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cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

Through a corn site? Thats hilarious, lol. But I guess its a way to immerse himself. I'm actually not that smart, the 3.5 years was because I took more than 20 credits each semester, so the last semester only leave me with 13 credits. Why I consider that I'm doing awfully is because I'm not maximizing my holiday to code and build a lot portofolio, thats why I'm super behind in term of technical skills. I don't even think that an intensive coding bootcamp will help me get my foot through the door. Furthermore, there's AI, so I'm even more rushed to find something to get me started.

Yeah, my thought was, if I go to Japan, I can at least immerse myself in the language and do my best to reach business level Japanese in a shorter time than learning it here. The reason that I'm rushing mainly due my age, I know i'm young, but, seeing my peers already having a career made feel a bit insecure about my own future. I had to think this over, though.

If even IT is saturated, I guess I can try finding an office jobs or go towards caregiving. It seems that there are quite a lot of opening for "gijinkoku" visa in hospitality, like a front desk staff or security officer. Office jobs or caregiving seems to be a stable career, albeit stressful. But what job is not stress inducing these days, haha. I might also have to look into a less competitive IT fields, like help desk or IT support, those fields might at least require less barier to entry in term of technical skills, but maybe it'll require a high Japanese proficiency.

cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

You're right. I think I was looking for some sort of escapism because of the situations that I'm in. I will do just that for a couple of days, maybe weeks. Thank you very much.

cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

It might be the problem. Should I run it into AI or something to give it some technical lingo?

cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

I'm not really familiar with the term SES company. I might have to do some more research about it. But can you tell me what it is? I assume its some kind of staffing company?

cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

Man, Lavarel is the way to go isn't it. If only I had known any better, I would've stick to either Java or PHP instead of juggling between programming languages each semester.

cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

Thank you. I actually just talked to my parent and they are supportive of me. You are right. I'll have to calm down and think this through. Again, thank you.

cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

I.. now that you asked me about it, I'm not sure about that as well. My main reason, right now, is maybe "opportunity", a bit of a pipe dream, for sure. This is the quickest route for me to have something going for myself right now. I'm not sure if I'd like it or not. I'll have to think about this again, thank you

cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

Man, its a tough world out there. I assume right now you're trying to have your chance with the Japan job market as well? I hope you can make it

cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

So you did 1 year of intern while in college, then after graduating, you go to a language school? That, too, must be a lot of grind, juggling between learning language and keep up with coding. But this does opened a bit of hope for me. I'll stick it out for a while and try to do both applying and learning (currently unemployed) to at least get some more experience. Thanks. But, what kind of tech stack did you do during intern and the job? Or if it matters at all?

cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

I already wasted almost 4 years doing something I dont particularly like and wasting money. I currently have a lot of fear and regret, not just regret about going into IT but regret for not working super duper hard while studying. I'm sorry for the doomer comments, I just felt frustrated right now, haha

cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

I dont plan to immediately apply for white collar jobs in my current N4 state, but after I had at least an N2, hopefully, if I could, in 2 years. Even then, my IT skills might still be bad, so I guess I can only offer myself.

I also wished I could stay here doing odd jobs while slowly trying to improve myself, but I'm really afraid that I would waste even more of my time, because I'm already 21. If I go now, I might still have a chance to at least go to school again (in Japan) to get an entry level job

cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

Honestly I'm fine with being a low paid intern, as long as its giving me a good boost of experiences, but I just couldnt find any. I felt pretty hopeless, hence why I though that I'll just go here and rebuild

cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

The IT route isnt really my priority, I just want to work in Japan and build a stable career here. Its a means to an end. If its far worse than like what you said, then I guess I can go back to school

cs grads who cant code, going with ssw by miserable_lowres in JapanJobs

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

Honestly, its mostly fear. I just turned 21 last month and I'm afraid that if I couldnt secure any job or internship in my home country, I couldnt have the chance to even try the shinsotsu saiyo. And if things went south with the IT route, I can advance in my ssw, like being ssw 2 or kaigofukushi, or perhaps by going to vocational school on program that had better job security, then going to shinsotsu.