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Societal status aside, how does it pay?
by tabtab 6y ago
Societal status aside, how does it pay?
- redis_mlc 6y agoVery low - possibly the lowest of any engineering job, since software is not considered engineering in Japan. Also, most employees have to buy their own notebook computers, so you see Windows thickies from the 90s. Source: worked in Tokyo doing field work for 2 months at a major corporation.
- PurpleFoxy 6y agoSounds like it could be a contributing factor to the fact that outside of game dev, there doesn’t seem to be any Japanese made software.
- gumby 6y agoWhat do you mean? There's an enormous amount, in cameras, robots, phones, automobiles and all sorts of electronics.
- fomine3 6y agoTrue but software/firmware on such device is tend to considered to second citizen.
- selimthegrim 6y ago"...on such a device/on such devices tends to be considered a second-class citizen"
- PurpleFoxy 6y agoFirmware and embedded software always feels like it was built in a software sweatshop and not really a priority.
- fomine3 6y agoIt tend to especially on traditional companies, but YMMV. I believe very few traditional company allow BYOD.
- webmaven 6y ago> Very low - possibly the lowest of any engineering job, since software is not considered engineering in Japan. So what does the (private industry) career path for a CS graduate look like? Or do all the folks who want to study something computer-related end up as EEs?
- gumby 6y agoProgramer wages are very low. I'm not sure they are even higher at SCE (Playstation), Nintendo, Bandai or Sega; but at least the people at those companies look happy and like they are having some fun. Actually, happier than the people working at the AAA houses in the USA.
- emodendroket 6y agoProbably not. https://gamerant.com/playstation-japan-studio-downsizing/ https://gamerant.com/playstation-japan-studio-downsizing/ From what I've read the more traditional Japanese way to think about it is that you want to get onto the management track ASAP if you've got any sense.