Yes, I've heard some good things about Osaka. And yes, the Tokyo people are usually overworked. The friends I made there were mostly from the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or the Philippines. I used to have 2 jobs and that was normal. A guy I worked with (Japanese) worked 3 jobs, went to school one day and took his drivers course on Sundays. He handed in 75% of his earnings to his parents. I've seen him sleep standing up on the train! But I think I didn't stay long enough to make any Japanese friends, as most didn't speak much English and I spoke even less Japanese. I am learning with my kids now, but it's not easy, and I have always been good at languages.
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2 jobs???!!! wow ! that sounds so stressful 」(￣▽￣」) and I would not be able to ever do 3 jobs, I had 2 jobs at a point but that didnt last too long. The sleeping thing , there are always so many photos online of people sleeping in random places, it amazes me. Its tough to learn if you mainly speak English, my mother works in a Russian shop here in Ireland and she can barely speak English even though shes been here for 15 years!!!
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Yeah, I worked part-time on both jobs, but still: you have to get from one place to the other and on time. So with one job for three hours a day/ five days a week, and the other 5 hours/ six days a week with sometimes one hour to get from one to the other, it was still an above average work week, with sometimes 11 hours on one day. Lucky for me, I soon found a job that paid more than the two combined, and only 5 hours a day. So that was great. But I wouldn't have been able to do what my colleague did.
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Thats wonderful! What kind of job was it if you dont mind me asking? (＾▽＾) I would love to get into IT as I think its the better paying market , of course there are many talented people which makes it a hard competition.
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I'd say IT is good anywhere really. I was teaching English and promoting a night club. All together it was quite good money for both, and I was lucky to find a reasonably priced accommodation, so my life was good there. But there were people who had trouble paying for their apartments because it was so expensive. I can only imagine how it is now!
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I wouldn't be able to imagine >_< in Dublin it's super expensive as well , rent alone can cost 1k + and then food , transport. I don't think it would be much different in Japan (゜▽゜;) Thank you so much for your comments and information, I really appreciate it !
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