Uhm ... konsento comes from Concentric -- as in Concentric plug -- which was an industry term used in some English-speaking countries in the early 20th century, and has stuck around in some pidgin languages.
Yes, that is correct! The usage of concentric plug still exists but the mainstream usage has changed and I can recall maybe 3 people that knew about concentric plug. I’ll make sure to be more thorough when explaining it in video!
Nice explanation! Just curious, what were your reasons for moving to Japan to become salaryman? Feel free to ignore the question if you do not feel comfortable sharing. PS I like the direction this channel is taking which is more about the "reality" including the problems. Looking forward to learning more of the reality.
Yeah! I can answer this. I haven’t mentioned this on my channel yet but I’m half Japanese and moving back to Japan was a way to take back my roots. This doesn’t mean you can’t move here as a non-Japanese person. I have plenty of European and American friends living the Japanese dream. I wanted to move to Japan for the lifestyle and for improving my Japanese as well. As much as it would be great to be a full time TH-camr, I still have to pay the bills so I got a job where I still used my engineering degree (which I enjoy). I lucked out as it’s a great environment personally, so I haven’t experienced the ‘working in Japan sucks’ trope. I also am a workaholic so I may just be built for working in Japan haha. So, it wasn’t moving to Japan to become a Salaryman, but rather becoming a Salaryman was the best choice for me to live the lifestyle I want. As for the channel, as the name states, I want to talk about boring, reality stuff like taxes and the post office, but make it fun for the viewer like you! I will still dabble in tourist focused videos occasionally though, but make them better than the others :)
@@JapanReality Thank you for sharing! I don't even plan to move to Japan (just visiting) but your videos still interest me. They are informative and well-researched (which is rare for the internet). Glad I clicked on that outlet video! Looking forward to more reality checks from you!
Tokyo and much of Japan has many 24 hour institutions such as Anytime Fitness which is prevalent throughout! I'm mainly exercise through bouldering so I only manage once or twice a week unfortunately.
I’d love to talk about those things as I’m a mechanical engineer myself but I’m not in a position to at this time :( I gotta stick with simpler topics until I get more TH-cam traction :) and I need to upload more lol Japan has so many cool electronics companies
How did you manage to get your salaryman job? I’ve been doing seasonal contract based jobs, freelance, and am tired of the unpredictable ebbs and flows of income and want something stable.
Hi! Thanks for asking. I definitely took the safest, most predictable route as a foreigner. I graduated University in the US with an engineering degree and worked a couple years stateside for a Japanese company. I used that experience to catapult myself into a company that required a high level of interoperability and cultural understanding between Europe/USA/Japan. Along with a high level of Japanese, I had engineering experience to boot which made me more valuable than a local Japanese hire. I'm definitely in a niche position, but to generalize the steps, I'd recommend the following. An office job requires some type of university degree. In Japan it doesn't depend on your degree but more so the school to which you went. I'm unaware of your background nor citizenship status, but there has to be something that differentiates you from the rest of the pack, other than Japanese proficiency. And the last (unfortunately) is luck. I wanted to live and work in Japan but I did not expect it to happen so soon. I got lucky. My original plan was to continue working in the USA, gain more experience, get an MBA from a top 10 USA school, and then attempt my move to Japan. I'm not a career counselor so apologies if this was all information you already knew. Cheers!
Everywhere else in the world we just call this having a job. Apparently in Japan that is your entire identity
Because you become component of company would never escape forever.
Cool video
Nice pacing, fun editing, decently researched
11/10
0:04 Please don't let truck-kun get you my dude
I look both ways before crossing the road!
Love your humor and editing! Subscribed
Good stuff, keep going!
Great video Bradley!
Very nice video!
Good video! Wouldn't mind longer form either!
Thanks for the feedback! The plan was to make this 7 minutes long but after editing it got way lower. Gotta improve my pace and increase the facts!
Excellent video Bradley
you are funny. I just subscribed :)
Keep it up
i could get lost in your eyes. you are very handsome and have a pretty good sense of humour. subscribed!
