Originally Posted by evamodel00

Being serious though for a second mac man, you're 2 goals are pretty tough ones actually to mix together. I had those 2 similar interests as well actually!

Don't let me divert you from your dreams at all, but let me offer a more realistic solution. This is what I did:

I joined a japanese studies program at a 4-yr university, studied abroad there for a year, and then worked there as a teacher as well. The pay was crap, is still crap, and will always be crap (subjective of course, some of my friends were fine with it).

After I graduated, I got a job in IT, and was then able to fulfill my aviation passion by training on the side to get my PPL/IR/CPL.

Your goal for your career is a great one, but also a tough/unsure one.

Now adays with the competition, imho the best thing to do is get a good paying job that you can deal with, to be able to afford what you love on the side.

Again, I would admire you for going after it no matter what the chances are, just offering some humble advice. You don't want to get in debt from all your training and then not get the job you want. You'll be miserable paying it off.