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Comment author: aelephant 28 October 2012 12:37:28PM 6 points [-]

If you're interested in travel & speak fluent English, I have heard that is it possible to make excellent money teaching English, even without any kind of credentials. I personally only tutor 1 child because it is all I have time for, but I make about 125 RMB per hour, which translates to about $20 US. While my pay is not great (for the US), I have heard that if you get a group of 8 or so kids together & teach them in bulk, you can make upwards of 800 RMB per hour (~$127 US). This would also be tax free. Not quite on par with the high-end college-educated call girl, but I'm guessing most of us aren't suited to be one of those.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 28 October 2012 07:56:01PM *  5 points [-]

I always thought it'd be cool to pair this offer (guaranteed English teaching job in the country of Georgia, with housing, airfare, and stipend) with working on some kind of internet business. One teach-in-Georgia blogger (IIRC) wrote something like "I've got so much free time, but the government won't let me work any additional jobs!"

Oh yeah, and the Georgian visa laws are really nice. And things are probably pretty cheap there.

There's also Startup Chile--$40K if your startup moves to Chile, IIRC.