Lovely well-made video 🌻
Uhm ... konsento comes from Concentric -- as in Concentric plug -- which was an industry term used in some English-speaking countries in the early 20th century, and has stuck around in some pidgin languages.
Yes, that is correct! The usage of concentric plug still exists but the mainstream usage has changed and I can recall maybe 3 people that knew about concentric plug. I’ll make sure to be more thorough when explaining it in video!
Nice explanation! Just curious, what were your reasons for moving to Japan to become salaryman? Feel free to ignore the question if you do not feel comfortable sharing.
PS I like the direction this channel is taking which is more about the "reality" including the problems. Looking forward to learning more of the reality.
Yeah! I can answer this. I haven’t mentioned this on my channel yet but I’m half Japanese and moving back to Japan was a way to take back my roots. This doesn’t mean you can’t move here as a non-Japanese person. I have plenty of European and American friends living the Japanese dream.
I wanted to move to Japan for the lifestyle and for improving my Japanese as well. As much as it would be great to be a full time TH-camr, I still have to pay the bills so I got a job where I still used my engineering degree (which I enjoy). I lucked out as it’s a great environment personally, so I haven’t experienced the ‘working in Japan sucks’ trope. I also am a workaholic so I may just be built for working in Japan haha.
So, it wasn’t moving to Japan to become a Salaryman, but rather becoming a Salaryman was the best choice for me to live the lifestyle I want.
As for the channel, as the name states, I want to talk about boring, reality stuff like taxes and the post office, but make it fun for the viewer like you! I will still dabble in tourist focused videos occasionally though, but make them better than the others :)
@@JapanReality Thank you for sharing! I don't even plan to move to Japan (just visiting) but your videos still interest me. They are informative and well-researched (which is rare for the internet). Glad I clicked on that outlet video! Looking forward to more reality checks from you!
Great video. However, I'd prefer if the volume of the music could be lower.
I really appreciate the feedback! I’ll be careful in my next videos.
Nice vid. When do salarymen go to the gym though?
Tokyo and much of Japan has many 24 hour institutions such as Anytime Fitness which is prevalent throughout! I'm mainly exercise through bouldering so I only manage once or twice a week unfortunately.
i dont why i just subscribed to your channel ...maybe bcoz i like your content hahaha
Nice Video!!
I want to hear about Engineers(エンジニア) in Japan. Especiallay Electronics Engineer "I'm one of them" >o
I’d love to talk about those things as I’m a mechanical engineer myself but I’m not in a position to at this time :( I gotta stick with simpler topics until I get more TH-cam traction :) and I need to upload more lol
Japan has so many cool electronics companies
How did you manage to get your salaryman job? I’ve been doing seasonal contract based jobs, freelance, and am tired of the unpredictable ebbs and flows of income and want something stable.
Hi! Thanks for asking. I definitely took the safest, most predictable route as a foreigner. I graduated University in the US with an engineering degree and worked a couple years stateside for a Japanese company. I used that experience to catapult myself into a company that required a high level of interoperability and cultural understanding between Europe/USA/Japan. Along with a high level of Japanese, I had engineering experience to boot which made me more valuable than a local Japanese hire. I'm definitely in a niche position, but to generalize the steps, I'd recommend the following.
An office job requires some type of university degree. In Japan it doesn't depend on your degree but more so the school to which you went.
I'm unaware of your background nor citizenship status, but there has to be something that differentiates you from the rest of the pack, other than Japanese proficiency.
And the last (unfortunately) is luck. I wanted to live and work in Japan but I did not expect it to happen so soon. I got lucky. My original plan was to continue working in the USA, gain more experience, get an MBA from a top 10 USA school, and then attempt my move to Japan.
I'm not a career counselor so apologies if this was all information you already knew. Cheers!
Comfy.
If I get a salary (in Japan) and I’m a woman am I then a salary woman? 🤔
In today’s day and age I’d say so!
What about salary ants
アリが10匹！haven’t seen many but I’m sure they work grueling hours
What most japanese will call you if you're Self Employed?
There's a couple ways to say it. 自営業(Jieigyou) is the most direct translation for self employment.
this is epic
🫡
Funny 😂