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Being a programmer in Japan is somewhat low-status at the moment.

• grogenaut 4y ago
  From what friends said who worked there in the early 00s it's been that way for a while. Hardware was the rockstar. This is part of why Sony Japan finally relented and let the eu/us do the software on the PlayStation and Japan focused on the hardware making an excellent parternership.
• GolDDranks 4y ago
  I don't think so. That's maybe 10-15 years ago, but currently (according to this: https://benesse.jp/juken/202105/20210501-1.html https://benesse.jp/juken/202105/20210501-1.html, a survey made just 2021), a programmer is the 3rd, and a system engineer is the 4th highest desired occupation among Japanese high-schoolers, after a nurse and a local government official.
  • enqk 4y ago
    It’s because I generally interact with people in my age group, i.e 10-15 years older than high schoolers. If you ask kids in some other countries, what do they say? influencers? youtuberd?
    • presentation 4y ago
      I assure you, Japanese high schoolers also say they want to be influencers, YouTubers, and TikTok celebrities. That just wouldn’t fly on Benesse’s blog (they run a cram school).
  • OJFord 4y ago
    Where does doctor (medico) rank then? (I can't read Japanese.) Just quite fascinating that becoming a nurse would be more desirable than a doctor. (Unless 'desirable' is a bit misleading here and there is some realistic achievability built in?)