Name: 日本遊戲程序員的一日生活 (Day in the Life of a Japanese Game Programmer)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:33:11.000Z
Duration: 13 min 47 s
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This is a Day in a Life of a Japanese Game Programmer.

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23 year old programmer living in Tokyo and working for one of the largest video game companies in Japan.

He lives alone in a typical Japanese apartment.

Which are known for their efficient use of space like this enclosed unit bath with built-in sink facilities.

Masa, how long does it take for you to get ready for work?

Like most salaryman in Tokyo, he commutes to work by train, door-to-door about 40 minutes, so it's not bad.

But, more than half of his trip is walking to and from the train station.

Alright, so Masa should be coming soon, but the typhoons these months have been really, really crazy.

So, Masa works for Bandai Namco Studios, which is the network entertainment unit of Bandai Namco group.

They're known for developing popular game paddles like Tekken, Mario Kart, and even Pac-Man.

And, there's about a thousand employees in the Tokyo office spread across five floors.

Also, common in many Japanese companies is for employees to change into slippers for the work day.

Very common Japanese tile-desk with low dividers.

So, Masa keeps his desk area simple like many of his coworkers.

It's very different when compared to Western desks which are often littered with decorations and family pictures.

First thing in the morning, he checks his email as well as the internal company's social network for updates, while also having a quick breakfast.

So, Masa is doing his morning task right now.

It's gonna be some time before he has kind of like a break, because he's pretty focused.

So, let's go walk around the office and see what kind of facilities they have!

So, right behind Masa's desk, they have a game corner kind of placed right here.

And they have the Switch, they have the PlayStation, they have Xbox, and they even have some virtual reality gear!

I guess you get to play games anytime you want which is pretty cool!

And just below here, there's a big, big computer!

All right, so this is the break room area on the second floor.

They have burnables, you have the cans, and the bottles and you also have the non-burnables like plastic.

So, this behind me is their snack corner but it runs on the honor system.

So, basically at the top, you have a place where you deposit money.

All the different chocolates or candies, they have a price for it.

And even the refrigerator has the frozen treats like ice cream and whatnot.

And you just need to pay on the honor system.

And then you take what you actually paid for.

I don't know how would this do in your country's office?

All right, and so, let's check what's down here.

So, this place says library, but in fact, it's not a library of books! It's a library of games!

So, they have all these different consoles all the way from like Nintendo to PC Engine.

They have this aisle and they have this aisle.

But this aisle actually looks like books.

They even have all kinds of game cartridges from back-in-the-day.

I wonder how many years it would take to play all of these games.

Because I'm sure they probably have it here.

So, this area here is their administration section of the office.

It's kind of like the business side of the company.

And this behind me is where all of the executives stay.

So, this area is a lot nicer than the common area.

But as you can see, the office are fairly reasonable.

The president's room is fairly the same size as the other executives.

So, he's Masa's Douki, which means the co-worker who started working at the company at the same time.

In fact, it's common for many Japanese companies to do mass hiring once-a-year for college graduates.

Just outside this dope cafeteria, food trucks come during lunch time.

But damn, it doesn't look like a pleasant experience waiting in line during this typhoon.

Itadakimasu is a customary term used by Japanese before each meal.

Meaning: "Let's Eat." or "Thank you for the Meal!"

Looks like they have a little time before their lunch break finishes. I wonder where they're going.

And like all the games here, it's also free-to-play anytime.

So, kinda got some free time while Masa is working.

So, why don't we spend this time and maybe go meet some people.

So, apparently, they have all their different teams working in different parts of the office.

We're actually on a different floor right now.