| Dear All, I know this topic has been beaten to a pulp, but there are so many unpredictable factors invloved here liek timing and luck. I work in the creative field, and I have to say from an international sense, the china market has less home grown talent in this area. I've been in SH for 4 years now, and I've taken a lot of lumps to understand the market, culture, language, etc. Was actually very naive when I first got here. My Salary when I first arrived was 24k RMB gross, and finally with hard work and persevereance I am currently making 40k RMB net. I'm by no means fluent in mandarin, but I can communicate with and manage a team of 12 designers. Now in the first 3 years I had many interviews for similiar positions like the one I have now - but those companies were 'only' offering 20-25k RMB gross. I was a bit frustrated and was actually planning on going back to the USA - until i got real lucky finding my current job. And the best thing about it was it came through by a casual email to a headhunter about an actually lower position that was advertised (at this point I had given up on headhunters). |
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