In the busy IT career, another phenomenon I’ve noticed through my own experience is the tunnel vision effect.
When you’re overly focused on repeating the same tasks every day, your perspective can become narrow, making it difficult to think comprehensively or envision the future.
While learning new things for work is definitely a form of growth, but to be honest, it doesn’t necessarily align with one’s personal value or contribute to career advancement. This is mainly because the IT field is so broad. Without specializing in a specific area, job opportunities can be quite limited. In the job market, companies often prioritize technical skills that match their needs and interview performance over being a generalist.
That said, having generalist skills isn’t entirely a bad thing. At the very least, I now have the ability to build an entire system on my own, moreover, in the age of AI, such generalist skills have actually become an advantage.
However, given the realities of job-hunting, I still need to focus on specializing in a specific, valuable field, while also improving my language skills and interview techniques.
Starting a business might be another potential path, but for me, there are personal reasons that make staying in Japan a priority. So, a stable job is still the better choice for now.
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