Re: [tlug] [OT] Job hunting

[andrew holway <andrew.holway@example.com>]

Resume?

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley
<daniel.ramaley@example.com> wrote:
> My wife and i currently live in the US but are looking to relocate to
> Japan soon. Therefore, i need to find a job. My wife is Japanese, so i
> presume that whatever organization i work for shouldn't have to deal
> with the hassle of sponsoring me.
>
> So, my question is, how does one go about finding a job in Japan?
>
> I know some Japanese, but not enough to be conversational yet. I expect
> that to be a major limitation, and am actively studying to get up to a
> conversational level. As far as working ability, i describe myself as a
> Linux system administrator and open source software developer. I can
> work with any Linux distribution as well as the BSDs and have done work
> with Solaris too. As far as programming goes, Perl is the language i'm
> most proficient in, but i have worked with about 2 dozen languages and
> dialects so picking up new ones is not usually very difficult. I'm not
> terribly great at OOP programming, but can handle imperative and
> functional fairly well. Of course i can also work in some things that
> are similar to programming but not quite, such as XHTML, SQL, regex,
> etc. Basically i'm a not-atypical *nix admin / programmer type. It is
> fairly easy for me to find jobs in the US. In Japan will be a challenge
> though and i'd appreciate any pointers to job sites or cultural hints or
> anything really.
>
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