Learning Japanese next to a full-time IT job
Small daily habits beat big weekend sessions. What kept me going.
I study Japanese every day, next to a full-time job in IT. JLPT N5 is done, N4 is next, and from January 2027 twelve months of language school in Tokyo follow.
Small and daily
What keeps it going is not the big weekend session but a little every day, and the reason behind it: making friends and finding my way in a new country.
This article grows as I go: what works, what doesn’t, and what kept me going.

Tobias KraussAI Native IT Engineer · Schorndorf → Tokyo


