Serious Shortage of PG and SE in Japan

Programmers and System Engineers are shortage in Japan. It is because they are treated badly. Do you know 3K? 3K are Kitsui(hard), Kaerenai(can't come home because of the work is very busy) and Kyuryo ga yasui(bad pay).

Recently, we hear 7K! 7K is old 3K + new 4K. Kisoku ga kibishi(strict rule), Kyuka ga torenai(take no leave of absence), Kesyo ga noranai(make-up isn't on a roll because of skin roughness caused by tiredness) and Kekkon dekinai(can't marry because of no encounter to the opposite sex and busyness).

Therefore, even university students who majors in computer science are unwilling to be PG or SE. So, the companies employ not only science students (who don't major in computer science) but also liberal arts students!

A professor said we(university students who majors in CS) should enter "Matomona" companies which treat us as software engineers. For example, Google, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, ... They are all foreign affiliated company^^; In other words, many Japanese company aren't "Matomo" and treat us as a cogwheel of the company.

I think IT companies have no future in Japan if nothing is done.

Review: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation

I went to Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) in Odaiba in Japan. Its Curator is Japanese 2nd astronaut Mr.Mouri! I saw the permanent exhibit which has 4 fields: 1.Innovation and the Future, 2.Information Science and Technology for Society, 3.Life Science, and 4.The Earth Environment and Frontiers. I major in Computer Science, so I was looking forward to look at the 1st and 2nd areas.

1. Innovation and the Future

This sector shows micro machines, robots, condensed matter physics(superconductivity, electromagnetic induction), and so on.

Japanese game "Kirby Tilt N' Tumble" is displayed as an example of using acceleration sensor. Recently, Nintendo Wii Remote Controller uses this device. This picture is an acceleration sensor of mine. We can buy such a module at a low price in Akihabara in Japan.

A midget model of linear motor car: well-known application of superconductivity is there. The midget runs very slowly but it is truly a linear motor car. An interpreter taught the mechanism to a family.

There are some robots which can control by children. I saw a children operating a robot and fetching a block by robot's arms. He looks very joyful!

2. Information Science and Technology for Society

There is a high-profile model in this area. It is a model of the Internet. It is constructed of the models of nodes, packets, lines, and routers. It seems to show the packet routing.

Another topic of this area is the interface between humans and computers. We can see and use optical interfaces, speech recognition devices and so on.