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Foxconn Professional Manager Eric Yeh: From Anime Enthusiast to Software Development, Cultivating Flexible Thinking is Key to Future Career Success

Frankie Yeh 葉凡齊 by Frankie Yeh 葉凡齊
August 30, 2023
Foxconn Professional Manager Eric Yeh: From Anime Enthusiast to Software Development, Cultivating Flexible Thinking is Key to Future Career Success

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Japanese anime’s recent surge in popularity captured the attention of enthusiasts worldwide, yet while many perceive such media as pure entertainment, a discerning eye sees the catalyst for nurturing a new generation of creative and adaptable talents poised to make significant impacts across the corporate landscape. 

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Versatility, innovation, and effective communication stand as essential components in driving seamless and efficient development processes, adept project management, and effective public relations. Success lies in the collaborative synergy between team members, culminating in optimal outcomes.

Foxconn Professional Manager Eric Yeh is a vocal advocate of the untapped potential within the anime industry to cultivate critical and flexible thinking skills for modern software development in today’s youth.  “Software development hinges upon adaptation and innovation, for which the multifaceted and imaginative landscape of the anime industry can prime a generation with the creativity high in demand across diverse corporate sectors.”

Anime to Software: An Innovative Paradigm

Going beyond visual entertainment, the anime industry boasts a proliferation of diverse merchandise, ranging from collectible figurines to trading cards to wearable accessories to video game adaptations. This extensive spectrum of product applications resonates within interconnected markets, fostering a robust and varied consumer base, contributing to a staggering global market worth of $28.6 billion in 2022.

Still such a figure pales in comparison to the vast potential within the software industry, projected to be valued in the hundreds of billions.  Yet as existing and emerging software technologies encounter a bottleneck in alignment with consumer needs, corporations find themselves grappling to anticipate the trajectory of market demands as the generational preferences undergo a seismic shift.

The anime industry boasts a proliferation of diverse merchandise, ranging from collectible figurines to trading cards to wearable accessories to video game adaptations.  (Photo by Sukipan)

“The issue with modern software development lies in the lack of communication between developers and end users,” Mr. Yeh explained, “leading to an ever widening generational gap as the youth takes over the market.”

The youth driven anime industry serves as a possible bridge between the communication gap, with the younger generation, well-versed in articulating its entertainment needs through contemporary formats, offering a unique lens through which the software industry can glean valuable insights. Through cross pollinating talents between spheres, the software industry stands to harness their combined inventive output and identify market vacancies through the eyes of the current youth demographic, capitalizing on evolving market dynamics prompted by the generational transition.

“The anime industry understands the needs of its consumers,” Mr. Yeh expressed, “as such it understands the need for constant innovation and creative insight into possible product applications,” 

A Future of Horizontal Growth

Among the myriad sub-sectors under the expansive tech industry, none exudes the same degree of dynamism and pursuit of innovation as software development with its potency lying in seamless fusion with contemporary hardware platforms to amplify product functionality and allure.  Liberated from the physical constraints inherent to hardware development and production, the realm of software unfurls before us with boundless horizons in both form and function.

Emerging multifaceted hybrid talents hold the promise of fortifying interplay between business to end user communication for elevated consumer rapport.  Through converging ingenious minds and cultivated expertise this hybrid ecosystem stands poised to bestow an enduring legacy of ceaseless innovation and triumph.

“The key to software development is flexible thinking, to think outside the box in terms of both form and application,” Mr. Yeh stated, “such is the only way to a sustainable and evergreen industry.”

“The key to software development is flexible thinking, to think outside the box in terms of both form and application.”  (Photo by IEEE Spectrum)

Networks, Not Hierarchies

Without limitations inherent to hardware related tasks, software development, like anime merchandising, places significant emphasis on efficiency and impact through collaborative endeavors across geographical locations. Unlike linear supply chains in conventional manufacturing, the crux to software development lies in networking personnel and workflow for a seamless and synchronized developmental journey.

Foxconn’s Kaohsiung Software Development Center leverages the decentralized nature of software development and distribution to facilitate synchronized developmental processes of automotive software in conjunction with Taipei headquarters, streamlining developmental cycles through simultaneous collaboration between strategic hubs.  Organization and execution of such processes requires the very attributes of adaptability and teamwork central to the anime industry’s dynamic landscape.

“To distribute work across the world and facilitate simultaneous collaborative efforts among individuals is key to seamless and rapid software development and distribution,” Mr. Yeh asserted.

Foxconn’s Kaohsiung Software Development Center leverages the decentralized nature of software development and distribution.  (Photo by Acter)

As the anime industry continues to shape the creative landscape, its interplay with software development heralds a symbiotic relationship with potential to redefine market responsiveness and innovation.  From passive appreciation to active incorporation, this alliance stands as testament to the crucial role adaptability and cross-industry collaboration stand in shaping a future brimming with possibilities.

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