An example of a successful career in Taiwan

I had no idea, just thought you were just really into cars lol.

Mechanophilia.

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Mods mods ā€¦ infamy . Iā€™m being attacked :blush:cars are like alcohol , just exist to be severely abused .

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Taiwanese Companies have potential . I guess you need to be willing to adapt and just go with it . I was lucky to strike a good deal , based on performance , that cost them a lot , but we all did very well. Laobanā€™s are pretty switched on , but my original Boss loved to tie everything up with a Contract.
Trouble is that a few years into it , the contract meant he had to pay an awful lot . It was challenging , and tasked with starting projects from scratch, which is good. Trouble is that they can tend to overload you with projects to Manage and having a few extra "helpers " hinders you .
Got free Racing which would have cost me a fortune and company cars ā€¦
Now I do a similar business with a partner and wow , itā€™s been tough to build up .

Did you have any love/hate relationships with any cars you raced?

Iā€™ve been teaching ESL for over twenty years and Iā€™m fine with it. Of course I can imagine ā€œbetterā€ jobs like porn star or Hollywood action hero, but in terms of day to day existence Iā€™m paid well for the work I do, and for the most part I enjoy teaching.

There could be exceptions, but my experience with ā€œjob envyā€ is usually that the people you envy arenā€™t really doing as well as you think they are. Or else they fail to enjoy their status the way you would. This is just another side to the grass is greener argument, in that what other people have isnā€™t always what they themselves want or appreciate. I say this, moreover, with a relative who is famous in some circles. Yeah, he gets to hear crowds cheering, but he also has to worry about money and his future way more than I do.

If I could offer some advice it would be to stop comparing. Ask yourself what you have, ask yourself what you want, and then ask yourself how you could make it better. But donā€™t go too far in comparing your job/girlfriend/life to someone elseā€™s. It might be that theyā€™re secretly miserable.

Except Leonardo DiCaprio. If heā€™s not happy all the time heā€™s insane.

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Not keen on the ones that try to kill me :frowning_face: on the Track
Funny business to doā€¦ hundreds of thousands of laps and lots of travel.
Sometimes for Manufacturers , TV, all sorts of stuff . Downside getting Race and Rally Instructor licences used to be very difficult, now itā€™s easier, which reduces salaries. like Teachers here ā€¦salary hasnā€™t moved much in a long time.
I still sigh when people say , ā€œYou must have the best job in the Worldā€ as I sit in the passenger seat Instructing some Porsche racer who has a death wish.

Pretty much stopped Competition now. Taiwan is so far behind in Motorsport .
I guess Taiwan has given me a good living and a more laid back life .

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