So I’m in Japan now
in Everything, Miscellaneous
as Japan, Kendo, Testing
and shall be for the forseeable future.
I’m working with an insurance group, putting together a new software testing team. Can’t really say too much more than that. There’s a lot to do, but I have good people with me and I’m up for the challenge. I’m also a lot closer to the bottom of the kendo food chain than I’ve been in a long while – I’m enjoying that too.
That’s not to say it’s all beer and skittles. The Japanese language is kicking my arse at the moment. When I speak, I get the sorts of look people reserve for a particularly slow child. That’s okay. I’m weathering this punishment much like a caged animal endures a beating, knowing full well that one day the lock will fail, or someone will get careless and then I shall make the Japanese language my whimpering bitch. Oh my, yes.
I may even torture you all with attempts at translating local testing literature. I will probably learn Japanese testing terminology. You will probably just learn to hate me. More. That’s okay, you can tell me all about it at the next conference I get to. Buggered if I know when that will be, though. I’m hoping CAST later in 09, but travel is all a bit up in the air at the moment. Should have a better idea toward the end of Feb.
In the meantime, the intermittent drivel and Vogon poetry shall continue forthwith. Enjoy.
So that’s where you moved! Congrats on the move, Japan seems like such a strange, crazy, and yet fun country to live in. I really want to travel there.
Mind If I ask how you came to be working in Japan? I’d like to someday work in Japan, after of course learning how to communicate in Japanese
Sure.
After I made the decision to work there, I asked people I knew about what was on offer there, worked out the state of play in the testing industry and got in contact with some reputable recruitment agencies. I got my current placement through WallStreetJapan, and have also heard good things about BiOS.