5. Ruby
Know Ruby, Will Travel
Hiro Asari
Engine Yard, Inc.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34530295@N06/5838467145
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6. About me
• Engine Yard JRuby
JRuby Support Engineer at Engine Yard
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7. About me
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Been living in the US since college
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8. Why work overseas?
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Ask Matz
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As for me, one thing led to another…
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9. A Turning Point
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Grew Scholarship
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For high school students
• http://www.grew-bancroft.or.jp/
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10. Ruby?
• Ruby
There is nothing special about Ruby in this
talk.
• Python Java PHP
Honestly, it could’ve just as well been
Python, Java, or even PHP.
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11. 3 Things You Need to Work Overseas
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Communication Skills
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Legal Status (Visa)
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Job Offer
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12. Language Barrier
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7254524@N08/2254056957
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13. Which Language?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37335357@N00/4121161376
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14. English
Still the lingua franca
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55497864@N00/4191682449
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15. Chinese
Have potential
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59703194@N00/2472958311
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16. To Learn English…
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Motivation required
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It can be as simple as “I want to speak with
that person.” After all, this is the primary
motive for children to learn a language.
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17. How Fluent do you have to be?
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I don’t know.
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But if you wait until you are perfect, you’ll miss
the chance to communicate with others.
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18. How Fluent do you have to be?
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Very few natives speak grammatically correct
English 100% of the time.
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19. How?
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Solid foundation proves helpful.
• 600
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20. How?
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Learn from anything and everything
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22. Learn From Music
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If I needed someone to love
I learned the past tense You’re the one that
in the subjunctive mood I’d be thinking of
from the Beatles
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23. Learn From Music, part 2
God save the Queen
We mean it man
We love our Queen
God saves
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~sx4t-akym/others/pistols_translation.htm#02
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24. Learn From Music, part 2
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God save the Queen
We mean it, man
We love our Queen
God saves
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~sx4t-akym/others/pistols_translation.htm#02
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25. How?
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Don’t translate.
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Translation is in essence
the composition in
Japanese.
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26. How?
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Buy an “English-English”
dictionary
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Pictures Dictionary could
be useful http://www.flickr.com/photos/98609821@N00/4815236233
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27. How?
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“The English Japanese
people speak”
• “I ate a chicken last
night.” vs “I ate
chicken last night.”
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28. How?
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Speak a lot, write a lot.
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Keep at it.
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29. The Mental Side
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No one can hear you if you don’t speak up.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25232127@N00/347638513
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30. The Mental Side
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They will listen (patiently, even) if you have
something interesting to say.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92822286@N00/5522793626
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31. The Mental Side
• …
“The common language in the scientific
world should be poor English”
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/lovelovedog/20101016/heta
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32. Legal issues
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You need a visa to legally work in the US.
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You can sneak in if you work at a “Japanese”
restaurant.
• IANAL
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33. US Visa Classifications
• Family-based
• Employment-based
• Student
• Investor
• Lottery
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34. Visas
• Family-based
• Marriage
• Adoption
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Sponsorship by a relative who has
permanent residence
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035786238@N01/78128272
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35. Visas
• Employment-based
• H-1
H-1 visa situation is volatile
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Annual Quota
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Larger employers tend to have
knowledgeable legal staff to help you
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37. Visas
• Student
• Transferable
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Invalid for off-campus employment
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Seek a job while in school
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38. Visas
• Investor
• 10
With enough capital ($10K or so), this
might be the shortest path
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39. Visas
• Diversity Lottery
• http://www.dvlottery.state.gov
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Good luck!
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40. Visas
• “Startup” visa
• …
Only whispers now, but may gain traction
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41. Elsewhere…
• 25
Consider Working Holidays
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Not for career
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Use it for networking, perhaps
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42. Job Search
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In the case of the USA
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Job search is a game in which you market
your abilities to your potential employer
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43. Job Search
• Different rules apply in the US
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No set format for résumés
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It is illegal to discriminate on the basis of
age, sex, or appearance.
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44. Job Search
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It’s not what you know, but who you know.
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45. Networking for Engineers
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Publish or perish
• github
Are you on github? Why not?
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46. Networking for Engineers
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Attend conferences overseas, and network
with fellow attendees
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47. SNS
Business-oriented SNS
• LinkedIn JRuby
Consider LinkedIn, which uses JRuby.
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48. Ruby
The Last RubyKaigi
Thank you, staff!
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