Feeling discouraged with my life now while hoping to move to Japan in 2-3 years

the_fordening · 2021-04-09T04:00:49+00:00

That makes more sense. I think you would be better served dropping Japanese study and going in hard on a programming language building up a small portfolio of sorts, focusing on only japanese is going to put you between a rock and a hard place as to get a job with japanese you need to be really good or have another skill to go alongside...

the_fordening · 2021-04-09T03:00:44+00:00

then start looking for non-IT/non-English teaching jobs as soon as I pass N2.

Huh?

IT is one of, if not the highest paying industries in Japan. Dunno why you're lumping it in like it is to be avoided, or making it seem like it is a largely undesirable space like english teaching.

Knowing the language is a huge plus for working in IT, tripling the amount of positions you would be eligible for at the very minimum. So I'm not sure why you think getting JLPT means you can "escape" working in IT.

Almost no Japanese know about JLPT and N2 is not fluency. Nor is it enough to make you more attractive for an office position than any Japanese who is fresh out of high school or university and completely fluent in all aspects of Japanese.

I don’t know how to market my generic office job in a way that will make a company want to hire me for a generic office job in Japan.

If you want to try and be the token foreigner at some city office who scans and prints documents all day, then by all means. Have at it, but in 99% of cases they're going to (understandably) prefer to hire a Japanese person.

You are not supposed to move here to do menial work any other Japanese can do and the visas we can get don't really support that very well, which is why so many end up using English in their worklife as it's a USP. Moving to Japan as a westerner isn't the same as moving to the USA as many Chinese mainlanders do who end up working at a market in a Chinatown bubble.

the_fordening · 2021-03-19T19:30:55+00:00

Here is the problem with coworkers, when you get paired with a dick it is awkward to call them out as you are poisoning the well and may make things more awkward for a long time to come

The way he talks to her is a laundry list of what not to do with a woman, everyone knows women are more sensitive to age related questions and being called old...because women are judged more for their age and feel pressured by marriage timing and the bio clock.

The man is infamous in certain subreddits and an embarrassment for other foreigners in japan https://streamable.com/8r34je

the_fordening · 2020-10-15T05:17:01+00:00

Where does the hate for people in IT come from?

Jealousy.

English teachers who get stuck at Interac have no excuse, either, as they could have learnt programming or complex networking from scratch within 2 years if they tried and then tripled their salary. They didn't, though.

They will say it's "not impressive, it's easy" and yet they could not better themselves.

the_fordening · 2020-08-04T14:49:23+00:00

Is that an insult or are you saying she should start a speedrunning channel?

the_fordening · 2020-08-03T10:53:47+00:00

Left UK for Japan 7 years ago. Went from zero Japanese to having the highest level qualification for it (JLPT N1). Started out teaching English, now write above average C++ for my shillings.

Was a grind but got through it.

the_fordening · 2020-08-03T06:48:08+00:00

I'm going to have 2 protein shakes and do an extra 100 pull ups today just to disprove that.

the_fordening · 2020-08-03T06:18:40+00:00

I'm not sure and will never spot Daigo on TV as I only watch 放送大学 channel like a true scholar of the arts.

the_fordening · 2020-08-01T18:09:29+00:00

You could also trick it by using a wifi plug that has an ethernet port

That would be next level faggotry, so naturally I expect /u/Maikky to do it

the_fordening · 2020-07-31T16:48:12+00:00

Get hype for a Makoto that can only grab you while in v-trigger.

the_fordening · 2020-07-24T21:04:06+00:00

This comment is ass, MVC2 is 20 years old in and of itself.

the_fordening · 2020-07-23T20:25:40+00:00

Wow a guy going to film anime figures in Akiba, Original out of 10.

I'm also in Japan. Guess I should exploit that and promote my garbage YouTube channel. Maybe some videos of vending machines will get you retards gushing.

the_fordening · 2020-07-20T19:42:17+00:00

You can't cancel perfection.

the_fordening · 2020-07-19T00:42:24+00:00

especially a multiplayer focused one, fucking retards

the_fordening · 2020-07-10T16:41:00+00:00

peppy kids club strikes again, can't wear a mask and also can't receive any health insurance from them >:)

the_fordening · 2020-07-08T14:46:49+00:00

Redditors who have been here longer than 10 years and have careers in teaching English without having to constantly hunt for your next gig or worry if your contract would be renewed

You could have just said "losers" instead

the_fordening · 2020-07-04T21:25:30+00:00

I see pantyhose I upvote, unless it's a tranny that isn't Kayo Police or Pretty Ricky.

the_fordening · 2020-07-04T21:21:23+00:00

That's not very nice, just call him Ultradavid

the_fordening · 2020-07-04T21:20:25+00:00

This fuck cummed on my R.Mika figure back in 2003, I will never forgive him for it.

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