Re: [tlug] UNIX jobs on TLUG (was: Database frontend in Linux)

[Michael Bitker <mbitker@example.com>]

2009/6/2 Nikolay Elenkov <nick@example.com>:
> 2009年 6月 2日（火）12:35 pm に Michael Bitker さんは書きました：
>
>> Staying in a Japanese company
>> will kill any chance of updating your skills.
>
> Being stuck in a position that requires you to support someone's
> crappy code, written 20 years ago, may kill your chances. But that
> has nothing to do with the company being Japanese.
>

Just stating my experience. Japanese companies are far less likely to
let go of their legacy systems and embrace new technologies compared
to gaishikei companies. It's a matter of perspective and culture. Most
Japanese companies still hold on to the outdated idea of IT being
nothing more than a barely necessary expense (a big one that that)
rather than as a competitive advantage. I don't know what drives this
attitude, but it does exist.