Today we, Career Fly team, went to the EduTech company “Sharewis“ to understand the experience of an international engineer “How is Career Fly in Japan”. Read on as the international engineer share the experience of working & living in Japan.

Phát Duong San is from Vietnam. He is currently working with ShareWis – an education technology company, as a software engineer. Share-Wis is Osaka based company. He is one of the few engineers who are building their career in Japan.

Career Fly(CF) : Thank You for your time today Phát san.
To start the interview today, how did you find a company in Japan from Vietnam without knowing the language?

Phát(P) : I found Share-Wis through a Vietnamese job portal.

CF: Are IT jobs popular in Vietnam? What kind of jobs are popular in Japan for Vietnamese people?

P: There is a good number of Vietnamese people in Japan. They even conduct IT tech events for the Vietnamese population in Tokyo. So I assume IT jobs are pretty popular. Many engineers wish to work here.

CF: So did you have any idea about Japan before coming here? Where you a bit scared?

P : I didn't have much idea and was a bit scared. Before moving here, I read some Mangas. Through it, I got some information about Japan, and was inspired to come here.

CF: Which manga is your favorite?

P: I like Pokemon. Lol. It's pretty famous in Vietnam. I have also heard about various Pokemon festivals which I want to attend in the future.

CF: Did you have some connection with Japan or with any Japanese company earlier?

P : Yes, before moving I had worked for a Japanese company in Vietnam. They were very cooperative & prepared me for my journey with a new Japanese company in Japan.

CF: Have you worked with any Vietnamese company also? What difference did you see?

P: I had a good experience with a Vietnamese company. They gave me a lot of freedom to work. I was the first engineer in that company and still, they trusted me a lot. I appreciate that, even though the work was challenging they believed in me.

CF: Now, you are with Share-Wis, can you tell us more about your work here?

P : I am a sub-engineer here. My team is small but international with two more people: a Brazilian & a Japanese. Soon, more engineers(international) will join. Here, I am involved in many projects and handle a huge amount of data daily.

CF: Being such an international team how smooth is the communication with all the members?

P: Everybody in my team knows English, so we mostly communicate in English. However, we are also trying to learn Japanese, for day to day life in Japan.

CF: Since your team is growing what are your future plans within this company?

P: To make my team more international by bringing in engineers with diverse backgrounds & also to learn Japanese. Lol. Learning Japanese definitely helps in daily life.

Continuing to the Vol.2......