Chaoyi: I am interested in the technology industry and wanted to work for a foreign company in Japan, so Texas Instruments (TI) was a good choice for me. They require both English and Japanese in their daily operations, which also made it a good fit with my language abilities.

Chaoyi: For the first two months, I mainly worked on the macroeconomic update project to make Japan's economic data accessible to TI's global network in an easy to update format. I also did daily accounting work such as inputting journal entries for payments and receipts, and creating payment schedules and payment trends for each month. During the last month, I also worked on expense auditing for business trips and events.

Chaoyi: I learned to always be curious and not be afraid of asking questions and talking to different people. You can learn many things just from learning about other people's experiences and often they will provide valuable insights that can't be learned by just doing the job.