Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 263 Computers are the best way out
After briefly introducing the functions and features of the mobile phone, Masato Takeshita began to use the phone as an example.

"Landlines make it easier for people to communicate, so from 50 to 70 years ago, almost every household had one installed."

"Mobile phones, or cell phones, are easy to understand and more convenient to use."

"Plus, our economy is developing very well, and the mobile phone industry is bound to see even more rapid growth."

"I predict that in the next 10 years, there is a high probability that everyone will have a mobile phone."

Japan is a developed country, so the mobile phone industry is naturally developing faster.

By 2000, it was basically popularized nationwide.

It was even the first to bear fruit in the field of 3G technology.

It’s a pity that the skill point was wrong and the touch screen mobile phone technology was not developed.

In the end, all the prosperity was destroyed by foreign companies.

The country's mobile phone industry has directly fallen into the category of other.

"So now is a very good opportunity to enter the mobile phone R&D industry or the basic telecommunications equipment industry."

“If we enter now, we will be the veterans, the experts in the field, the ones who will change the world.”

Everyone's blood boiled after hearing what Masato Takeshita said.

Many students couldn't help but whisper to each other.

They are also full of dreams and want to be part of changing the world.

"Hey, the students over there seem to have some questions, please raise your hands first."

Giving a speech is just like a live broadcast. Even if there is no topic, you have to create one.

Although Masato Takeshita didn't hear what everyone was saying at all, he still created an eye-catching topic like he was writing a barrage.

After hearing what Takeshita Masato said, everyone in the audience raised their hands. Even students who had no interest in the mobile communications industry did not mind asking more questions.

"Yes, it's the third row on the left, the boy wearing a black down jacket and glasses."

Seeing the male student standing up and pointing at himself in disbelief, Takeshita Masato added encouragingly: "Yes, it's you, don't doubt it, my junior."

"Oh, alright."

The male junior stood there a bit dazed, then introduced himself first and then began to ask the questions that concerned him most.

"Takeshita-senpai, I am also optimistic about the mobile phone industry. But I am a liberal arts student and I don't know which path to choose."

The young man waved his hand and smiled. "You don't need to think too much about liberal arts. Just express your willingness when you are interviewing with relevant companies."

“Major companies really like to rotate liberal arts students, and there won’t be permanent positions available in the early stages.”

Japanese companies do not trust Japanese universities' training of liberal arts students, and basically require secondary training.

Rotation among various positions allows liberal arts graduates to become familiar with the characteristics of each department, which is a common rule in enterprises.

"OK, thanks!"

After selecting three junior students to ask questions, Masato Takeshita began to talk about the next potential industry - medical care and elderly care.

Japan is beginning to enter an aging society, and medical care and elderly care are bound to have huge potential.

If you enter this industry now, you will not be unemployed even if there is a crisis.

In addition to these two industries, young people also promoted computer software, information consulting, and game entertainment...

These fields are also where you can keep your job for a long time.

If you want to develop in the future, enter boldly.

"After talking about the industries I am more optimistic about, let me talk about the areas that I personally think will be more difficult to develop in the future."

The young man didn't waste any time and dropped the bomb directly.

"First of all, the financial industry, which I strongly do not recommend."

"Wow..."

The friends were stunned. They didn't expect their senior to use his ultimate move right away.

"Everyone has seen the state of the stock market. It will be difficult to recover in a short time."

"This means that the financial industry will have a very painful life in the next few years."

"Especially brokerages and banks, they have a series of problems to face."

"Let's not talk about anything else. The recent Ito Man incident has seriously affected people's confidence."

"As we all know, finance is an industry of confidence. Without shared confidence, it is difficult to achieve prosperity."

“So I personally strongly recommend that you do not enter the financial industry right now.”

Masato Takeshita didn't dare to say too much, but in fact, the Japanese financial industry will not face difficulties in the future, but will face a major earthquake.

Countless financial giants either collapsed or were forced to merge.

Except for some individual developments, the industry is generally in a state of regression.

