related: this short from Jenny Tian has been living in my head rent-free
youtube.com/shorts/N71OA...Such a practical question lol ...
Such a practical question lol #standupcomedy #costofliving #financialplanning #asianparents
"basically, I fly to Australia and I earn income here
and then I go back to America, and then I spend it"
semi-related: I still have no idea what I would have done had CAPCOM actually offered me a job on the back of the translation test I did for them back in the day l m f a o
something something Baz Luhrmann's "Moulin Rouge!" / the 19th-century Bohemian movement
(bonus: gr9 example of why Nicole Kidman got Australia in the divorce!!!)
that said, my thoughts on IP apply here, too (yes I brought this ๐งต back to tax; what did you expect????)
bsky.app/profile/maic...
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jacahp6xotj3deuhokfvvsnm/post/3mg4zo42frk23a special shout-out to Andrew Klim, whom I met my my first month in Japan back in 2016, and immediately warned me off / confirmed what I had already gleaned from r/translation etc. re: the JP โก๏ธ EN video game translation industry
www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-kl...linkedin.com/in/andrew-klim...hell, even in public accounting there is a (mostly) unspoken understanding that fresh grads will be exploited for their first few years out of uni
and accounting is... accounting. not many kids grow up saying they want to be an accountant.
circling back to IP, here's what DFAT has to say about "soft power"
www.dfat.gov.au/sites/defaul...dfat.gov.au/sites/default/...
Jennifer ( she / her ) ใบใซใ ๐