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Rictech:
Congratulations, Tenza!
Tenza, abeg, the bolded part of your post really resonated with me. I need proper orientation and guidance on how to job hunt for web development roles in a foreign country. I’m spreading my tentacles because I genuinely want to work hard and build wealth. I’m already in my 30s, so I’m very intentional about this journey.

From the very first week I arrived in this country, I’ve been actively job hunting for web development roles. Along the way, I’ve had my fair share of rejections and “sorry” emails. Most advertised positions explicitly require fluent or business-level Japanese.
However, I did manage to secure an interview with a recruiter, and I could tell he was genuinely impressed with my skills—especially during the interview, where I really sold myself. He later sent me the job description and asked for my updated resume to forward.
To the experienced seniors already here in Japan—Gerrard59, blackbriar, and Judecares1—happy holidays! I have two quick questions:
Q1: It’s been over a week since I forwarded my resume, which the recruiter acknowledged receiving. Do you think it would be a good idea to follow up?

[A1]
Be patient with the Japanese, do not rush them, if you try to, they will lose interest quickly.
So, keep your options as numerous as possible.
Do you have a LinkedIn profile open to recruiters in Japan?

Q2: Apart from learning Japanese, what other advice would you give me as I continue sending out applications?

[A2]
Besides learning Japanese. the other advice is learn JAPANESE. even if it is street Japanese. MOST IMPORTANT
Also do more networking by engaging in your hobbies (Soccer, tennis etc ) or learn a new hobby and be apssionate about it.
the friends you meet here, discuss your job hunting issues with them, they may have some help or advice.

Second advice is have a plan, Japan salaries are crap.
Do you want to stay in Japan forever or for a long time?
If not , what are your plans to migrate somewhere else say like canada, USA or australia?

My humbe 2 cents as always.

Men I won’t lie it’s been exhausting working so much but I lost so much time in Nigeria. No time to waste anymore. It’s working to death from now on.

It seems I can’t upload any more pics on this thread. Haters 1 Chileman 0

tensazangetsu20:
It seems I can’t upload any more pics on this thread. Haters 1 Chileman 0

Hehehe... I don see am for Twitter..enjoy chief

tensazangetsu20:
Third day of work and it's still unbelievable to me. To be honest, my current job is something I have been chasing all the way from Nigeria. I got into Salesforce back in 2021 and have been trying to get a Salesforce job but it was so impossible in Nigeria. I just focused on my frontend I was doing then. At least I had a job and it paid really well at least by Nigerian standards.

I won't lie despite all my research about Chile I was so scared when I was coming here. Even my whole family thought I had gone loco. Only my uncle in Belgium supported me. His reason being a country with visa free travel to the US, Canada and Europe can never be a bad country. He sent me 2000 usd back then which was what I used to pay my rent for a year.

At this point, I am super contented with everything I have. A good job in a good company and I live in a very solid country. Chile is so amazing for me and I absolutely have no regrets that I made the move. I have been so exposed to so many opportunities here and I haven't even spent up to a year. I have interviewed with even the equivalent of the central bank of Chile whereas I don't even know if my own countrys central bank even recruits.

For anyone trying to relocate, I only have one piece of advice: be a man of value. Strive to create value. Research on what people want, try and learn them and try to use what you have learnt to build value. No country in the world is easy but some places are more difficult than others.

lol who liked this? It’s 3 jobs I have now 😂😂😂🤣🤣

Good Day, Please are there any links in this thread on Masters for Chile? Abeg i need advice.

tensazangetsu20:
Per capita income doesnt mean anything if the money isn’t entering your pocket. The UK’s per capita income is 60000 dollars. How many Nigerians in the uk earn up to 30000 dollars a year. My first job in chile with a chilean company was paying me more than that. I still maintain my stance though. What I have achieved in chile in two years on a student visa with the restrictions on my visa I wont achieve it in any European country in 10 years with permanent residency maybe except Switzerland cause it’s the only country in Europe with high salaries and low taxes.

blackbriar:
[A2]
Besides learning Japanese. the other advice is learn JAPANESE. even if it is street Japanese. MOST IMPORTANT
Also do more networking by engaging in your hobbies (Soccer, tennis etc ) or learn a new hobby and be apssionate about it.
the friends you meet here, discuss your job hunting issues with them, they may have some help or advice.
Thanks for the advice! My current schedule doesn’t give me much time to engage in my hobbies. I have got meetings with my supervisor, weekly lab meetings, and Japanese classes twice a week, so Wednesday is my only free day. In addition, I am responsible for managing our lab’s website, which I can only access from the lab due to security restrictions.
Despite my busy schedule, I still try to interact with others through a part-time job where I meet other Africans and discuss job-hunting experiences. Many of them advise me to focus more on improving my Japanese language skills, which I am actively working on.

Second advice is have a plan, Japan salaries are crap.
Lol , that is true. Maybe Japanese salaries look small compared to other advanced countries, but coming from Nigeria, they feel huge! I once did a part-time job from 8 to 5 on Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday, and I actually made the same amount as my one-month software developer salary back home. If only that job happened every Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday, I’d be rich by now!

Do you want to stay in Japan forever or for a long time?
If not , what are your plans to migrate somewhere else say like canada, USA or australia
I’m not sure if I’ll stay in Japan forever, but my goal now is to extend my stay and grow — either through a full-time job or a master’s. I’m also applying to roles in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the EU. I’m open to wherever the right opportunity arises — my goal is continuous growth and professional development while making money.[/color]

My humbe 2 cents as always.

