I’ve been working at a major japanese manufacturer as a “researcher” in DX stuff for almost 2 years now and I want to change jobs.
I’m an American but because the manufacturer is almost all japanese, my japanese language skill is basically fluent now and I can talk to clients in Keigo and even negotiate. On the other hand, my technical skills aren’t growing—my team just recently started using CI/CD and I’m afraid I’m not learning the right things to become a good developer.
I want to go back to the States or at least work for a foreign firm here in Japan but I’m afraid my technical skills aren’t good enough. I work 12 hours a day and I’m just too exhausted to study on my own. I’m scared I’ll be stuck at this job for a many more years because I’m not a skilled developer and I’m not learning much from my job.
How screwed am I?
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The state of “being fukked” is controlled by your inside world, not your outside world. Gain control of the inside and the outside stuff becomes much easier. Trust the process and trust yourself. A career is built over decades, not years. Time is on your side. Reelaaax. It’s all good. Enjoy goodtimes!
If you subscribe to the idea that you’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with, are you spending time with the correctly skilled people ?