(2015-12-24, 10:52 am)TheVinster Wrote: It'd be a great opportunity for us to introduce our software into the Japanese market, and from the announcement yesterday it sounds like Salesforce has some internal tracks to pursue things in other countries (they explicitly mentioned Japan so I danced for a bit).
I've got a Japanese colleague living abroad that did 就職活動 in Japan over the summer and will start working for Salesforce in Tokyo from April onwards. You'll probably know more, but to me this indicates that they already have some presence in Japan.
At the risk of derailing this thread slightly, I'm currently also thinking about my professional future seeing as I graduated this month. I've come acrosse this position that would be a really good match to my skills and interests. What makes me somewhat hesitant though is that when I was in Japan, I had the impression that there's an almost unsurmountable barrier between people that went to Japan on their own hand, and expats that got sent there by their companies in terms of treatment. Given that, I figured it'd make sense to start at HQ and then get transfered later. Any opinions on that? I'm not overly motivated by money (and am also considering a PhD), but seeing some of the expat packages really makes me think twice.