Interesting viewpoint on a company with growing pains
Interesting viewpoint on a company with growing pains
As an American intern working in Japan, I had a lot of leeway within my team to work on my own project.
It was really interesting to see a company try and rapidly grow at that size, and internationalize.
The amenities, while not particularly good in comparison to U.S. tech companies, were still much better than other companies in Japan.
Half of the team spoke little Japanese, and half of the team spoke little English. Communication was extremely difficult.
As an intern, I didn't get to get my hands dirty in the real codebase. It took three months for new full-time hires to even get to do that, which is completely different from the internship model in the U.S.
Make sure that internationalization does not interfere with growth!
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Tokyo, JapanJune 1, 2017I applied through a recruiting company in Tokyo. I passed the CV screening process, then I received an invitation to record an online interview, fill in a form, and do a test in Codility. I think I did not pass the test because of the edge cases.
