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Discussion on: How to find a job as a software developer in Japan

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Justin Mancinelli • Edited

This would have been GOLD when I was looking for jobs in Japan starting in 2013.

I did end up getting 4 offers throughout my time there

  1. Ericsson Japan (Yokohama) - worked there 1 year before they decided to move the team to Spain
  2. KVH (doesn't exist anymore) - decided to work at IBM instead
  3. IBM Japan (Tokyo) - worked there 1 year before moving to NYC
  4. Rakuten (Tokyo) - decided to take a job in NYC instead

I had a great time. There are a lot of foreigners working in software in Japan. And the jobs I was offered were on English speaking teams. It was also really great to meet native Japanese and learn more about them and their culture.

Someone I recently started following on Twitter twitter.com/TuttiQ is also on DEV @tuttiq (and just now I noticed you work at Mercari, so you probably know her!). Small world, lots of opportunities for devs. Thanks for your post, it will help a lot of people!