So as of now my career is in a pretty bad position. I graduated with a CS degree during the techpocalpyse and haven’t been able to find a job since.
I’ve been to Japan twice, I have 1000 kanji in me and at least one word for each kanji and generally can have long 30-45 minute convos with people in Japan but I’m far from fluent.
My hope is to just go to Japan, work as an ALT, and then find some kind of white collar job (teaching or not) that I can start some kind of career in.
I hear JET is the best program for its salary and support system but I need to wait until next April to even find out if I get in. I working on a TEFL certificate right now though admittedly it’s one of those scammy ones that don’t do a great job of teaching.
Do you guys think that the benefits of JET are worth putting things on hold for a few months as opposed to applying for an agency position right now? Like is the difference substantial or is just the better of every option but not something worth pausing over. I have stuff to do in the meantime (starting an online grad school program and doing some contract work that gives me some pocket change) so it’s not I’m gonna be homeless but if the differences between an agency and JET are marginal I’d start working towards getting into an agency right now.
by pouyank