I plan on moving to Japan as an embedded software engineer. I have 7 years of experience overseas (mostly C with RTOS/BM) and am aiming for N1 in July.
My plan is to go on a working holiday visa, jobseeking while doing traveling/arubaito, and then transition to a HSP visa once I have secured a job.
For HSP visa, I would want a minimum of ¥6M, but ideally I would prefer ¥7M+.
My questions are:
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For my experience, does the salary expectation seem reasonable?
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Is it reasonable to want close to 40 hour week? Or would overtime be basically expected at this pay level?
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Should I focus mainly/purely on gaishikei/bilingual/English only jobs? I feel like I would be the most competitive compared native Japanese developers if there are English requirements for the job, plus from my research it seems gaishikei roles seems to pay a bit more than native Japanese jobs? and I guess a more western work culture would probably be a plus too.
by gstcsr