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[–] [email protected] 53 points 5 months ago (3 children)

We were very different ages in 2013, I think, heh. I got laid off from a job, sacrificed basically everything to try life in another country, failed to get a job and visa in time, and later wrapped it up by breaking my leg and ankle rather badly.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Man, this post started off so well. The first line on my phone is "We were very different ages in 2013, I think, heh. I got laid" but things took a sharp turn starting on the next line.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Breaking a leg is supposed to be good luck though so I'm sure everything turned out fine, right?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Well, aside from the fact that I can't run and sometimes simply walking is painful, I suppose it generally worked out well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What country from to and what job where you looking at?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

USA and Japan. I had a company willing to sponser a visa, but they'd never done it before and it would take time. My stay was about up and I didn't have the funds to vacation somewhere else and then come back to maybe get a job and visa. I would move back to Japan in late 2015 after recovering both physically (I spent 6 months+ in a wheelchair and another 6+ months on crutches before finally transitioning to varying levels of cane use for another roughly 6 months) and recovering financially. I've been in Japan since.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That sounds like you did a good job on your leg.

Least you made it there. How you like it? How many hours a week you work? Made any friends with 100% Japanese people?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just like anywhere, it has good and bad points. Almost all of my friends are japanese as is my wife. I work 40 hours with some overtime here and there, but basically the same as the US (I'm a software engineer). I recently bought a farm and we live in the countryside so I'm trying to get all that sorted as well

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sounds good. I just heard bad things about the work hours and such.

Would love yo go to the country though!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Totally depends upon the company and its management. There is legislation in place to try to prevent things, but some workers will clock out and illegally continue working due to pressure which just perpetuates that shit cycle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I understood it as the dude was from Japan trying to live in the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

So you’re an American who moved to Japan?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some people use sorry to mean thank you. I think they were agreeing with you not disagreeing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Ah, ok. :) Thank you.