unagipants69 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:06 am
Network engineer at a Kabu in Tokyo.
...Salary range is 3M to 200M, the higher end requiring 10+ years experience and selling your soul to investment banks. Average pay I think is 5-8M yen, which isn't bad even with a wife and kids....
I work 6-7 hours a day, 5 days a week, rarely on weekends. This is highly dependent on the company. Again, investment banks work you nearly 7 days a week, 10-16 hours a day.
I think that's a typo for the 200M
Foreign IBs are not that bad actually. They've come unstuck too many times to overwork people now. Most would be taking comp days if they worked on a weekend unless it's peak project activity. But obviously there is a trend to outsourcing and fewer juicy roles locally given the cost of this location.
Different story for the domestic IBs even if they outsource, to domestic "specialist" companies which are basically "mega corp +Research" at the end. They still have their own staff work 7 days a week monitoring them as their neck remains on the chopping block. Miserable existance.
Outside this market segment, socially I know people having a similar deal to you. Reasonable work-life balance, etc. One chap was even allowed 10days refresh leave after 20 years service.
Personally, I think the continued commodisation of IT as a service means that whilst Network usage/demand will increase the resources required will slowly shift to fewer larger players. I don't think this impacts job security for anyone technical.
Just to establish my credentials in this field. In the 1980s. first week on the job, I brought down a network using a paperclip as a fuse under telephone guidance. I'd like to say I've become more competent but I did nearly lose a finger to an Air-con earlier today.
