and shall be for the forseeable future.
I’m working with an insurance group, putting together a new software testing team. Can’t really say too much more than that. There’s a lot to do, but I have good people with me and I’m up for the challenge. I’m also a lot closer to the bottom of the kendo food chain than I’ve been in a long while – I’m enjoying that too.
That’s not to say it’s all beer and skittles. The Japanese language is kicking my arse at the moment. When I speak, I get the sorts of look people reserve for a particularly slow child. That’s okay. I’m weathering this punishment much like a caged animal endures a beating, knowing full well that one day the lock will fail, or someone will get careless and then I shall make the Japanese language my whimpering bitch. Oh my, yes.
I may even torture you all with attempts at translating local testing literature. I will probably learn Japanese testing terminology. You will probably just learn to hate me. More. That’s okay, you can tell me all about it at the next conference I get to. Buggered if I know when that will be, though. I’m hoping CAST later in 09, but travel is all a bit up in the air at the moment. Should have a better idea toward the end of Feb.
In the meantime, the intermittent drivel and Vogon poetry shall continue forthwith. Enjoy.
December 10th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
So that’s where you moved! Congrats on the move, Japan seems like such a strange, crazy, and yet fun country to live in. I really want to travel there.
February 20th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Mind If I ask how you came to be working in Japan? I’d like to someday work in Japan, after of course learning how to communicate in Japanese
February 24th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Sure.
After I made the decision to work there, I asked people I knew about what was on offer there, worked out the state of play in the testing industry and got in contact with some reputable recruitment agencies. I got my current placement through WallStreetJapan, and have also heard good things about BiOS.