Re: [tlug] [SEMI OT (or is that fairly OT)] Work relate questions

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 06/12/06, burlingk@example.com <burlingk@example.com> wrote:

> How hard is it to find HTML related work these days in Japan?  Or even
> online for that matter, given the nature of HTML, or web work in general.

Not very. Everything is a web app these days, it seems.

The biggest barrier to entry for even technical jobs will be your
Japanese ability. Some jobs might not *require* Japanese, but given
two candidates for which all else is equal, the one with the greater
Japanese ability will win.

If you are a thinking human, you can probably learn the details of
what you will need to know on the job, so I would advise honing your
interviewing skills.

> Which languages are important to know these days for web development?

XHTML, CSS, and Javascript are must-haves. Perl is in pretty wide use.
Ruby is popular in Japan and a cool language to boot.

-Josh