IT industry fresh students want to go to Japan to work, ask for advice?

Ask：

I 985 undergraduate Computer professional graduate, like Japanese culture, very yearning to go to Japan experience. But the Japanese 0 base, also said that Japan's IT technology development prospects are low, a little confused. Can an experienced friend give you some advice?

Secretary：

First of all, you may be most concerned about the career prospects, because the title owner said that Japan does it development prospects are low, then, this is the truth? My answer is partly true.

Let me first briefly say some of the characteristics of the Japanese IT industry. You may usually see more of the Internet company, but in fact, the big head of the software industry is in the industry software development. This part should be absorbed by most of the practitioners. Japan's Internet companies and domestic companies are not very different, they have developers, but also the use of some of the temporary workers in foreign companies. And do the industry software development of most software companies, is rarely the use of external temporary workers, basically are mainly self-developed (these years domestic situation I am not very familiar with, may be some discrepancy?) ）。 But Japan's industry software development, basically to outsource mainly, customers a list out, layers of subcontracting, even the internet companies and in recent years compared to the fire of the Hand tour and so on, such as Gree these well-known companies, but also a large number of use of foreign-style temporary workers model to develop, I have friends in the Lotte work, His team also has half. Moreover, this kind of assignment is sometimes separated several layers, sometimes peers meet, often ask each other, your company generally do the first few bags ah? As you may have noticed, I'm going to mix the outsourcing and the assignment, because in Japan the two are mixed together, assignment (Japanese call dispatch, back I try to use the word dispatch) is to send people to the customer site, by the customer management, outsourcing (Japanese call commissioned development) is the client to the development of the task to the next level of the company To the acceptance of results. Usually a project is done, the first floor of the company will use the social members (the company => Club, Staff => members) to send a core group, and then subcontract the task to the next level of the company, the next level of the company is usually the same, received the task, the members of the community to send a core group, and then down to subcontract ...

Why use the dispatch and delegate development model? The main purpose is to facilitate cost control, there are projects to find someone to do, the project finished a kick open, and because Japan's labor laws and regulations relatively sound, easy to recruit individuals, the CD is not so simple (our company this year to recruit a slag, now everyone in the headache how to kick him off ... ), so the use of dispatch and commissioned development is more convenient for the practice of worry. One consequence of this industry model is that the requirements for sound documentation are very high, because the task is to subcontract layers, the cost of communication across the company is very high, so basically package to the next level of the task must have a very clear documentation, which is why the legendary Japanese outsourcing is a pig can do the reason, Really to the programmer hand Coding task, design book to the variable names to you set, the code of the loop to write you well ... The programmer's task is really just to turn the pseudocode into real-run code and debug debugging to pass.

Of course, the above is only the ideal situation, not ideal situation, is the document is very bad, the code is even worse, and then the entire team of people struggled with the mire every day until they finally struggled to get something out of the way, which is why it's so hard to outsource to Japan, because most of the time, we don't get the ideal.

Then you can imagine what the career prospects are for development in this model? That is really a gloomy ah ...

So looking back, is there really no prospect? Not really. First of all, if you're in a company that usually does a pack or two package, you can get a lot of exercise, because a package directly to the customer, you can have the opportunity to directly butt the customer, and, your work is usually to coordinate the work of the two-pack company, so, put aside the technology does not talk, simply say personal ability of exercise, it is quite large, And for a two-pack company, it's usually closely related to a pack of companies, often send someone to work with a package of companies and docking customers, basically, from requirements analysis to detailed design phase, including the project's technical framework, is generally a package and two packages together, and there is no clear scope of work boundaries, technically speaking, can also get a lot of exercise.

So, come to Japan to do it, either, directly into a corporate development company (mostly internet companies, and some very small software companies), or, as far as possible into a package or two packages of software companies.

What if your company is three packs or four packs? It is not hopeless, remember the previous said, is a pig capable ah, what does this mean? means that most of your teammates are pigs, really capable people, in fact, it is easy to stand out among a group of pigs, is not it? Even pigs are capable of living, they still need to wipe their asses for these pigs. Do two or three years, Japanese good, to two package or a package of transfer is also very simple things.

The point to note here is that because Japan's development model is no more often than at home, in small companies you have to do everything yourself, ability to improve quickly, in Japan, if you are doing three packs of four small companies, you can do the technical things are not much, therefore, amateur do their own technical research and discipline is even more important, If you are interested in technology, or can do, but itself if not interested in technical research, just want to mix rice to eat, it is easy to sink down.

My own example, when I first came to Japan, in 03, Java EE just started, there are not many experienced people, I from three packs or four packs of the company was thrown into a project team, in the customer site development, a bunch of pig teammates are uncertain, I chi Chi to change the Tomcat source code to help everyone better debug our own program (this is not much to say, a bad debug frame, I had to cheat on Tomcat), and then, the next year my men with a few people wandering around, wages also rose 30%, so.

On the other end, I'm not familiar with the gaming industry about Japan's internet industry and gaming industry. However, I am now working in an Internet start-up company, this industry, such as Lotte, Gree, and so on, is generally a large number of use outside the (dispatch) in the development of their own, the development of their own products, you are considered through three packs of four packs in, But the content of the work on the site is the same as their own members, only that you may do more specific work and their members do more management and coordination of work, from this point of view, there is still a lot of technical progress. Small, like us in the start-up period of the company, is basically a development-oriented, and occasionally short-term use of the external stationed. Of course, a company based on its own development, all things must be done by themselves, from the perspective of career development, of course, it is good, I came to this company, led the development of our company's own web framework, from a playful point of view, this is the best thing to play right. In this respect, I think it is not very different from the domestic companies, but this kind of companies, because it is mainly Japanese companies, so the requirement of basic native level of Japanese, the first to Japan is basically difficult. But it is said that Lotte in recent years to promote the use of English language, in Japan Lotte also has a lot of English-speaking European and American people, so, the requirements of Japanese is not absolute.

