Hi, I work in the tech industry (devops) and I am interested in going to work in Japan for a few years. I visited multiple times already and living there seems interesting.
Also I never lived outside my home country (France) so sorry if some of the questions are stupid.
While I have a portfolio proving I’m good at my job, most of my work experience would be hard to prove to the immigration services. For example, I quit my last company because I was on bad terms with the new manager (dude was an asshole with everyone) and given it was a small company, I doubt they’d vouch for me due to this one guy or heck, even answer any email.
To add to that, my Japanese language skills are basically non-existent outside of small talks.
Thankfully my home country has pretty lax immigration agreements with Japan. I was thinking of doing a work holyday visa to find a company willing to let me work part time or something close to it and then sponsoring my visa once I proved myself.
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I also work in DevOps so I advise you do what I did which is to search for a job in France and then move once you get offered a position as they will sponsor your visa and will most likely get you in contact with a company that will help you with the move.
However, although there are A LOT of positions within DevOps that will not require you to know Japanese, it will be a very good idea for you to get started learning the language.
A working holiday visa is for you to go on holiday, and earn money to cover your stay. Not for you to work a part time job while living in Japan. Which one are you planning on doing?