
Fujibowâs episode âSoftware engineer in San Jose
Today, Iâm going to introduce Fujibow, who has been a software engineer in San Jose. He recounts the dynamics of life in Silicon Valley. Also, please listen to his amazing Podcast (Another Dawn) which you can find in the website below!
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(Hiro) How long and where have you worked abroad?
(Fujibow) Previously I'd worked for a Japanese company for over 10 years in Japan and had transferred to their subsidiary in San Jose, California in August 2010. So I've lived here for 7 years since I came to the US. I changed my career a couple of years ago and now I'm working for one of the tech companies here in Silicon Valley.
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(Hiro) Did you have a desire to work abroad?
(Fujibow) Long story short, I majored in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at university and studied the material engineering of silicon carbide in terms of producing a heat-tolerant IC, which was a fundamental science useful for using a computer in an extreme environment such as in space. While I was seeking a new job, I came up with the idea that software industry was very promising. Although I didn't have much programming experience at undergrad, it was a fun for me to code, so I made up my mind to work for a software company familiar with the latest technologies. In addition, it was important to me that the company had a subsidiary in Silicon Valley.
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(Hiro) And how did you realize your goal of working abroad?
(Fujibow) At the beginning of working as a software engineer, I had no experience of software development at all. But I was so excited to learn new things and I did really enjoy developing software. However, when it'd passed about ten years, I reminded myself that I had desired to work in Silicon Valley when I started working. Furthermore I read a book "ãŠã§ãé²åè«" written by Mochio Umeda who had been supporting entrepreneurs and engaged in management consulting in Silicon Valley, and I totally agreed with his vision in the software industry. The book made my desire to work in Silicon Valley stronger than ever.
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(Hiro) How long did it take to put your plan into action?
(Fujibow) I started discussing my career with my manager in 2008, it was not going smooth actually because no engineer has ever been transferred to the subsidiary in San Jose. So I had to show them some business plans to be approved. Afterwards it took more than a year to get L1 visa, which is necessary to work in the U.S. Such companies usually ask an immigration attorney to file a bunch of documents, however, my company didn't help me to do that. So I had to write such complicated regal documents by myself, but couldn't make it through. Unfortunately I did not update my rent contract as I anticipated that I could get the visa, which was not the case, and I found ourselves moving one shared house to another.
(Hiro) I got my F1 visa for only two months. I can imagine how frustrating such a long process is.
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(Hiro) Have you ever studied or lived abroad before that?
(Fujibow) I've been to Nebraska in the US for a month when I was a high school student through an international exchange program organized by LABO http://labo-exchange.com/ and 4-H Club https://www.states4hexchange.org/. Also when I was a junior at college, I chaperoned about 30 middle and high school students to Nebraska again. I prepared for this homestay program under the cooperation with 4-H Club. Aside from these, Iâve traveled as a backpacker some countries in Asia such as Thailand, Vietnam and India.
(Hiro) So you didnât study so much to improve your English?
(Fujibow) Not really. I kept in touch with some friends in the U.S. who I met through the exchange program. Another thing is to keep listening to some tech news podcasts like TWiT https://twit.tv/ for getting used to listen in English. It was not required by the company, but I took TOEIC test a few times just to show I was fluent in English.
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(Hiro) What kind of job are you in now?
(Fujibow) I've been working for A10 Networks (https://www.a10networks.com/) since December 2015. The company develops an appliance product called Server Load Balancer which deployed in front of a bunch of servers to receive a huge amount of network traffic and deliver them to appropriate servers behind. I've been in network security industry for a long time so that currently I get involved for security features.
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(Hiro) From when and why did you seek career change?
(Fujibow) I'd started seeking a new opportunity since September 2015 then I got a job three months later. I was originally in L1-B visa status, however, it was allowed to renew no more than 5 years so in 2014 I changed my status to H1-B which is still up to 7 years though. There was no other way than getting a green card to stay in the U.S longer than 7 years, so I needed to be employed by a company which surely would be my green card sponsor. Another reason was education for my son. He still went to preschool at that time and a school district where we were living was not good very much. We had to move to better school district before he admitted kindergarten. You know what, rent to live in a better school district is accordingly more expensive so that I needed to earn more money anyway to move. Furthermore, I wanted to challenge myself as a software engineer in such a competitive environment as in Silicon Valley.
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(Hiro) Did you have any difficulty in career change?
(Fujibow) The hardest thing at the first place was to find out an opportunity which exactly matched my skills I had among thousands of open positions. I submitted my resume online to many companies then I got their replies from only 10% of them. I had a Skype or phone interview with HR people, then with a manager at the very department which is looking for developers. After that, I had been interviewed on site by 5 or 6 people who would be my teammates, then by executives at the end.
(Hiro) Did your personal connection make a difference?
(Fujibow) It helps to skip some of the initial steps. I was actually referred by one of my friends so that I could start being interviewed by the manager at the open position without HR interview.
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(Hiro) I heard that American companies care more about the work-life balance. Do you think thatâs true?
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(Hiro) How are tasks assigned to each person, either based on specialty or other factors?
(Fujibow) The manager assigns tasks to each of us in a team based on specialty, knowledge and/or skills. However, it might be happened that Iâm not even familiar with the bug that Iâm dealing with. In such case I can ask people who is proficient in that area for help, but basically I am the person who is responsible for fulfilling this task.
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(Hiro) What surprised you after moving to San Jose?
(Fujibow) One thing is hiring process. For example, I was asked in a whiteboard interview to write an algorithm suitable for resolving a particular problem, which I had never experienced in Japan. Moreover, I have an impression that the U.S. companies are more reasonable and well-organized than ones in Japan, as the latter are sometimes inefficient characterized by slow decision-making process.
(Hiro) I actually have a similar perception. In Japan there are many conferences composed of too many people, some of who donât even say anything crucial. (http://blog.btrax.com/jp/2017/06/04/meeting-tips/)
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(Fujibow) Probably 20 years at least until my children are grown up. Generally, people change their jobs every three or four years. This is partly because there is so much mobility between jobs and career change is considered to be something like climbing up the ladder. I sometimes feel like honing new skillsets as my current job does not require them so frequently.
(Hiro) Could you please share, if any, some website that you think is instrumental in career change?
(Fujibow) Nothing different from what everybody uses though, Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com and Glassdoorhttps://www.glassdoor.com. Also, this bookhttp://amzn.to/2thAwC3 , written in Japanese though, might be useful for people who is seeking an opportunity not only in Silicon Valley but also in software industry. Furthermore, I also read through Google Resume http://amzn.to/2thXjhbwhile I searched for a new job. Actually the computers, not human beings, do a screening by matching particular words in your resume. Therefore, we have to be very strategic when writing resume.
(Hiro) Good to know!
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(Hiro) Please convey your passionate message to those who wanna work abroad!
(Fujibow) Simply I can say "Just do what you can do right now if you really wanna make it". No action, no change. In my case, nothing would be changed until I started negotiating with my manager at that time by saying that "I'll leave the company if I have no chance to work in Silicon Valley". So if you are extremely inactive, working abroad may not be a good option for you. Moreover, itâs better not to spare too much efforts to preparation, something like "I cannot go forward until I score enough in TOEIC test". Please be mindful that it would take a year or longer to make things happen. Imagine what you can do today and ask yourself this question, âDo you really want to work abroad? And why?â. Now I have noticed many things that I would not ever have noticed if I were still in Japan.
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Thank you Fujibow for sharing invaluable information from know-how of working abroad to career change. Next time Iâll introduce a woman who studied abroad both in high school and college. Please be looking forward!