Hoping to start a Masters in social work this September. Purely because I want to move to Taiwan, and I thought it’d be good to get a degree in a professional job just in case my plan doesn’t work, and I’m forced to stay in my shite native country.
What degrees did you guys get?
Also, if anyone can answer. Is Taiwan still a good option to move to long term or should I look elsewhere? (Realistically I won’t be able to move until probably 2030 at this point lol).
Re: Degree…
Master’s in Education.
Especially if you want to come here longterm (eg: longer than 3 years) and establish some sort of career, I think it’s smart to pursue a graduate degree.
Re: Coming in 2030…
I can’t answer that. As you may be aware (I’d hope you are) we are embroiled in a very unstable geopolitical situation with China. Not a few analysts suggest they might try to invade and takeover Taiwan before the decade is over.
I got the 3rd degree a lot as a kid.
What happened to the course you were studying back in 2021?
Are you sure the UK is really that shite?
I went through that phase, risked and sacrificed a lot to experience the Far East, whilst it was an excellent life experience, I’ve found myself spending years since trying to get back to where I was before I left for that particular adventure.
A bachelors degree at minimum seems to be the going requirement for any visa (aside from tourist and Gold Card, which you can rule out if you’re heading into UK-based social care) in Taiwan, Japan or Korea, but it’s not a guarantee either.
I got educated at a reputable clown institute.
Unfortunately Taiwan is very much a dying market - people prefer watching YouTube videos and scrolling on Instagram over quality entertainment.
But at least my degree helps me deal with all the bullshit.
I saw a clown show in the hospital yesterday. Just outside the dentist’s office where I was getting a check up. Just what you want there, horns, music, juggling dancing and spontaneous applause.
Shaky hands Wang was sweating!
I can’t imagine you’ll get a job related to that degree in Taiwan. You need to think harder about your plans.
I have a BA in Philosophy… not sure it was a great idea.
And you didn’t get sidetracked?
Why is that? Can you read and write better, reason logically? Can you bend reality to fit and fulfill your every desire?
I studied economics and political science as an undergrad. My Econ degree was all calculus based.
I have a masters degree in applied math.
Do you stuff it into a little car?
But you can think about why…
Probably AI makes a lot of our masters degrees irrelevant.
If you’re serious about wanting to become employable in Taiwan, you might want to reconsider doing social work as a backup and go all in with a degree that will be useful in Taiwan. What’s your bachelor’s in? And what’s your Chinese level? You’ll be exponentially more employable in whatever field you go into (excluding English teaching) if you’re good at Chinese. It’s really hard for foreigners to get good jobs in Taiwan, so if you’re serious about it and you have four years to make it happen, do whatever you can to make it happen.
Yeah but you never came to Taiwan, weapons training is too hard even with all that math . 
I have a bachelor’s in Creative Writing and English Language & Linguistics, which back in the day was a useful degree in Taiwan because it could land you a job in not just English teaching, but also technical writing, medical writing, legal writing, UX writing, editing, journalism, and basically anything else needing English writing skills. Back in those days, companies were so desperate for English fluency that not being good at Chinese wasn’t the handicap it is today. I also have a linguistics master’s which, due to Taiwan’s points-based immigration system, was also helpful.
All of that has now changed due to automation from AI and cheap labour from the Philippines, India, etc., who can do those kinds of jobs reasonably well for a fraction of the price. I’m currently studying a part-time master’s degree in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence for my own personal fulfilment rather than “usefulness”, but I assume the practical AI side of the course will be somewhat useful in Taiwan, though I’d have a hell of a challenge actually finding a job where I could use it if I don’t bring my Chinese up to scratch first.
I got a masters degree in electrical engineering and computer science
Means nothing here in Taiwan actually.
Come on man do NOT sell yourself short!
Guy
Actually that’s pretty good.