From a Rural JET School to an IT ...

From a Rural JET School to an IT Career in Japan

The Not Your Sensei Podcast by Not Your Sensei
S1 · E2
Jun 2, 2025
05:47

Episode notes

How I went from teaching in the countryside to recruitment and then into IT, what I learned from the people I've coached along the way, and why now might be the time to look beyond the classroom.

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Music:

Opening/Ending: "Lost" by Hunter Milo

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Background: "Marshmallow" by Lukrembo

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Keywords

Japan
English Teaching
Tokyo
Japanese