Yeah. The Taiwanese work harder, but the Thai are more fun. Taiwanese are better at following, but the the Thai have better traffic engineers. Food, quite different.
But, very similar overall. Historically a strong Chinese influence, post WW2 a strong US and Japanese influence. Struck me a lot when I got here, eventually I took a stab at a thread
Not very different from Taiwan, is it?
30k per month (baht) at an average national uni if you have a bachelors degree as an English teacher. Masters is more. Certain fields pay English teachers or professors more. Masters degree holder teaching English to pharmacy students will get closer to 40k. That’s tax free, and very low stress and low workload. Private universities can pay more, I was making about 80k per month when I left, including a side gig. Difficult, but possible
I wouldn’t say the people are particularly friendly down here, though. And the food is awful down here. If someone wasn’t loving Taipei and was considering Bangkok or Cowtown, no contest