Category: Careers

Careers, Life and Money, Personal Finance

STEM Careers and Incomes

I usually talk to my family back in the US during the weekends. I found out that my brother started working for a new company at the end of September. He had just left his previous job of six years. The new company was going to pay him almost double his previous salary. Wow. He and his wife are electrical engineers so their combined income … Continue reading STEM Careers and Incomes

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Careers, Emergencies, Work, Work-Life Balance

On Work and Disasters

It is a Saturday and I’m supposed to be working. Instead, I’m watching TV, but I don’t find it particularly restful. I feel antsy, like I should be doing something else. Something inside me wants to be up and about, doing some kind of productive work. Is it the coffee I just drank? I’m not really sure. Saturdays are usually my busiest days. In the … Continue reading On Work and Disasters

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Careers, Life and Money, Uncategorized, Women and Money, Work-Life Balance

Women and Careers in Japan

“I just want to get married quickly and be a housewife.” When I was teaching at the technical college, I used to hear this a lot from my female students. Back then, I was teaching a class of about 20 students, almost all of them women who were hoping to get a job in the airline industry. In the seven years I’ve worked there, I’ve … Continue reading Women and Careers in Japan

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Careers, Debt, Learning New Things, Life and Money, Money, money mistakes, Uncategorized

In the Beginning, Part 2

I came to Japan in 2003 for the first time right after I finished college. It was meant to be my gap year. Funny how things turned out. In college, I double-majored in Political Science and Journalism with the intent of becoming a reporter in Washington, D.C. once I graduated. I thought that being a journalist  was the ideal job for me. (I was going … Continue reading In the Beginning, Part 2

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