Hi!
I'm currently studying Japanese at university, although I'm graduating this July and then after that will probably get a part time job for a while (yeah... I study for 4 years and then work part time lol oh dear)
I currently have a part time job in the University library moving books around cos the library is doing a big upgrade. It's alright but it will only last for a few months.
In the future I plan to save up enough money to go and live in Japan for a bit (probably teaching English) and then maybe also making money from one of my creative hobbies (drawing, computer art, clothes design) but I'm still thinking about how and if it's possible to do.

Good luck if/when you decide to go solo. ;)

Currently ruler of an animal army that brings down terrorists, arrogant people, pedophiles and Narutaurds!!

Going for my masters in college for electrical engineering full time and I work at a kids toy making store part time. Love my job. :)

I'm self-employed, I clean houses for a living. Hard, disgusting ass work but so worth the pay.

I'm currently studying Psychology and Education. I'm also focusing on learning Chinese and American Sign Language to broaden my horizons.

which university? if u take the JET program i think they pay most of ur expenses so u could go to japan with little savings assuming u are careful about ur budget while u are there... might even make some money if u are paid in YEn and it continues to appreciate

nice im studying chinese too

现在你住在哪？

Except they stipulate you have to have a chunk of savings before you go to prove you can survive the first month before pay. Also JET is currently very difficult to get into. They've changed the app. process and have cut a lot of jobs because of the economy. I think they had 70 JETS in Gifu in 2008, now it's more like...20.

Oh, and probably even next year you could have a pretty good application and still get cut because they can't cope with the current volume of applicants and have taken to making arbitrary rejections.

Not to put you off or anything. Just don't bank on getting into JET as par for the course.

Full time; I sleep, Part time; I go to University for a degree in Math and Physics, and every summer, I do a placement in various different companies to save enough money to pay for my studies!

I work in IT for a large international banking group. In 3 years time I'll have enough experience to move anywhere in the world. I'm studying Japanese in my spare time and hopefully can live there for a couple of years (at least) at some stage. Hopefully, the banking experience will be good for me in Tokyo with a foreign bank or elsewhere with a JP financial company if I've got my language up to scratch by then

Which bank? If you don't mind me asking!

Ah, there's quite a few people here at university it seems :)

I'm currently a third-year, English Literature student at university. No job aside from that. My degree finishes next summer, so I'm hoping to teach English in Japan beginning that winter.

I'm teaching at a private school in Japan. I just renewed my contract for a third year, it turns out that I enjoy living and working here very much. I also do a little photography, and am slowly putting together a financial advice website which I hope will provide me with a little extra income.

Oops sorry, didn't come back to this post until today.

我 住 佛州，早日 我　感动　往　得州。　你　马？

Sorry my grammar is horrible, I'm out of practice...also I think I mixed it up with ASL grammar :eek:

Fired --> Private Teacher --> Sefl Employed
 

After the Economy went dismal in April 2009 my school in Osaka went bankrupt. So became a private teacher and pulled in an average $5000 per hour with 30-40 students. With 4 day work weeks it was nice. But realized teaching English is a dead end job.

When I'm not teaching, the money stops flowing!
So started making websites and promoting affiliate products and CPA offers. Now I've replaced my English Teaching Income :) . Just trying to build and scale my mini businesses that float around the internet.

I'm currently a JHS English teacher in Japan. This is a job I love and I won't be giving it up without a very good reason. It's only dead end if you are unhappy doing it.

But I've worn many hats, and might change hats again.

I am Payroll Admin, doing payroll for almost 500 employees, along with the paper trail that goes along with it!:)

Right now I'm working in IT security for a company that provides those services to other companies. Trying to get some money and experience to try and make it in other countries.