Tokyo vs Hong Kong vs Singapore

Tokyo is all flash, with no real substance. Go to Hong Kong.

In general it's writing computer code. Specifically, a quant developer writes computer code implementing mathematical models which quant analysts develop. In other words they write computer programs which make trades in markets/on stock exchanges.

Ah, okay.
Just my opinion, I think you should work for a big int'l company in Britain, then get a transfer to where you want to work. Oftentimes, they'll speak English at those branches, then you can learn the native language without it having any bearing on your career.

I could do it in London, but I'm British women are uggo and I want something more adventurous.

Why Hong Kong? I'm slightly afraid of existing purely in an expat bubble there.

I'm wondering, are appartment sizes roughly equal in these places? I know they're all small & expensive, not sure which is worst though.

Hong Kong real estate market is insane.
I would imagine that you could get a bigger and more comfortable apartment in Tokyo for less money then in Hong Kong.

Also yeah adventuring could be fun.
I used to wanna visit Japan so I get it.
Though there is the matter of loyalty to your people/homland.
You could get a job at a national/domestic firm.

I'm Singaporean so my opinion is pretty biased but housing here is (relatively) cheap thanks to good urban planning, the food is also pretty nice, but you really have to watch where you thread with our rules.Just don't post anything inciting online, and you can shit talk anyone all you want in private.Most of the crazy rules you hear are not enforced, they are just thereto please the conservatives.

Yeah the food is great in Singapore, as somebody from the UK I especially love the Indian hawker centre food. I understand that the rules aren't necessarily enforced, but when I visited I felt that it was quite ordered/strict which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Might have something to do with the "drug dealers will be executed" on immigration card and existence of caning as punishment.

when are you going to prison for being gay?

I have already mentioned that the crazy rules are not enforced

I have no loyalty to my home country really. I have loyalty to my family, but the world is a small place these days so there's nothing to stop me from flying back for Christmas etc.
I've been to Japan for a few weeks and really loved it, but I'm worried that I would have to work myself to death like Japanese people do.

Oh yeah, our government loves punitive punishment, sadly, so do most of the populace.
Mandatory death sentencing is going away though, and we are generally catching up with the rest of the western world, with pink dot and all that.

>but I'm worried that I would have to work myself to death like Japanese people do.
Not sure really.
I would imagine the working experiences and perhaps expectations for expats might be slightly different? You could probably try to see what other expats have said about their experiences to see what its like.

Also part of me think its sad the British have too some extent lost their collective identity and connection to their land which the Japanese still clearly have but I guess many individuals don't mind it and embrace the internationalist mindset.

I just don't think I'm very knowledgeable about British culture. There is so much history that I know nothing about. To me, it's mostly about the food and drink, like tea, ale, pies, Sunday roast. When it comes to the people I just think the country is quite divided. Southerners and northerners feel totally different, and London feels like a completely different country.

What part of the country did you grow up in?

Oh and have you ever been to Cornwall?
I heard its really nice there.

The Midlands

Never been, I've heard it's nice too though

The least Islamic. Like England.

Singapore, Learning new languages is hard

How good do you have to be to get a software job abroad? I'm currently getting a cs degree at a standard state school, and would love to try living abroad in Japan or Hong Kong(I've been to both). how hard would it be to pull off?

If you're good at c++, not hard. There is a skill shortage because most people suck at it