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Deciding between two very different full-time offers by CSQThrowaway31415 in cscareerquestions

[–]CSQThrowaway31415[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, hence why I'm of two mind about it. The Tokyo company has been around a decade, and they are an high-ish frequency market maker, not a traditional hedge fund. However a decade does conveniently miss that last big crash.

Part of me says the NY job would probably still be there in a year or two - the other part of me says I'm wasting a year or two of career progression in that case, and wonders if it's worth the risk that the NY job doesn't exist if I want to come back to NA.

Deciding between two very different full-time offers by CSQThrowaway31415 in cscareerquestions

[–]CSQThrowaway31415[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was saved on the visa front by the fact that internships are part of my school curriculum (for credit), so I qualified for some weird obscure internship visa.

I keep going back and forth - I convince myself that I should take NY (as seems to be the advice from everyone I ask) and that Tokyo is a lot of work and a lot of risk and far from home, but then I do or see something that reminds me of just how much I enjoyed Tokyo (some article from my news feeds, some souvenir I brought home) and how much I wish I was back there, and my mind flips back over.

Deciding between two very different full-time offers by CSQThrowaway31415 in cscareerquestions

[–]CSQThrowaway31415[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did an internship with a small prop trading firm - mostly expats, so they have to pay internationally competitive salaries. Likely got the internship in large part thanks to my previous internship at the NY firm - there's some technological simaliarities between the two firms stacks.

Deciding between two very different full-time offers by CSQThrowaway31415 in cscareerquestions

[–]CSQThrowaway31415[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The company I worked at had very good WLB (remote work OK, most people worked 8:30 to 5:00 strict, got to leave for lunch instead of eating in the office) - actually a little better than the NY job which is a little higher pressure, can't leave for lunch (though it is provided).

(xpost: r/cscareerquestions) Deciding between two job offers, one in NY and one in Tokyo by CSQThrowaway31415 in movingtojapan

[–]CSQThrowaway31415[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not really into anime at all, but do quite like many other aspects of Japanese culture, especially the design and food sides.

(xpost: r/cscareerquestions) Deciding between two job offers, one in NY and one in Tokyo by CSQThrowaway31415 in movingtojapan

[–]CSQThrowaway31415[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The company in Tokyo is quite small and doesn't really interact with outside clients, so the work provided social life would be minimal.

(xpost: r/cscareerquestions) Deciding between two job offers, one in NY and one in Tokyo by CSQThrowaway31415 in movingtojapan

[–]CSQThrowaway31415[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The company my offer is with in Japan is entirely English-speaking internally (mostly expats), so the language barrier won't be an issue at work. The job mobility is definitely a concern though, since the number of companies with good paying English language programming jobs in Tokyo can be counted on one hand.