I'm not saying anything that hasn't already been said, but was trained from OW through Staff Instructor all on Tao. Not in one go. I started 8 years ago, but when I came back full time in 2007 I went from DMT to OSWI in about 5 months. I've been employed on both coasts of Thailand, and received offers in Indonesia.
That's just me. I have plenty of mates/acquaintances that started and now work on Tao, in Indo, in Egypt, in the Maldives, in Palau, the UK, the States, and the Philippines.
I won't deny that I have had a few arguments with a a few instructors/managers abroad when I go diving on pleasure trips about "Koh Tao Instructors", but they were always over a bottle of vodka and they always ended in laughs. Some of them are the same ones that went on to offer me and other ex-Tao instructors work.
Honestly, I think languages and personality/ethics are FAR more important than where you were trained.
Speaking of, I need to go hit the Rosetta and brush up on my español
That's just me. I have plenty of mates/acquaintances that started and now work on Tao, in Indo, in Egypt, in the Maldives, in Palau, the UK, the States, and the Philippines.
I won't deny that I have had a few arguments with a a few instructors/managers abroad when I go diving on pleasure trips about "Koh Tao Instructors", but they were always over a bottle of vodka and they always ended in laughs. Some of them are the same ones that went on to offer me and other ex-Tao instructors work.
Honestly, I think languages and personality/ethics are FAR more important than where you were trained.
Speaking of, I need to go hit the Rosetta and brush up on my español
