Now, I am living in Thailand, and while the pay rate I would be quoting may seem low in USD, it is not considered bad here. The average wage is around 15,000 bht (480 USD).
I work as an interpreter and I had three job offers. One was from a leather manufacturer, offering 40,000 bht with working days from 8-5, Monday to Saturday. The second offer was from a legal firm, offering 45,000 bht, 8-5 from Monday to Saturday, but it was only a one-year contract. The third offer was from a camping car company, offering 35,000 bht. The working hours were from 7:30-4, Monday to Thursday, with Fridays off every other week due to engineers' meetings.
I'm currently working as a freelance translator bringing in 35,000-70,000 bht a month already, so I took the camping car company's offer, since it offered the most free time for me to still be able to focus on my freelance job.
But when I told people of my choice, they looked at me dead shock and told me I'm stupid for now taking the legal firm's offered. Am I stupid?