SI Developer Story
#2. How to Choose a Good SI

SI companies are often known as places where new graduates avoid getting jobs. Many people avoid SI jobs due to reasons such as inflated experience, endless overtime, weekend work, low salaries, and low technical skills. However, on the other hand, SI always has a shortage of manpower and there are many companies, so if you lower your expectations, it can be a quick start for a developer job. So today, we'll look at how to choose a good SI.

1. Check for IT Union
Before you interview, you can check the IT union website for job Q&A and find out if there is any inflation. Since most reviews are posted here, you can filter it out here in the first place. You can find information about the company's atmosphere, inflation, salary information, and other internal information, so be sure to refer to it.

2. Check for Mentor during Interview
In the case of a call center, you may be sent to different places where a project is needed, so the other people in the project you went to may have different affiliated companies, making it awkward to ask for help if you don't know anything. Of course, there are people who take good care of you, but it's not as helpful as a mentor from the same company. Therefore, if you are working on a dispatch basis, be sure to check during the interview if you are going on a dispatch basis as a team with a mentor.

3. Check the Office during the Interview
Call centers usually send personnel to other projects, so think of it as a staffing agency. If the office is in an old and worn-out building with only the president and the accountant, there is a 90% chance that it's a call center. No matter how many SI dispatches there are, there should be personnel who are on standby at the head office or remotely for maintenance.

4. Check the Company Website
If the company has a website, check the business areas of the website. If the partner list includes large companies or major public institutions, and the words ITO or outsourcing are present, there is a 90% chance that it is a call center. This is a company that is likely to dispatch 1-2 people needed for projects of large companies or public institutions to positions of temporary or regular workers.

It's not absolute, but based on experience, checking the above 4 points alone can avoid 50% of the call centers. Occasionally, there are places that openly talk about inflating experience to 3 years during the interview, so never go to those places. I can also be punished for document forgery and it's a nuisance to the team members I work with.