Interview Article: What is the most Inspired Career Fly in Japan for international IT engineer at Goalist-vol.1

Today we, Career Fly team, went to the HR tech company “Goalist“ to understand the experience of two international engineers “How is their Career Fly in Japan”.
Read on as two international engineers share their experience of working & living in Japan. CF would like to focus on their wonderful career building in Japan.

Mr. Tamon is from France and has lived in Chile & Canada as well. His father is Japanese. He currently works in the Full-Stack Data Management team at Goalist. His role is to upgrade an already existing project. He believes that once you work in Japan, you get exposed to such a culture that you can become the best professional in your field.

Mr. Vivek is from the West central part of India. After graduating from his engineering college in 2014 he was placed with a Japanese company, NTT. There he learned Japanese and was introduced to the Japanese working culture. While working in NTT he was exposed to projects from other countries as well. Of all of these, he liked the Japanese one the most & decided to shift to Japan. Here at Goalist, He is a part of the two-person AI team. He is working on some new products & soon, AI will be an inseparable part of Goalist.

Career Fly(CF) : Thank you very much for having us today. It’s nice seeing you all.

Mr. Tamon(T)& Mr.Vivek(V) : Thank you for giving us such a nice opportunity.

CF : Well, how is your Life in Japan? Do you get used to it?

V : So far so good. I am liking the culture here. I am having the best experience.
T : So am I.

CF : How is Life in Japan?

Vivek San : The best part is being systematic and I am learning to be more organized. I am having the best experience.

T : I like Shibuya, Harajuku & Kawasaki Daishi.

CF : Sounds both of you are really having an enjoyable time here! Actually, how did you career fly in Japan? Why you decided to come to Japan?

V : Actually it's a very interesting story. After graduating from my engineering college in 2014 I was placed with a Japanese company NTT. There, I got an opportunity to learn Japanese and was introduced to the Japanese working culture.
While working in NTT I also worked on other projects from Germany, projects from UK and projects from Japan. There I clearly saw the difference in the working style of all these nations. And I liked the Japanese style the most.

CF: I see, but can you please explain what difference you are talking about?

V : Foremost, Japanese people are very honest and they treat their customer like a king. Since they want to give the best result to their customer, Japanese people work with so much dedication that the output is just perfect. I was very impressed. I found such moral values of Japanese people in sync with my personal values. Therefore, I decided to work and live in Japan permanently.
Japanese autos and electronics are the best in the world and renowned. I wanted to be the part of such an environment, contribute my best, and enhance my skills.

CF : Very interesting. So how did you land with Goalist?

V : I applied through a consultant and was interviewed by various companies. But when I was interviewed in Goalist by Ryo-san(Goalist’s CEO).
I really liked him and the environment in Goalist. Now, it has been an enriching one year with Goalist. I am learning a lot here and living my dream.

T : I had two options - either to stay in Canada or to move to Japan. I chose to come to Japan because I wanted to become an expert professional like a Japanese. I believe if you start your career in Japan you become the best professional in the world, be it a bartender or an engineer. So I wanted to experience this level of professionalism and also because my name is Suzuki*. Lol  *His name is Tamon Suzuki (鈴木多聞)

CF : What you love the most about this company?

V : Well as you know, engineers are crazy about solving problems and I am one of them. I am hungry for challenges and love to solve new complicated problems. I enjoy learning new technical languages. Goalist fulfills all these criteria. Every day brings new learnings and challenges. I like that. Also when I spoke to Ryo-san I liked his attitude. So I decided to work under him.

T : I applied for various jobs through jopus and was finally recruited in jopus itself (a sister firm of Goalist). Now I work to help other foreigners get their desired job. Lol.
Goalist is a really nice company. I really appreciate them for giving me this opportunity. I am getting better every day. I choose Goalist because I liked the profile. Here, I can become a better engineer and learn many new languages.

You work here, you accept new challenges, you try and ultimately get better at it.
V : Yes I agree with Tamon-San. I also like the fact that Goalist trusts its employees. They give you responsibility and believe that their employees will do good. Back in India, I never got the opportunity to work on the front end. But here, after one month of training, Goalist put me in a project which was being built from scratch. Now, after one year, I have experienced all the stages of a project. So I believe having trust in the employees is very important which made me more responsible & confident.

CF : Wow. It sounds like a dream job. So what was the most surprising thing in Japan when you came first?

V : Many, but the foremost one was that everybody follows the basic rules even though rules are not specified anywhere. But everybody diligently follows these rules and respects them.
Second, the attitude of the Japanese people. For example, they take the tension word very positively. Third being the weather, it is highly unpredictable. In one week you can experience rain, chilly winds, sunny or cloudy weather.

T : First, Japanese people are respectful for everybody, second the konbini stores(convenience stores). Lol

CF : And what about the corporate culture?

V : I was in a very robotic environment back in India. My work was being reviewed many times and I had to seek permission for everything. But here everything is transparent and I have freedom, so that was surprising for me.

T : I am learning to be the best professional here. I learned how to work in a team with Goalist. Also, how to make reports and monitor the growth of the project every day.

CF : Also, Talking about working in Team, how is your experience of working with colleagues from other countries, how easily you can communicate with them?

T : In Goalist it’s easy. I listen and learn. I have learned one concept in Japan, that is, Sempai - Kohai, from Manga and is very important to follow in corporate life.

V : I feel in Goalist Sempai-Kohai is flat. Unlike most of the companies, here I can ask my director to join me for lunch or a coffee just because there is a flat hierarchy system.

CF : That’s lots of learning. Is it difficult to be on time as per the Japanese standard?

V : It was never a problem for me. I like the concept of being on time. Trains here are always on time. It's easy for me to follow this rule because I avoid giving reasons why I got late.

T : I grew as a human being here in Goalist. Earlier when I was a student, it was difficult for me, but not now.

Continuing to the vol.2..........