If you accidentally enter a financial company that will go bankrupt in the future, such as Hitachi Insurance or Hokkaido Takushoku Bank...

Then you may be laid off and unemployed in your thirties when you are under the most pressure.

The financial sector can be regarded as the biggest graveyard of Japan's future.

The people who committed suicide the most in Japan in the future were those working in the financial sector.

"Takeshita-senpai is very pessimistic about the financial industry. Is there any more specific reason?"

Everyone was a little bit unbelieving, and a bold student in the front row couldn't help but ask loudly.

“There are many reasons, but it’s mostly speculation on the stock market side.”

"If you think my investment ability is OK, then just listen to my advice for now. Even if you choose the financial field, you can only enter the top few."

"If you think I'm talking nonsense, feel free to do so."

Masato Takeshita's solemn answer made everyone think more.

He is a god in the field of investment. He not only perfectly avoided the stock market crash in 87, but also perfectly avoided the stock market crash in 90.

Especially with the recent revelations about making huge fortunes from oil futures, the investment aura of young people has been further enhanced.

Some prospective graduates who originally intended to pursue a career in finance are now questioning the options of banks, insurance companies and securities firms.

"Apart from the financial industry, the second industry I don't recommend is traditional industries such as textiles."

“These areas have made very great contributions to Japan, but the threshold is too low.”

"With our production costs in Japan, it is difficult to compete with Southeast Asian countries."

In fact, in these traditional industries, China is the biggest boss.

However, now is the era of the rise of the four Asian tigers, and coupled with the increasingly close economic ties between China and Japan, the young people decided to give this opportunity to show their faces to the Southeast Asian countries.

Unlike finance, the new proposal quickly won widespread approval.

Students also know that Japan's labor costs are very high, and it is difficult to compete with low-income countries in labor-intensive industries.

As the speech continued, Masato Takeshita added more and more valuable information.

If time were not limited, he would like to analyze every industry.

Finally, he added seriously, "I am more optimistic about telecommunications, mobile phones, automobiles, computers, medical care and elderly care, gaming and entertainment, and convenience store retail..."

It goes without saying that emerging industries such as telecommunications are among those that are outperforming global industries.

As long as you don't make big mistakes, it's easy to get through to retirement.

Automobiles were the most important industry in Japan in the past.

Although it will face the impact of new energy vehicles after 2020, it can still maintain its dominant position.

Many places are not suitable for the development of new energy vehicles.

Either it's political or it's environmental.

"I am less optimistic about the traditional textiles and steel industries... as well as the financial and real estate industries, which have slowed down recently."

The real estate-related fields actually had a glorious period.

Because the Japanese government later realized that there were economic problems, it began to spend money on large-scale infrastructure.

But this kind of thing cannot last long and is also very wasteful. For example, borrowing money to develop tourism and create spectacular sights in places where few people go.

Or build a long road specifically for a small seaside convenience store.

Graduates who enter this industry are even more likely to be unemployed.

Of course, some bold ones can still choose to enter.

After all, in a few years of boom, you can earn more money than an ordinary person can earn in their entire life.

This is human beings, always repeating the same stories.

"Well, that's all I have to say for now. The rest of the time will be left to you all to ask questions."

"Great!"

Hearing the young man say this, everyone suddenly became excited.

Everyone has too many questions in their minds and wants answers.

"Well, good afternoon, Takeshita-senpai, I'm Shingo Hashimoto, a freshman."

"What the senior just talked about are the career directions of the junior and senior students. I really want to know what we freshmen and sophomores are going to do?"

"Hello, Hashimoto-san too."

Masato Takeshita smiled and clapped his hands, affirming, “That’s a very good question.”

"Although my speech just now was aimed at all students, it was indeed more inclined towards those students who are about to find employment."

"I'm sorry that I didn't do enough with regards to the freshmen."

After saying this, the young man bowed and apologized calmly, and then, amid everyone’s applause and cheers, he began to give advice to college freshmen.

“Whether you are a liberal arts student or a science student, my advice is to go to companies for internships.”

"Especially liberal arts students, they must seriously go to companies for internships to understand the operating rules of related industries and departments."

