Hey,
There another big reasons for success of cellular phones in Japan!
Unlike US, most of people use subways where the use of cellular phones (to talk) is forbidden. So they send small messages to friends or browse the web using the cellular phone instead of talking... Now imagine you driving and using a cellular... forget it..
Also, the fixed phone line was/is very expensive compared to buy a cellular phone.
PS: Japan is a country where you can find at same time the most advanced car and people still using old bicycles, McDonalds and sushi, crazy places like Roppongi and Shibuya and quiet and relaxing shrines, sky rocket buildings and the national postcard being Mt. Fuji, crazy girls in Roppongi and old-cute-geishias in old japanese style hotels. What a country of such diversity! I love and hate Japan!
PS2: USA has good and bad things. Japan has good and bad things. Lucky is the one who can get the good things of both places and enjoy a good life.
There another big reasons for success of cellular phones in Japan!
Unlike US, most of people use subways where the use of cellular phones (to talk) is forbidden. So they send small messages to friends or browse the web using the cellular phone instead of talking... Now imagine you driving and using a cellular... forget it..
Also, the fixed phone line was/is very expensive compared to buy a cellular phone.
Hey,
If you are a good engineer you will surely find a Job in Europe or Japan. I worked in a Spanish company and they had people from US and other countries. Your best bet is to find a global company or a local company that want to sell to US. So you will not need, in the beginning, to know the local language. But be a bilingual person is sure a PLUS because :
1. You can browse foreign jobs sites.
2. You will be able to talk to other people outside your job.
For those who want to know more about working/living in Japan just visit the site http://www.workinjapan.com and write your questions in the BBS. Someone will answer for you... or leave your contact to me here.
Other things you should be aware :
1. Cultural shock. Most of people feel a cultural shock after sometime.
2. Cost of moving. You will have to sell your stuff in US and then buy in your new country.
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Hey, There another big reasons for success of cellular phones in Japan! Unlike US, most of people use subways where the use of cellular phones (to talk) is forbidden. So they send small messages to friends or browse the web using the cellular phone instead of talking... Now imagine you driving and using a cellular ... forget it ..
Also, the fixed phone line was/is very expensive compared to buy a cellular phone.
PS: Japan is a country where you can find at same time the most advanced car and people still using old bicycles, McDonalds and sushi, crazy places like Roppongi and Shibuya and quiet and relaxing shrines, sky rocket buildings and the national postcard being Mt. Fuji, crazy girls in Roppongi and old-cute-geishias in old japanese style hotels. What a country of such diversity! I love and hate Japan!
PS2: USA has good and bad things. Japan has good and bad things. Lucky is the one who can get the good things of both places and enjoy a good life.
Hey,
... forget it ..
There another big reasons for success of cellular phones in Japan!
Unlike US, most of people use subways where the use of cellular phones (to talk) is forbidden. So they send small messages to friends or browse the web using the cellular phone instead of talking... Now imagine you driving and using a cellular
Also, the fixed phone line was/is very expensive compared to buy a cellular phone.
Hey, If you are a good engineer you will surely find a Job in Europe or Japan. I worked in a Spanish company and they had people from US and other countries. Your best bet is to find a global company or a local company that want to sell to US. So you will not need, in the beginning, to know the local language. But be a bilingual person is sure a PLUS because :
1. You can browse foreign jobs sites.
2. You will be able to talk to other people outside your job.
For those who want to know more about working/living in Japan just visit the site http://www.workinjapan.com and write your questions in the BBS. Someone will answer for you... or leave your contact to me here.
Other things you should be aware :
1. Cultural shock. Most of people feel a cultural shock after sometime.
2. Cost of moving. You will have to sell your stuff in US and then buy in your new country.