Yes, I followed your advice and updated my LinkedIn location while I was still in Nigeria, before moving to Japan. Thank you very much, blackbriar — I really appreciate it. Would it be okay if we connected outside this platform?
tensazangetsu20, do not be offended o, I’m not trying to derail your thread.

tensazangetsu20:
Declarations come to pass when you work toward them.

A few months ago, I lost my job at the bank. I didn’t panic because I still had my American job, but the loss definitely affected my living standards. I had been planning to move into a better apartment, but that dream had to wait. Still, I kept my composure and focused on maintaining myself.

At the time, I couldn’t really look for another job I was in the final stage of my master’s degree, and my thesis demanded every ounce of energy I had. Once I presented it, I finally had a bit of breathing room and started job hunting again.

A month later, I landed a role with a company in Canada. I kept searching, though, because I once told Gerrard59 that I would replace my two jobs with three and I meant it.

On Friday, I received another offer this time from a Chilean bank, even better than the one I used to work for. The salary is higher, the benefits are stronger, and the environment seems far more promising. Oh, and I almost forgot I also got an offer from Deloitte Chile, but it was an on-site position, and I had to turn it down.

All’s well that ends well. The university even invited me to pursue a doctorate, but I declined. Right now, I want to work and build wealth. I spent most of my 20s in Nigeria fighting to survive my 30s are for working with relentless focus to defeat poverty, brutally and completely.

I have followed your thread right from the beginning and it has been nothing short of an inspiration. I'm currently on my nysc and I don't really have any skill id I say I can bank on after the program ends.
I have just 6 months left.
Advice me like a big bro

Executer:
I have followed your thread right from the beginning and it has been nothing short of an inspiration. I'm currently on my nysc and I don't really have any skill id I say I can bank on after the program ends.
I have just 6 months left.
Advice me like a big bro

I don’t really give advice anymore. Advice is like clothing. What works for one person won’t work for another. The only thing I can tell you is to research and figure out stuff on your own.

Executer:
I have followed your thread right from the beginning and it has been nothing short of an inspiration. I'm currently on my nysc and I don't really have any skill id I say I can bank on after the program ends.
I have just 6 months left.
Advice me like a big bro

Baba , if you have a laptop you can do any thing . Take online courses , data analyst and research is there , software development is there , ui/ux is there . Just do something and continue up skilling na just time e go take . Me too na nysc I they and I they learn software development , if I finish frontend I go sign up for nirvana academy by samuelxues to know more on crypto and what I can use my skill for before going back end. Just do something brother .

tensazangetsu20:
This country chile just Dey shock me Dey go 😂😂😂😂

@ tensazangetsu20 I would like to ask you a question? As a foreigner can you give birth in Chile and get a permanent residence as the parents and your child get a citizenship according to Chilean law..Pls I would like you to speak more about this..Thank you

streetwise2015:
@ tensazangetsu20 I would like to ask you a question? As a foreigner can you give birth in Chile and get a permanent residence as the parents and your child get a citizenship according to Chilean law..Pls I would like you to speak more about this..Thank you

Chile is different with this. Having a child here doesn’t guarantee you permanent residency. Also for your child to get Chilean nationality, you must have a temporary residency or permanent residency as of when the child is born.

Travelled to another Chilean city up north to present my tesis at the conference it was accepted in and men Omho we have a long way to go in Africa o

Nna men

What surprises me about chile is how the standards are the same everywhere. I live in what you will consider as the Gombe of Chile and the same quality of life you will have in my city is what you will find here. Clean streets. Running water to every home. Orderliness.

Guys make una hustle o and be rich, make 3rd world country no be like heaven to una.

So if this one mistakenly enters USA or Oz, he will start licking the roads on the streets. Na wa

DrAkpa:
Guys make una hustle o and be rich, make 3rd world country no be like heaven to una.

So if this one mistakenly enters USA or Oz, he will start licking the roads on the streets. Na wa

I am richer than everyone in your generation 😂😂😂

tensazangetsu20:
Chile is different with this. Having a child here doesn’t guarantee you permanent residency. Also for your child to get Chilean nationality, you must have a temporary residency or permanent residency as of when the child is born.

Coming from a firsthand experience, your child will get a citizenship in Chile even if you are a tourist but you still need to show some economic sovereignty to be able to get a temporary permit as the parent. It's more better in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina in my opinion.

Letsmove:
Coming from a firsthand experience, your child will get a citizenship in Chile even if you are a tourist but you still need to show some economic sovereignty to be able to get a temporary permit as the parent. It's more better in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina in my opinion.

They have changed this for years now.

tensazangetsu20:
They have changed this for years now.

This experience is just 2 months old and the passport came out in less than 7 days .

I also saw Chilean pesos currency charges tag in decimals/points not comma. I mean like 1.000 to connotes 1,000. Using 1.000 to USD is different rate from 1,000. Do your understand?

dreaonit:
I also saw Chilean pesos currency charges tag in decimals/points not comma. I mean like 1.000 to connotes 1,000. Using 1.000 to USD is different rate from 1,000. Do your understand?

It’s the Spanish way of writing numbers. The . Is used in place of ,

Pictures from valparaiso

The street art here is on another level.

Electric buses. I noticed the buses are being charged on the go. This isn’t the capital of Chile o. This is a tier 3 city by Chilean standards

Valparaiso is beautiful

I don’t think God loves black people walai. The black man is just suffering for nothing. God has favorites and unfortunately the negro race no follow.