUST ME.

You missed the most important sentence in his paragraph. "Something i always wanted to do"

Getting LIFE experience > Job experience.

You dont get opportunities like this when your in career mode. Its okay to go against the grain and LIVE

The sad thing is you call it slaving like its beneath you

Sir San Diego · Jan 6, 2017

You always wanted to do it, but you ain't gonna do it? [emoji]129300[/emoji]

Mark Antony · Jan 6, 2017

As someone who actually supervised, hire/fire IT techs, go to Korea. Like I said, entry level IT gigs aren't going anywhere, with your degree and a couple certs it will be easy to pick back up when you return. Get the **** you want to do out the way when you're young, it'll be tougher to do once you have your career rolling.

sonoftony · Jan 6, 2017

go to Korea OP. #YOLO

Bosa · Jan 6, 2017

supermanblue79 · Jan 6, 2017

Go to Korea and do what you've always wanted to do. You have no idea what types of doors that experience of teaching in Korea will open for you in the future. While you're there teaching English, take advantage of your situation become fluent in the Korean language. I think that taking Tae Kwon Do in Korea would also be an incredible outlet. This experience will serve you far better than an entry level helpdesk job here in the US.

23kidd · Jan 6, 2017

Dont knock it till u try it.

This is YOUR life and i know ur here looking for advice but do what YOU want to do.

Go to Korea and get that experience, if u dont like it then you can just come back home right?

Thats just how life is, you make a decision and go with it. If you dont like it, take a step back and go to the drawing board,

bendover · Jan 6, 2017

Go to Korea. I can assure you this is something you can talk about in your interview. We Americans are infatuated with travel but rarely do. It will be something that works in your favor

dman14 · Jan 6, 2017

hey young blood, here's my advice...

i think life experiences and taking chances can show employers that you aren't afraid of challenges. you got the IT stuff down, that'll will be the easy part
my yoga instructor taught english in South Korea and she was saying that it was one of her best decision in life

Mark Antony · Jan 6, 2017

And your teaching experience will absolutely be valued, especially in your senior roles later on.

jape · Jan 6, 2017

KOREA. easy

**** DC

trump is gonna be the potus...get out while you can

getback · Jan 6, 2017

BenDover said:
Go to Korea. I can assure you this is something you can talk about in your interview. We Americans are infatuated with travel but rarely do. It will be something that works in your favor

DMan14 said:
hey young blood, here's my advice...

i think life experiences and taking chances can show employers that you aren't afraid of challenges. you got the IT stuff down, that'll will be the easy part
my yoga instructor taught english in South Korea and she was saying that it was one of her best decision in life

Mark Antony said:
And your teaching experience will absolutely be valued, especially in your senior roles later on.

These. LOL@ @eNPHAN thinking potential employers would be unimpressed by venturing to S. Korea.

titanium tea · Jan 6, 2017

WorldGoneMad said:
sup nt.. was looking to get some advice from some members who have a bit more life experience than me...

so basically to make it short, i just graduated with a degree in history but have 3 years of experience in IT...

I got offered a job with an IT firm in DC to start off my career (help desk job for 40k)... the pay is decent for a recent graduate and the hours are decent as well...

But I also got offered a job in Korea to teach English... which is something I always wanted to do... I never wanted to visit korea, but rather experience everyday life there... Im afraid if I go to Korea, when I come back, my resume and past IT experience will be seen as "old" and it'll be even more difficult for me to get a job in IT...

But I also dont want to live my 9-5 life regretting never teaching english in Korea...

A part of me is telling me to go to Korea since im young, and I just graduated and I have an open door... but the other half is saying to play it safe and take the IT job to start my IT career to have some stability.....

Any advice....??

Go to korea. DC probably wont get drained very quickly and it is kinda a hell hole anyway.
Id visit north korea before dc myself

W)taps · Jan 6, 2017

You're a recent grad with 3 years IT experience? Did you hold off college to work? Just curious.

IMO you should really think about getting relevant experience in IT before making the jump to teaching English in Korea.

Like someone else here said, anyone can do that job and it wouldn't be a stretch to say that you can easily get a position like that later down the road with not much effort.

IT, not so much. Use that entry level help desk position to get yourself to that next higher position.