"Only in this way can you quickly stand out when you are employed in the future."

Compared with science students, liberal arts students are more substitutable.

Except for some individual industries such as law and accounting, anything that liberal arts students can do, science students can also do.

Even in many industries that you think are high-employment areas for liberal arts students, science students are the king.

For example, the crown private equity hedge funds in the financial industry basically only recruit top science students.

Liberal arts students also have opportunities, but the chances of getting in are slim.

Because in the end, financial transactions are all about numbers.

Of course, banks and securities firms, that is, investment banks, still need a lot of liberal arts students.

Because banks and securities firms have a lot of sales business.

Many liberal arts students think more delicately and can sell more products.

Therefore, liberal arts students must visit several companies and actively learn during their university years.

As for science graduates, if you can learn your professional courses well, you will have a stable job. It is just a matter of how much money you earn.

Unlike liberal arts students, many of them are unemployed right after graduation.

"Company internship?"

“Yes, we must pay attention to it.”

Masato Takeshita looked serious, and then emphasized again: "When your competitors are still blank slates and know nothing, and you are already familiar with the operating rules of the industry, your competitiveness will naturally increase a lot."

Nowadays, big Japanese companies still prefer college students with no vacancies.

But soon, this thinking will change.

Especially during the employment ice age after 1993, major companies generally prefer experienced people.

Even more than 70% of companies believe that employee training is their own business and has nothing to do with the company.

The company will only recruit those who can do the job directly, and those who need training will basically be eliminated.

Yes, the employment ice age is so cruel.

The first question is that work experience is needed.

This is also the main reason why the employment rate of Japanese college students was only half from 93 to 03.

There aren't so many suitable jobs in society, so we'll select the best from the best.

Those who are still confused are basically all eliminated.

"Oh, that's how it is."

The boy still didn't understand, but he had one advantage: he was obedient.

Since it is the opinion of well-known seniors, we should still listen to it.

First of all, well-known seniors will not deliberately pit their juniors.

Secondly, he has a stronger ability to collect and organize information.

Basically, the benefits of listening carefully far outweigh the disadvantages.

"In addition to doing more internships, my second suggestion to freshmen is to learn more skills."

“For example, foreign language skills.”

"Whether it is English or Chinese, it will be very helpful for your future development."

Japan will soon change its development strategy and expand overseas at a rapid pace.

At this time, knowing a foreign language can greatly increase your employment opportunities.

"Also, you are good at computers. If you can use office software proficiently, it will be a plus in the interview."

There are not many Japanese college students who can use office software proficiently, either now or in the future.

This aspect is also a good advantage for the company.

It is very likely that this tiny gap will change the future destiny of two people.

“Proficient in using computer office software?”

"Yes."

Masato Takeshita smiled and encouraged: "The future is a world of computers. No matter what work we do in the future, it will be difficult to do without the assistance of computers."

"Your proficiency with computers will definitely affect your development."

Having said that, the young man couldn't help but add another sentence.

"Oh, and it would be best if everyone learns some computer programming techniques."

"If you have a talent for this, you must continue to study."

"The future development of the computer industry has unlimited potential."

Xinghai Group needs a lot of computer-related talents. The more students enter this industry, the happier he is.

Of course, he didn't cheat his younger classmates.

In the future, there will be a great shortage of computer-related talents all over the world, and this field will be the most promising one.

Many semi-finished products that are produced through short-term computer training courses can quickly find higher-paying jobs.

It wasn’t until the pandemic era that the computer industry reached a saturation stage.

But even so, the computer industry still represents high salaries.

Even Wall Street, the financial sector that is much busier than Silicon Valley, does not pay as much as the computer industry.

Yes, many financial companies are much busier than the computer industry, which is famous for its 996 work schedule.

Take JPMorgan Chase as an example. Employees often work more than 100 hours a week, and occasionally even more than 120 hours.

A week's working hours are roughly equivalent to half a month for a normal worker.

It can be said that this is one of the jobs with the most overtime in the world.

(End of this chapter)