Re: [tlug] de-lurking with a question

[Ben Konrath <ben@example.com>]

On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 01:55, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> >>>>> "Ben" == Ben Konrath <ben@example.com> writes:
> 
>     Ben> any thoughts on which would be a better experience?
> 
> Define that.  You'll learn a lot more Japanese in Tokyo.  The sushi is
> better in Tsukiji, the falafels and curries in Toronto.  :-)

I guess I mean better working experience. I've had the experience of
living and working in Japan so that may not be the most driving factor.
(Don't misinterpret this though, I fell in love with Tokyo and would
love to go back :) 

The earlier thread about Redhat's demise has prompted me to this post
and because I get the feeling that the first career oriented job you get
is important. Of course I could be wrong. 

While in Japan, I had the unfortunate experience of working for Nova. If
I had done my research I would have easily found out that Nova has a bad
reputation. I'd like to avoid making the same mistake.

> Work?  YMMV.  The really important issue is your supervisor and the
> other people in your group.  Good people are where you find them.

I guess that's hard to get good feeling for before you actually start
working.

> Looking at the fact that Toyota and SONY spend 50% of their R&D
> budgets in California, and extrapolating from the comments of the
> (mostly) Tsukuba-based researchers I know, I would say the odds favor
> Toronto.  NB: none of this is computer science-specific.


Sorry to all if this is off-topic. Thanks for your thoughts,
 
Ben