Currently working in the IT industry in the US, doing a software engineering rotational program for a somewhat decent sized company. My rotation options allow me to rotate into different sectors in tech for a total of 4 rotations 6 months each (data engineering, cloud, software engineering, power BI, etc.)
Currently in my mid 20s and trying to maneuver a career into to an international tech company in Japan, with my date set on 2027. I also hold N2 and will be hiring a tutor to further develop my spoken Japanese.
Some of my questions are:
How does Japan value rotational program experience? Am I a jack of all trades, master of nothing? Looking to aim for paypay, mercari, rakuten, google Japan (long shot ik). How would my experience stand after 2 years of rotational experience when applying to these companies?
Are there Japan-specific technologies or tools that I should learn?
How can I best position my self for an international company?
(Currently on a leetcode grind. Have good customer service exp, have a bachelors degree from an accredited university, have the CCNA and some comptia certs, joined some slack servers , visiting some meetups in Tokyo)
Also I’m assuming an ¥8M+ salary is unlikely with only 2 years of experience?
How highly viewed are IT certs in Japan in regard to international companies? (AWS, Azure, comptia, etc)
Rec online platforms to apply for jobs? So far have japandev, careercross, daijob, tokyodev, mynavi
Was looking for any advice on technologies and skillsets to focus on. Planning on deepen my expertise in cloud computing as it seems to be a hot field lacking in skilled engineers.
Any other tips would be appreciated
by clutchdingers