Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!i61-195-247-171.us.catvmics.ne.JP!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: cost of living question Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 19:18:17 +0900 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3F8FC1E9.8070308@hotmail.com> References: <733c8a12.0310151355.2573fbac@posting.google.com> <7cr261-44f.ln1@urd.awh.org> Reply-To: declan_murphy@hotmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: i61-195-247-171.us.catvmics.ne.jp (61.195.247.171) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1066385801 26357325 61.195.247.171 (16 [139419]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0rc2) Gecko/20020510 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:6604 Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing wrote: >>Why is it that you assume that this is the only thing you could do in >>Japan? Why is it that everyone assumes that this is the only occupation >>for foreigners in Japan? What is it that you do in Indiana? Couldn't >>you get a job doing that instead? > > In my case,teaching pays ALOT more than cooking. I have never seen a cooking > job advertise a good wage here. Wouldn't it depend to some degree on what you are cooking, & what position you had within the workplace hierarchy etc? The chef working in the building next door to my office earns a pretty good salary - as in shitloads. In addition to cooking, his role includes training chefs how to use Electrolux equipment in commercial kitchens. His younger assistants of course don't earn as much, but judging by the lack of staff turnover they apparently earn relatively more or in better conditions relative to elsewhere. Seems to be a nice niche. -- A hand on the bush is worth two birds on the arm.