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Originally Posted by jml5083
I'm glad I stumbled upon this thread this morning. I've flipped through the meat of it and what MMM says rings true.
My Question is this. While finding a job teaching English to support a new life in Japan would likely be the easiest way to go about it... What about finding a job relative to my degree earned? Next to Business I think that my degree in IT and Computer Programming Could still be a skill used. I mean, I may not be fluent in Japanese but no matter that language barrier, programming languages are the same worldwide.
While I'd be willing to work as an English teacher to support myself, how realistic is it to find a job pertaining to my degree while I'm in Japan?
Thanks in advance to any replies  |
Hello
I am in the IT field myself, I had no luck, but others on the forum suggested that IT work are everywhere, so I will go by what other suggested and say that yes you do have a shot at it
One thing though, I think, you do need to know Japanese, or fluent enough to communicate, lets not look at the job requirement (most posting will say how much Japanese is needed, and so far, everything IT I've seen need you to be fluent), but to look at the job itself, as a programmer or software engineer, you need to be able to communicate with others to learn of the requirement, defects, expectation and such, so I would strongly recommend beefing up your Japanese, especially in that technical world as you probably know that we have a complete different culture in the technical language in English, and its likely that they also have the same in Japanese