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    Move now or later in career when JPY is better? Japanese-American considering FAANG opportunity

    @dotk3033 Also keep in mind that I am a mid-career 39 year old with 2 masters, tons of experience and certs and not a.18 year old alt teacher. If I was younger it would be much different, since I made about 3$ an hour deployed to the middle east when I was 24 years old slaving away at aircraft...
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    Move now or later in career when JPY is better? Japanese-American considering FAANG opportunity

    @jeremiah50 It's true so long as what your after is near the station. Also, the train is not always cheap such as shinkansen to gazo or Nagano and difficult to travel with young kids, dog or gear. Don't get me wrong, there are very amazing aspects of Japan, but it is also extremely painfully...
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    Move now or later in career when JPY is better? Japanese-American considering FAANG opportunity

    @dotk3033 So I read, and it makes zero sense to me. I can hardly stand it here knowing that I am making my wife happy with my income. I always said that Japan is great if your wealthy or vacationing, but is horrible to work here. There is very low quality of life IMO. Too much traffic to do...
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    Move now or later in career when JPY is better? Japanese-American considering FAANG opportunity

    @dotk3033 Also, for perspective, I was in many ways happier here in my late 20's making significantly less (though without wife and kids to provide for) than I am now. Most of my money goes to my wife and kids.
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    Move now or later in career when JPY is better? Japanese-American considering FAANG opportunity

    @dotk3033 I make 20M here and have 3 daughters and Japanese housewife. I live in far west Tokyo and the money still does not go far. People saying that you can live a decent life on less than 14M here and support a family on a single income are mad. Now for a single person, sure 8M is prob ok.
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    Move now or later in career when JPY is better? Japanese-American considering FAANG opportunity

    @maty55 Also, I try to save at least 3k a month for retirement. This the min to have a shot of not working until you die.
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    Move now or later in career when JPY is better? Japanese-American considering FAANG opportunity

    @maty55 Haha. You I obviously haven't met my wife, and perhaps don't even have a Japanese wife. No way 4k after tax is covering EVERYTHING in a family of 5. Trust me, if it would, there's no way in hell that I would be a sardine on a 4 hr a day commute taking corporate slong day after day
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    Move now or later in career when JPY is better? Japanese-American considering FAANG opportunity

    @illumine I hear you. I mean I am definitely not happy at 20M and feel that I am falling behind globally with peers of similar skills and age(39), but it isn't horrible either. I also get about 4k USD a month in military retirement, so from an after tax perspective I am not too far from 30M...
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    Move now or later in career when JPY is better? Japanese-American considering FAANG opportunity

    @manishk012 It's nothing in that situation. Poor to be hoenst
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