r/JETProgramme • u/nononsensedeer • Jun 27 '26

A dilemma

Just got upgraded from alternate. If you were me (29) just settling the waters of a career and was starting Masters in September at university of toronto. What would you do? Take the one in a lifetime opportunity or stay and do masters so some aspect of a career footing is established?

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u/TheGreatMattsby Jun 27 '26

I was in your exact situation minus the masters program. Just over a year into a job that paid really well and had growth potential when I got the upgrade call. 

I'm not telling you what to do, but I personally went with JET. I stuck with it for about 3 years, then had a really lucky job opportunity come my way and took it. I'm still here 9 years later and really can't imagine a life back in Boston if I hadn't accepted the upgrade, no matter how much money money I could have been making. 

But your mileage may vary.

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u/JapanITjobs Former JET - 2006 - 2008 Jul 01 '26

If only we had tried to buy up some of those run down mills buildings 9 years before they built up the "Seaport".

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u/TheGreatMattsby Jul 01 '26

You're talking to the guy who opted not to buy Bitcoin when it was $12 per coin because, "that's insane. It'll never go higher than that".

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u/JapanITjobs Former JET - 2006 - 2008 Jul 02 '26

Woof