Re: [tlug] [OT] A Question About Degrees

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

On 07/02/2010 11:49 PM, Kenneth Burling wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Attila Kinali<attila@example.com>  wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:00:20 +0900
> > Kenneth Burling<burlingk@example.com>  wrote:
> <snip>
> > As for the degree, i'd plan from the beginning on a masters degree.
> > A bachelor is a nice start, but, at least here in Europe, nobody
> > will hire someone with just a US bachelor degree. It's basically
> > too much work to get someone from such a far off country,
> <snip>
>
> My intention is eventually to get into the Japanese job market.
> As far as "getting someone from a country far away," I intend
> to be living in Japan at the time, likely on a spouse visa.
>
> What advise would you give to a person currently doing military
> service to improve their chances?  I am doing my classes in my
> off duty time, and mostly by distance learning.

If computer work is like other jobs in the real world in Japan, being 
from the US is not like being from West Snudzhakistan.  Being 
ex-military works well with US employers in Japan, especially if you had 
a computer MOS.  Financial houses prefer Brits and Aussies for reasons 
known only to them (a BIG part of it is rumored to be that you get an 
IRS auditor in the package if you hire an American).

Keep an eye on:

http://www.usajobs.gov/
https://chart.donhr.navy.mil/index.asp
https://cpolst.belvoir.army.mil/public/resumebuilder/builder/

as they will give you many opportunities to transition to a civilian job 
on base or at the US Embassy.  If you are planning to spawn, you qualify 
for free housing, paid DODS schooling, and access to cheap, good, food. 
 If you try to get on board later, you only get local hire status, 
which means cheap food but no schooling or housing.

Anything USGOV wants works well in the civilian market as USGOV are late 
adopters of standards ... they wait until everyone else tries it and 
breaks it before they specify it.

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CL