japanaway

Any FAANG workers here worried about the possibility of layoffs?

Software engineering in finance, you mean? How specialized is this?

Unfortunately my US citizenship precludes the working holiday route. I will look in to attending meetups the next time I'm over there, though.

I'll check it out, thank you!

My rationale for wanting to continue in tech is that my CV will not have weird gaps like "took a year off to teach English" and the money is presumably still better, even despite the low salaries there.

start your own company with a Japanese co-fouder and go there on a management visa

Will look into this, thanks!

Wow, I knew that Japan compensated engineers poorly but didn't realize that China pays well in comparison.

Unfortunately, money isn't as much the issue. I can afford and would be willing to live in Tokyo for a couple years and work on side projects, but this is not possible visa-wise.