I recently got an offer from a production house, compare to what i got here in my country, the salary is much lower, but I’m looking at career opportunity here. It will be a great experience for me to work with Shanghai production crew and definitely helps when I’m back to my country.

I’ve been offered RMB4000 — however I’m provided with food, accommodation, flight tickets & validation.

Well, I don’t go to clubs or travel much as my work is gonna used up 70% of my day and the rest would be my sleep time I guess. But I think once in a while I would pamper myself with Starbucks or some good food, magazines maybe and Internet connection for me is a must.

So I’m just wondering if I can still survives at Shanghai with RMB4000 with the conditions above?

I’m also not sure how much English teachers get paid, except for one person who gets around 15K/mo working full-time, but has lots of free time during “office hours”. I think that’s pretty common but I’ve never really looked into it.

As for whether you can go to clubs every weekend on 10K, it really just depends on what your spending habit is like when you go out. I mean it’s really easy to burn threw a few hundred RMBs in one night, so in a month that could be 4000+. But the cost of drinks vary a lot too. E.g., a beer is anywhere from 15 to 60+ RMB, a cocktail is 30 to 150+ RMB, same goes for meals.

I think a decent 1BR apartment would be 4000 RMB/mo at most and you can definitely find cheaper. So 10K/mo is definitely livable but I’d still recommend keeping track of where your money’s going.

I tutored English in HK and had a blast, and am considering doing it as a career. Starting in Shanghai seems like a good way for someone like me with no real teaching experience.

My question is — have you met any of these expats who go teach English there? Have you heard any comments on them about whether they like and/or would like to do it as a career?

More of a stretch but — I’ve seen jobs that start you at 10-14k per month and include airfare, housing and 50% paid health insurance. Any idea if I could get a better deal by flying over there myself and looking for jobs? Also — with 10k per month, could I live in a decent 1BR apartment, spend about what you do on food, and go out to clubs every weekend?

Thanks!

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