Interview Article: What is the most Inspired Career Fly in Japan for international IT engineer at Goalist-vol.2

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.

Here is vol.1 article

CF : How did your family and friends react when you came to Japan?

V : My parents were excited for me, and also because Japan is much safer than India. However, my friends envy me especially. For the kind of work I do. I work in all the latest technologies and most of my friends aspire to have an experience like me.

T : My father is Japanese so he was elated and my friends: they all are crazy to come to Japan. They all like Shibuya, Harajuku, pubs here and the weekend life of Japan.

CF : How about Japan culture & food? How was your transition?

V: Being a vegetarian, food was a bit of a problem for me initially. I faced a few health issues, but now I have switched to non-vegetarian and I am loving the Japanese food. Japanese food is considered to be the healthiest food in the world.

CF: Which is your favorite dish?www

V : I like all Japanese dishes now. Every week my favorite dish keeps changing.

CF : Do you have any recommendations for people who want to work in Japan?

V & T : Learn Japanese.If not for work but for day to day life in Japan. It's necessary.

T : In the rest of the world Kami-Sama decides if you go to heaven or hell, but in Japan, the people decide. You are being judged, so one has to behave properly always.

V : Yes, I agree. In Japan people constantly judge you and expect you to follow the rules. This is a peace loving country. So all the fellow engineers who want their career to fly in Japan, please don’t come with a mindset to destroy their peace.

CF : So how did you learn Japanese? And in how much time?

V : I learned Japanese through my previous company. It is not that difficult. By putting 8 hours daily, I was able to clear N4 in 4 months. And from there my Career Fly in Japan. One just has to do hard work and be focussed.

T : I learned it from my grandfather. When I was in France I used to visit him during summer break all through my childhood. That’s how I learned Japanese.

CF : What do you have to say about Gender Gap in a Japanese workplace?

V : I don’t think there is any issue of the gender gap at least in Goalist. You can very well see the ratio in this room itself. (That time there were 6 females versus 2 males in the room)

T : For me, Japan is a super feminist company. People respect women a lot here. Everybody gets the same opportunity here.

CF : In the last one year did you have any weird or any bad experience?

T : You get judged a lot here. Even if you didn’t do anything bad you might feel you are being judged.

V: Yes I also feel people judge you a lot. All you have to do is to follow the rules and just be a part of their society. Future candidates should try to make Japan’s social ethics as their own personal ethics. Then, they will have no problem in adjusting in Japan. And as I mentioned, adjusting to the food was difficult for me.

CF: Do you think “overtime” word is exaggerated in Japan?

V : Yes, definitely. In Goalist there is no overtime but sometimes you are so involved in your work that you don’t realize if you put in extra hours. The office time in Goalist is 10am to 3pm to avoid peak time in metros, but when individuals are working on any project or work, they get so engrossed that they don’t realize the extra time.

T : In Goalist, it’s not there but yes you feel it around you, in trains you see people tired. But not everybody. If you enjoy what you are working you won’t feel the burden of extra time. You actually enjoy what you are doing.

CF : What do think about Nomikai : the after office hours drink parties?

V: It is fun to see our serious colleagues talking about other topics after office hours and having fun.

CF : How do you think your career will fly further in Goalist?

V : I am really excited about the AI project that I am doing. I had no experience in AI and soon I am going to have my own product made by our team. So maybe in future, I will have a bigger team to take care of the new product.

T : I really like my work: helping foreigners find a job in Japan. In the future, I would love to make new products from scratch.

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CF : One best thing about Japanese corporate culture?

V : You learn to become an enthusiastic worker, dedicated to provide the best services/products to your client. Goalist is a very transparent company and we have monthly recognition award on the basis of voting, which I think is a better & unbiased way to recognize the employees.

T : If you work in Japan or start your career here, you become the best professional in your field. Be it a bartender or an engineer, you are trained in such a way that you become the top class in your field.

CF : Is there any last piece of advices?

V : Kindly learn a bit of Japanese and don’t come with a mindset to trouble others. Japan is a peace-loving and super professional country, try to be like them.

T : Be yourself!

(On the left side)Career Fly Richa, Tamon-san, Vivek-san, and Career Fly Tomomi.

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