[SSJup81]

I wish I could be self employed. I don't have any skills to utilize for something like that. Back in about the mid 90s, I was highly interested in doing translation for a living (Spanish...later on, late 90s, I grew interested in Japanese language, but had no place to learn it), but after not getting into the university of my choice, I decided not to bother, and stick with business since that's where most of my background was.

Originally Posted by godwine

Well 3 weeks vacation is considered decent, many company still give 2 and you don't get 3 until you hit like 10 or 15 years of services. Guess I am just lucky that they gave me 4 per year to start with

I think it's bad in general, though, that other countries offer their employees that much at the start, and we have to work for 10 or 15 years just to get that. I think companies here should offer more paid vacation time to their employees as opposed to having them work like dogs for decades, literally, just to have the opportunity to take a month off. Seriously, I worked at SunTrust in their government insuring department. I knew I was being screwed for the most part, but there wasn't much I could do about it. I was allowed one week a year, no pay, and also couldn't carry days over, because of the job they had me hired for. *rolls eyes*

But what you said earlier someowhat inspired me to say something that is along the line of what MMM originally posted. I think it is true that the priveledge to travel also belong to those who can afford it, in terms of both money and time. And to get that, you really need to land a good job that offers both. And this type of job NEEDS a University/College degree.

Very much true, which is why I sucked it up, and went back to finish my degree. I quit schooling about six, seven years ago because I was tired of going to different schools (business, tech) and college and not getting any work experience in the process, since seems I always got overlooked for jobs where I was definitely qualified for in terms of knowledge, but I lacked in actual experience. Getting a job was tough then because it conflicted with my class schedule and I couldn't do both.

Not suggesting that the University/College degree will guaratnee it, but not having one will definitely not help

Yep. I'm mostly working on the degree so that I can apply for JET, but to also better my chances of getting a decent job.