Hello everyone, I'm 22 with a degree in Computer Science, and I want to get a job in Japan with a specific company that works with game development, the company is small (40 people), and I heard years ago that they were open to hiring foreigners (with Japanese communication ability). I have never been to Japan before and have studied Japanese up to the N4 level. I only have about a year of professional experience for IT (and not for game development).
Currently I am only working a part-time job while getting certifications (CCNA, CompTIA Sec+) because my professional IT job met a swift end at the hands of bankrupt company. I have quite a bit of money saved up due to being somewhat frugal up to this point, I am confident that I could survive on low wages for at least a year or two. I do not need to make payments to a college for my degree, I had a full scholarship that paid for all of it.
What I want is just some clarification on some advice I've read regarding this topic. Please let me know what you think about any of these points below:
- I've heard that if you want an IT job in Japan, it is preferred you get an ALT job and work there while building up your IT portfolio so Japanese companies know you can assimilate and speak the language.
- Contrary to #1, I've heard that if you have an ALT job on your resume, JP companies wouldn't want to speak to you. Thus, it would be a good idea to be actively getting certifications in the downtime during an ALT job. I intend to work on a game in UE5 in the downtime to submit to my target company as proof I know what I'm doing.
by GoldAnybody9075