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Well the cost is about $8k/year at Tokyo University, which is way cheaper than any reputable university in the United States. I've been at one of the largest c
by hkmurakami 11y ago
Well the cost is about $8k/year at Tokyo University, which is way cheaper than any reputable university in the United States.
I've been at one of the largest companies in Japan as a new grad, and I agree that in some ways they pick up the slack, but their internal training systems can be pretty broken and inefficient as well.
- ekianjo 11y ago> Well the cost is about $8k/year at Tokyo University, which is way cheaper than any reputable university in the United States. That's because the US system is completely broken and makes it easy to borrow instead of making it easy to pay, which drives the prices upward on and on without any limit in sight, as long as you can borrow (thank the Fed for their interest rates policies!). > their internal training systems can be pretty broken Agree it's not perfect, but at least they learn by doing real work. I have seen new grads jump form a "zero level" to "someone I could recommend to work with" within a couple years at a company.
- hkmurakami 11y agoAgreed on both counts. I do wish that HR departments in Japanese megacorps actually gave a damn about matching undergraduate backgrounds to assignments though. So much waste there.
- ekianjo 11y ago> I do wish that HR departments in Japanese megacorps actually gave a damn about matching undergraduate backgrounds to assignments though. So much waste there. LOL yeah !! I have seen folks who studied Biology land their first job in Sales! Seriously...
- hkmurakami 11y agoOh that's gross... The worst I saw was a CS guy assigned to a Mech E place while a Mech E was assigned to a CS place. Why???
- ekianjo 11y agoMaybe it's a kind of a test to see if they would survive long enough to move to the next position :)