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I took off right before the pandemic. Now I'm living in Tokyo, engaged, and like my job. Doing weird shit rocks.

• nanocat 5y ago
  Amen!
• lobocinza 5y ago
  "Doing weird shit rocks!" I want this in a sticker.
• rixed 5y ago
  Survivor bias?
  • IggleSniggle 5y ago
    Really hard to know. My personal experience is that whenever I do weird shit, however, I've ended up in a better place? That is also itself a weird thing. Anyway, great comment, I just don't even know how to begin knowing the truth of this one without a personal belief based on lived experience. How would you even design an experiment to find the truth of this one?
  • jsemrau 5y ago
    I guess everyone's journey is different.
  • JTBooth 5y ago
    I don't think so. If you put some effort into your fallback plan, and choose your weird shit so that it's likely to work out, I think it can just be a good bet. And it's hard to imagine working up the energy to do it if you're really happy where you are, you know?
• andi999 5y ago
  Can you tell more about your job? I love Tokyo, but the work environment seemed to have a lot of drawbacks (general long hours, presence over productivity restricted days off) Did that change, or are you good with it, or did you find a different niche?
  • JTBooth 5y ago
    I'm working at Stripe, so, definitely not the traditional "wait for your boss to leave" experience. My previous was Google, and the change was as much my mental state as the work.
    • biinui 5y ago
      I'm curious what mental state change you went through. And does Stripe Japan require knowing Nihonggo?