Comments on: Rewind a Decade http://toshuo.com/2006/rewind-a-decade/ Chinese, Linguistics, Science, Cultural Observations and whatever else I feel like writing about Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:38:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: prince roy at-large http://toshuo.com/2006/rewind-a-decade/#comment-2597 prince roy at-large Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:48:54 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2006/rewind-a-decade/#comment-2597 be sure to give me a ring this weekend; we should grab a drink somewhere. be sure to give me a ring this weekend; we should grab a drink somewhere.

]]> By: Mark http://toshuo.com/2006/rewind-a-decade/#comment-2556 Mark Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:18:11 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2006/rewind-a-decade/#comment-2556 Vitaly, I think maybe you misunderstood. I don't <i>want</i> to be employed for my English skills. I want to be like my old Chinese and Indian co-workers who got jobs in the US based on their tech skills, and had the opportunity to <i>really</i> immerse themselves in a second language (English for them). <i>That's</i> the kind of opportunity I'm looking for. Since English is my first language, I'll have to find place where I can work in a different language, hopefully Chinese. I became a programmer in order to make the money to finish college. Programming had nothing to do with my Japanese classes. The way I got into it to begin with was by reading books and designing a 3-D graphics engine on my own. Then, I was able to use that as a demo to show video game companies and get an entry level position. After getting the first job, it was pretty easy to move on to better and better ones. Vitaly, I think maybe you misunderstood. I don’t want to be employed for my English skills. I want to be like my old Chinese and Indian co-workers who got jobs in the US based on their tech skills, and had the opportunity to really immerse themselves in a second language (English for them). That’s the kind of opportunity I’m looking for. Since English is my first language, I’ll have to find place where I can work in a different language, hopefully Chinese.

I became a programmer in order to make the money to finish college. Programming had nothing to do with my Japanese classes. The way I got into it to begin with was by reading books and designing a 3-D graphics engine on my own. Then, I was able to use that as a demo to show video game companies and get an entry level position. After getting the first job, it was pretty easy to move on to better and better ones.

]]> By: Vitaly http://toshuo.com/2006/rewind-a-decade/#comment-2554 Vitaly Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:46:09 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2006/rewind-a-decade/#comment-2554 Hi, Mark! I noticed that your posts are under the sign of kind of "disillusionment". I think it’s all perspective. For example native English speakers have wonderful opportunity (that some of them embark on) to work abroad just because of their language ability. And not only as “English teacher” but employers worldwide are thinking that having, let’s say, engineers with native English will benefit the company. ESL speakers envy this:-) Excuse my curiosity, how did you become a programmer if you have a Japanese major? Hi, Mark!
I noticed that your posts are under the sign of kind of “disillusionment”. I think it’s all perspective. For example native English speakers have wonderful opportunity (that some of them embark on) to work abroad just because of their language ability. And not only as “English teacher” but employers worldwide are thinking that having, let’s say, engineers with native English will benefit the company. ESL speakers envy this:-)
Excuse my curiosity, how did you become a programmer if you have a Japanese major?

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