After talking about career prospects, let's talk about money. This is really a bitter tears ah, 11 years ago, when I came to Japan, the Japanese yen or 100:0.085, now only 0.05 of the good, nothing to say I this income conversion RMB directly depreciated 30%!!! Just came to Japan pelting, Japan's wages and domestic than that is much higher, my friends are mostly just graduated from college pay is also high not where to go, small partners to hear my salary two stars, now, I rub, don't ask me salary, I am poor ...

To put it simply, the wage level in Japan in 10 has not changed in itself, because Japan's economy did not have any rapid growth in 10, inflation is close to 0, and wages are unlikely to rise. Just came to Japan's wages, about 20.25 million yen (equivalent to RMB 10k-13k, I no longer translated), regardless of good and cheap, are the price, Japanese university graduates are almost the same price, graduate students are the same, why? For your Japanese is not good, need someone to cover you to start, you can only take basic salary is not? In the future, on the basis of their own level and efforts, the Japanese over 2, usually can be more than 50,000, over 1, but also more than 50,000. The technology is good can work, and more 50,000, the technology is quite good each project team are competing for, and more 50,000, how many? 450,000? Well, on top of that, Japanese is pretty cow X, able to fully understand gentleman's psychological activities, and the gentleman hair smooth, which can be almost with the project, plus 5.1 million, or your technology is quite cow x, gentleman every time you have to call the name must be willing to contract, also almost can add 5.1 million bar, how much? Is it over 60? Basically, most of the Chinese who do it in Japan, do outsourcing this line, 40-60 is their top (70-80 of also have, less), and then go on, and you are not a foreigner in fact not very much, with the Japanese competition into large companies, foreign Cow X company. You can do this, Japanese itself is not an obstacle, or depending on your own ability.

To speak Japanese, Japanese itself to work in Japan is not really a barrier to do outsourcing companies, the Chinese people draw the map is cheap, as for Japanese, Japanese good people with work, can read the design document is enough to understand? Full article are Chinese characters, you run to see you do not understand you have the nerve? Generally speaking, the Chinese here, over 2 a year, two years over 1 is the normal, a year over 1 of people are not abnormal, three years over the 1 level is also a lot, but three years have not been 1 levels, it is very rare, such as my wife such a national treasure, 5 years have not been 2 grade it ... Why doesn't she study hard? Because she studied hard and no one gave her a raise salary ah, we are not the same ah, you see I said above, each level represents 50,000 dollars NA, can not work hard to learn ...

Finally, talk about the advantages and disadvantages of staying in Japan. First of all, what is the advantage, the air is fresh, good environment, simple and secure life. The first few months a domestic friend asked me to say that there is a company in Beijing to dig him, ask me how, my answer is, heard that, Beijing cancer incidence is very high ... Later he went to Beijing to get a high salary, I envy envy hate, while comfort myself, Tokyo Air how good Ah, the sky blue ah .... Japan's health care system is relatively complete, the daily medical treatment is usually 30% of the individual, the rest is the burden of health care, in addition, the Child High school graduation (or high school?) I do not remember the doctor before the full free, this and domestic than is really good too much.

The so-called life is simple, I do various formalities in the domestic affairs that is quite abhorrence, all the big ye of the office nostril, fart large thing can let you run for a few months, today lacks this, tomorrow wants that, in this side completely does not have these disgusting things, all wants to do the matter to be able to find the necessary data and the processing process in the net, Prepare the material for yourself, and pass the information to the window, finished, there will be no unnecessary nonsense, I said two simple exceptions to the example, first, a certain year I went to work visa renewal, with the company prepared for my materials to the national Authority, found that the NI application forms and procedures are updated, The executive of our company did not confirm beforehand, gave me the old form prepared according to the old process, I bite the bullet to the window to hand in the information, the staff told me, do not worry, you hand in the old form we will go according to the old process, new form we will follow the new process, your information has been all, go back to wait for the notice on the line. Second thing, when I transferred to this company, the company asked me to go into the tube to open a job qualification certificate, then I went into the tube to submit the application, said to wait two weeks before you can take, after a week, I received a call, into the tube said to me to add material to open this proof, I said yes, you send me the list. OK, the phone is hung up, two days after receiving the mailing list, I prepared the material according to the list, and then put the envelope attached to the letter to throw into the mailbox, OK, done. I do things at home, has never been so easy, this is I do not want to return to a very important reason.

The so-called stability, in fact, is that Japan has passed the stage of rapid development, relative to the domestic economic development of the Magnificent, the life on this side is relatively flat, today and yesterday did not change, this year and last year did not change, next year, will also be like this. To say bad, this is called lack of vitality, say good, but not just stable:

What's the downside? First of all, that's what I just said. Daily life is placid, there is no domestic kind of everyone in the sense of struggle, there is very little the myth of a rich night, we are like screws, the steady life, so, to Ma Yun, Horse, Li Hongyan for the goal of the people, to Japan is not what the meaning of , eager like me, can stay. Then, it is a sad tears, what I said, the most patriotic is your stomach. Although the Japanese side than Europe and the United States a lot better, still be authentic Chinese food or a lot of, but every day in the micro-trust friend Circle watching friends are popular to drink spicy, this is called a sad ah, you know I return to the main why? is to eat, do not do anything, eat, from the morning to eat until the evening home, who will not let me eat me with who desperately ...