Question To All FuckedGaijins: What is your profession

by **bandonion** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:18 pm

So what is your job there? :?:

by **cstaylor** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:30 pm

Currently IT Manager for a small company in Yokohama, soon-to-be CEO of an even smaller software company in April.

by **Rezz** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:32 pm

Head Teacher/Trainer at a school in Kansai...

by **GomiGirl** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:33 pm

[quote="cstaylor"]Currently IT Manager for a small company in Yokohama, soon-to-be CEO of an even smaller software company in April. ]

Schweet.. CS - you incorporating?? Congrats to you!!

by **Gestalt** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:39 pm

IT con$ultant posted here on a long-term project

by **cstaylor** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 12:15 am

GomiGirl wrote:
cstaylor wrote:Currently IT Manager for a small company in Yokohama, soon-to-be CEO of an even smaller software company in April. ]

Schweet.. CS - you incorporating?? Congrats to you!!

Yes, we're finally making the move. Our parent company will retain ownership of half our stock, but we'll have our own books, own costs, own profits, etc...

Rie just got promoted to fuku-shacho (although she claims to be the chairman of our board of directors, meaning I have to serve her her tea and coffee). :bowdown:

by **bandonion** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 4:48 am

Wow congratulations. Thats excellent. I have a question thats doubtless quite common here, but I would appreciate if you could humor me anyway.

How difficult is it to get a job as an ESL teacher in Tokyo? Does being a former rotary exchange student to Japan help at all?
Conversely, how difficult is it to get a job as an ESL teacher in other regions of japan such as Kyoto, Osaka, and whatnot. As well as rural areas.

I would appreciate any info, anecdotes, warnings, etc :lol:

by **Cubed** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 5:40 am

"e-Commerce Analyst" is what it says on my business card. I think it should say "legacy applications liferaft".

Do we all work in computers? Well I 'aint hanging around with a bunch o' geeks anymore then! :eeh:

by **Taro Toporific** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:27 am

Cubed wrote:"e-Commerce Analyst" is what it says on my business card. I think it should say "legacy applications liferaft".

My personally-reprinted meishi of Maybe-the-Largest-Inc used to say, "Software Archaeologist" and "Profesional Alien". Yesterday, I was jumpstarting some mega-funky proprietary SGML software with a new-out-the-box G4 Mac running OS 9.2 with two --count 'em--- 2 cranky anti-copy dongles and a 1985-ish dot-matrix Imagewriter.

Cubed wrote:Do we all work in computers? Well I 'aint hanging around with a bunch o' geeks anymore then!

Of the top 50 posters here on the FG Forum, its split about 60/40 between profesional geeks and English teachers with a smattering of Suits slumming. But don't worry, you'll fit in... we're all F'ed.

by **cstaylor** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:32 am

bandonion wrote:How difficult is it to get a job as an ESL teacher in Tokyo? Does being a former rotary exchange student to Japan help at all?
Conversely, how difficult is it to get a job as an ESL teacher in other regions of japan such as Kyoto, Osaka, and whatnot. As well as rural areas.

To make things easy, you'll need a BS or BA degree... in any subject, speak English fluently, and the more stereotypical white you look, the easier it will be to find work.

When I first came to Japan three years ago, my then future father-in-law asked his daughter if I wasn't Mexican (I'm from California) because I didn't have blonde hair. Granted, my mother's side of the family has French and Native American heritage, but some people confuse Baywatch with real life.

by **cstaylor** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:33 am

Double post. :oops:

by **Cubed** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 5:31 pm

[quote="cstaylor"]but some people confuse Baywatch with real life. ]

I always knew that Hassselhofff guy wasn't real

by **groovewonder** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 5:39 pm

cstaylor wrote:and the more stereotypical white you look, the easier it will be to find work.

Too funny! Too true!

I'm currently juggling two full-time jobs, though one of them has become so automated it only takes about 3 hrs a week (but I still get the F.T. salary).

1. Webmaster / Writer -> http://www.japanupdate.com
2. English Teacher -> two elementary schools.

But I'm ditching #2 at the end of March and picking up a job as a programmer at a small little ISP on Okinawa. No more kids!

by **Taro Toporific** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 5:39 pm

Cubed wrote:
cstaylor wrote:but some people confuse Baywatch with real life. ]I always knew that Hassselhofff guy wasn't real

Yes, he is! Check out the FG Forum's very own Charisma Man at his ProjectHasselhoff.com.

by **moog** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:27 pm

Architect here for a big software company.

Currently focused on Small and Medium sized businesses and emerging markets for product validation programs. Rather than having a few token foreign customers validating the localized versions our products, we are actually extending my team to have fulltime presences in Europe and Asia. I will be building the Asian team over the next 18 months and will then be in Tokyo for about 2 years, maybe more. Though I'm sure my J-gf would like to see us just stay in Tokyo. What's worse - moving to Japan to later realize you're fucked or to realize you'll soon be fucked because you're moving there?

So yeah, I fall under the 'computer job' category. :zzz:

by **BuddhaRhubarb** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 9:01 am

English conversation teacher for Aeon in Tokyo.
it's cool that there are so many people with different jobs on here, seems like teachers are not the majority...thats great!

by **Andocrates** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 9:42 am

by **cstaylor** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:29 am

by **Andocrates** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:32 am

November of 2004? Man, I'm out of luck then, that's about $500.00 I'll lose.

by **cstaylor** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:38 am

It will be after the election.

by **Mini_B** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 2:56 pm

Import / Export - buying here with a really strong YEN and selling in the States for a realy weak US Dollar. Should be the other way around. Electronics. Yep, you guessed it.

Partime - J-Pimp - gotta keep them J-Hoes in check. Hence...the jerry curl.

by **Blah Pete** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 1:56 pm

Field Service Rep/Manager for semiconductor equipment. Spend half my time in Korea.

by **AssKissinger** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 2:07 pm

I think most of us English teachers are pleading the 5th.

by **gomichild** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 2:08 pm

web designer and geek

by **Shinigami** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 3:34 pm

bandonion wrote:So what is your job there?

During the week I'm the commanding officer of a nuclear powered Trident submarine protecting the free world from those who would like to do us harm.

On the weekends I'm an astronaut/test pilot/Navy seal. :shroom:

And in my spare time I keep busy with my banking/hotel businesses.

PS. If anyone's interested I have a great big orange bridge in San Francisco I'm selling real cheap. Just drop me a reply if you're interested. :P

by **GomiGirl** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:06 pm

mobile phone geek

by **American Oyaji** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:43 am

I'm a buyer of chocolate mobile phones for lonely ladies. :oops:

I'm a former NOVA teacher. Don't know what's in my future.

by **Ol Dirty Gaijin** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 2:31 pm

Product support for a CAD-CAM software company. Programing tweaks, customer benchmarks, blah blah blah.
Up until a month ago the token company FG

Now eyes gots competition :clap:

by **kami gaijin** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 9:05 pm

Wait...We're supposed to be working?
Does really intelligent Bum count as a job?
J/K
I'm actually an Intelligence Specialist for the US gov.
Hopefully when my contract is up I'll be able to start my own buisness here. The papaerwork for a foriegner starting a buisness here in Japan is quite irritating, though.

by **mercutio** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:50 am

Cubed wrote:
I always knew that Hassselhofff guy wasn't real

What do you mean?... of course im real

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Question To All FuckedGaijins: What is your profession

Question To All FuckedGaijins: What is your profession

"legacy applications liferaft".

That Hassselhofff guy is real & in Japan!

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