I'm a senior engineer in a FAANG company and have a couple coworkers that are certain that mass layoffs are coming. Both with the same rationale: high unemployment is going to lead to a massive reduction in spending which could obliterate ad spend which is almost all of our revenue.This sounds plausible to me, but these companies are also very cash rich and it is difficult to make predictions...
I’m a 20something software engineer on a year sabbatical from a FAANG company and thinking about my employment options. My earnings are relatively high I think (at senior now, ~350k total comp with bonuses and auto-sell RSUs). However, the idea that I’ve already reached the max expected value for the effort I’m willing to expend as an employee in the industry is a little dreary to me (note: I...
Will look into this, thanks!
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.
I have noticed that there are many folks living in Japan as a software engineer on here, and I figured this would be one of the best places to ask this.How hard is it to find work in Tokyo for someone that does not speak Japanese? I'm in my mid-20s, at the 'senior' level equivalent at a FAANG company, and willing to take a pay cut for the experience.