A person in your situation who wanted to seriously consider living and working in the U.S. should consider Hawaii. I lived and worked for a software development company in Hawaii and noticed that Hawaii is very friendly to Japanese. Living in Hawaii is NOT cheap though and finding housing is a nightmare.
Howver, if you have friends or family already there, you can try it and a two-year degree from Kapiolani Community College in Information Technology IS cheap. Most of the foreign students in Hawaii speak very little English but manage to get through the degree program there. (The University of Hawaii has four-year degrees in Computer Science.) BTW, after living in any U.S. state for 1 year you are considered a resident as far as tuition and resident tuition is MUCH LOWER than nonresident tuition.
Also, I hate to mention it but maybe NOW is not the BEST time to try to come to the U.S. (except for Hawaii where you are always welcome!)
Many of my English language students are wary about moving here because of our current climate on immigration reform.
For example, some of my students who came here on Work Visas are finding their companies do not want to sponsor them next year. The "climate" now for foreign workers is a little tough with our current president.
Check out the U.S. job boards i.e. indeed.com, careerbuilder.com, monster.com to see what types of "degrees" they require or if they hire people without degrees here in the U.S.
A person in your situation who wanted to seriously consider living and working in the U.S. should consider Hawaii. I lived and worked for a software development company in Hawaii and noticed that Hawaii is very friendly to Japanese. Living in Hawaii is NOT cheap though and finding housing is a nightmare.
Howver, if you have friends or family already there, you can try it and a two-year degree from Kapiolani Community College in Information Technology IS cheap. Most of the foreign students in Hawaii speak very little English but manage to get through the degree program there. (The University of Hawaii has four-year degrees in Computer Science.) BTW, after living in any U.S. state for 1 year you are considered a resident as far as tuition and resident tuition is MUCH LOWER than nonresident tuition.
Also, I hate to mention it but maybe NOW is not the BEST time to try to come to the U.S. (except for Hawaii where you are always welcome!)
Many of my English language students are wary about moving here because of our current climate on immigration reform.
For example, some of my students who came here on Work Visas are finding their companies do not want to sponsor them next year. The "climate" now for foreign workers is a little tough with our current president.
Check out the U.S. job boards i.e. indeed.com, careerbuilder.com, monster.com to see what types of "degrees" they require or if they hire people without degrees here in the U.S.
Best wishes!
Thank you very much yolanda 人 for sharing specific info which is very helpful for me.
I will definitely consider Hawaii as well