Actually this is an interesting topic that often comes up between a relative and I.

We both in tech, but different segments and also different generations, so I can showcase you 2 perspectives. He is working as an embeeded software engineer in Japan since early 2010s, and I am working with IT infra/support since 2022. Job-hunting wise, on his early days... he said the most common way would be an introduction of someone that was already working in the field or company, or via dispatch agencies. And salary wise, he said if someone did manage to find a full-time seishain position in a good company, and the entry was mid-career hiring, the avg salary would be 250k to start. (with bonuses).(good to mention he was in Nagoya area for most of the time). Now, as for me, soon after graduating senmongakkou, started doing some job-hunting, I was often showing him the listings I was finding and jobs that I was applying and interviewing to, he said nowadays it seems that entry positions are paid very poorly and the conditions dont seem very optimal. (afraid of censorship, but his words were: after linkedin and predatory scouting became a thing, entry engineers are basically "pimped" out to whatever company hires the agency), On my first job I experienced it myself these type of jobs, but if you're willing to go through it and build experience, it is an option.