I worked part time (20hr/week) at my University's IT department (help desk) while I was a student.

friscostylez said:
I agree with him 100%.

Famb u didn't even tell us why you want to teach? Or why in korea? It comes off hella random imo. You should definitely look into it & not just do it bc you're young. From experiences I heard from other people who have done something similar, its not as fun as one initially thought, the pay sucks, and they aren't really teaching. You will be teaching English but its not gonna be something rigorous or taken too serious. Do more research.

Well I always had an interest in E. Asia (major was history in e. asia after all lol)

in addition, im Korean myself and I grew up in a pretty traditional korean family... Cause of this I always wanted to know what it was like actually living in the motherland if that makes sense...

eNPHAN said:
i didn't read ANY of the responses

but go with the IT

IT jobs are dope. you can literally do whatever, as long as you keep everything working. landing a decent paying gig fresh out of school is actually pretty lucky.

itll also help you in the long-term with job experience.

and TRUST ME, you definitely wanna get IT experience before TEACHING experience.

do not teach english in korea.

those programs are jokes.

the pay is terrible. the spots you stay in are terrible. the schools don't give you a ton of support and i can only IMAGINE the parents.

on top of that, all you REALLY get is teaching experience

and that, i can tell you from personal experience, is literally worthless.

they have fellowships that recruit NON-teachers for teacher jobs where they can get teaching credentials after they start

thats how important teaching is in the US

add to the fact that you aren't even an English major, you're a History major. you wouldn't even be teaching in your discipline.

ill smack you if you go to korea to teach english over taking an IT job in DC.

SMACKS

edit: lol, i went back and read and literally everyone is telling you to go to korea.

do not do that.

mark my words.

stay at the crib and stack them 1500 dollar checks for sitting in an air conditioned office wearing whatever you want browsing the internet, waiting for issues to never pop up.

TRUST ME BRO

in 6-7 years, when you're in some IT management position

you will laugh at the thought of slaving in korea.

and prolly have enough bread to visit anyway.

LOL @ young dudes in here talking about some make-believe interviewer who happens to be korean being impressed by your choice to slave in korea for a year.....LOL mog will smile, thank you for your time and hire his boy, who has 2 more years of IT experience.

lol @ make believe IT firms who value teaching experience.

TRUST ME.

may I ask how you know all this? I've done tons of research on teaching in Korea and im def. aware of horror stories. But there are also tons of people who had a great time...

HEATHEN · Jan 6, 2017

I say stay bruh, you fresh out of university, I'm assuming you might have debt. Now is the time to start stacking paper man.

Korea is cool and all but that's a vacation b. Unless you're willing to really become an expat and create a life out there I really don't see the upside of going out there, "experiencing Korea" and then coming out here and essentially having to operate from a deficit.

That's just my opinion though bro.

Take the IT job and build on that. Don't squander your time abroad.

agentorange · Jan 6, 2017

Go travel the world man . You always hear older people say they regret not doing so when they were younger or they would have loved to . I don't think I've ever heard an older person say "Damn I should have never traveled and should have worked that 9 to 5 instead" .

sfc415 · Jan 6, 2017

at the bitter dudes in here who went straight to real work after college. Don't even listen to them; you can start your career at ANY time you want. I didn't live in a country but I traveled almost everywhere on a tight budget for 2 years after graduating, and I'm on the same path I would've been if I went straight to career mode back then. I didn't even graduate in accounting; I took online accounting courses while I was traveling all over Asia and switched to being a full time accountant only after I wanted a better car and my own apartment :lol:

$tatus $ymbol · Jan 6, 2017

I'm all about seeing the world & taking advantage of all of its dopeness but personally I'd take the IT job & build. Like said, I wish I had that IT experience. Korea would have to take a back seat, I'm all about securing the bag for the long term.

wavylo413 · Jan 7, 2017

I have to concur with gamble.

Chase that paper while you still young enough to chase it...

you can go volunteer to teach in Korea later if it's really your burning desire.

agentorange · Jan 7, 2017

You can "chase paper" your entire life, and if you pick a career because of the money you're already losing. Once you start a career it isnt as simple to just pick up and go to Korea as you please.

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