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American educational degrees in Japan
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| What kind of American educational degrees would survive in Japan besides teaching English? I am in progress of majoring electronic engineering technology and computer engineering technology. Would I survive? Also, its obvious that living in Tokyo costs a LOT, but I've heard that some people live in suburban areas and take the train to Tokyo to work. What is the cost of living in such areas? (Suburban meaning somewhere between residential area next to town) |
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Re: American educational degrees in Japan
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by wisteria 「藤ã€
on 2006-06-15 18:44:18 (edited 2006-06-15 18:45:08)
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I had an engineering friend over there, he was French, and apprently spoke very fluent Japanese (although he would never speak it around his foreign friends, I guess he was shy about it). It's not polite to ask one's income in any language, but he was obviously making enough to have his girlfriend move in with him from Singapore, and she had a terrible time finding work over there (after 2 years I heard that she JUST found a job, and I believe she majored in economics). Also, I had a German linguist friend who knew 5 languages and was learning Japanese at the time. She taught at colleges and German language institutes, and also did a lot of translating and even language shows on TV. She apprently was payed about $4000 a month from all her various jobs combined. I'd say being multi-lingual is a very lucrative business. But anyway, whatever you choose to do, you need to learn Japanese either before you go there or while you are there. I heard Japanese repeat many times that if a foreigner knows Japanese, they can get paid very nicely in their field over in Japan. Also, foreign workers in Japanese companies don't have to adhere to the strictness of the Japanese work environment; most notably overtime (zangyou). Japanese feel obliged to work outrageous overtime hours not because they want to or volunteer to (it's not mandatory in most cases), but because they feel they should due to just the whole hierarchy/respect thing. But I heard a lot of foreign workers revelling in the fact that they smile at their co-workers and go home at 5PM or 7PM.. they NEVER do this "optional" overtime. Other than that, everyone else I knew taught English in some way shape or form. And they weren't faring too well, living from paycheck to paycheck sometime. Whatever you do, make sure you are GOOD at it.. get a degree (and maybe even a masters would make you more desirable for work). Gaijin gotta work extra hard to get noticed over there, and be respected as someone who can get on the inside of a Japanese environment. |
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