I am graduating college in California USA this June and received Software Engineer offers from two separate companies: one in Texas, and one in Tokyo, Japan. The offer in Texas pays me 4 times as much as the offer in Japan, but its been a dream of mine to work in Japan since childhood. I speak relatively fluent Japanese (although I would need some time to get used to business Japanese) and have little problems communicating.
Emotionally, I really want to take the Tokyo offer. I feel like if I don’t take this chance I will become complacent with my current situation and never even try. However, I also think having experience in the USA as a software engineer would lead to getting a better job, especially if I want to move back to the USA.
I would love to hear what some people working in Japan (especially in the IT industry) think and get some advice. Should I build experience in software in the US first, or do you think it’s worth the chance to jump into working in Japan as a new grad?
by Shurim