Translated from 日本語 • View original Hello! This is Koshiba from the Human Resources & Branding Project!
**Let's interview Colorkrew engineers, Part 9! **
This time, there are any development projects! We talked to Mr. Torii. Mr. Torii has experienced various fields such as games, karaoke, and the web. At Colorkrew, he is also active in a wide range of activities, such as sometimes creating smartphone apps, sometimes talking to Alexa, and sometimes appearing as a helper for his own products.
Smartphones are like bath towels
Koshiba: It seems that the comfort of remote work has increased, such as replacing the display at home and introducing a coffee maker.
Torii: Yes. The previous display was broken, so I changed it to one that supports HDR. I went to the store to buy coffee, but I thought I would like to work remotely and drink it at home. I also got benefits, so I compared the functions and bought it.
Koshiba: I didn't know that Mr. Torii loved coffee so much! So you have a lot of attention to beans?
Torii: That's right, my tongue doesn't seem to be suitable for distinguishing tastes, so I buy and drink a lot of things without being picky.
Koshiba: The most important role of the tongue is to punch! Are there any other things you have replaced? Smartphones or something.
Torii: I bought a new iMac because it came out. I buy smartphones regularly because my policy is to buy one iPhone and one Android every year.
Koshiba: Why are you having such a policy? Laughter
Torii: I don't want to be told why, but it's the same as a bath towel. I use it every day, so I'll change it every year.
Koshiba: I never thought I would get an explanation that it was the same as a bath towel...! If you buy it every year, it will accumulate more and more. Do you sell old ones?
Torii: It will be development equipment. Even if you don't use the company's verification terminal, you can cover most of it yourself. And the alarm clock will change.
Koshiba: Alarm?
Torii: Yes, I've set at least 10 pieces now.
Xiao Chai: ?!
Torii: To be precise, I have set a lot of alarms on three terminals. I slept twice, slept three times, slept four times, slept five times, I love it! As for charging, it will last for more than a week if you put it in airplane mode, and the third generation iPad will last about 5 months.
Koshiba: Improve electricity efficiency in in-flight mode! But where did the money come from?
Torii: It sets up pocket money for a lifetime.
Koshiba: Power words again! Laughter
Torii: It may be a misnomer to say "lifetime", but it's okay if you start talking about it?
Koshiba: I'm really curious... But at this rate, there are too many tsukkomi points and it seems like it will end with just an icebreaker, so let's get to the main topic. Let me know later! Laughter
Reliable Quality Torii Brand
Koshiba: At Colorkrew, you are called "Torii Kobo" and are developing a lot, but how many projects do you have now?
Torii: There are seven active this month, including Odakyu Electric Railway. There are projects that are burning, projects that look like they are about to burn, projects that seem to burn if touched, and projects that are about to end, and I enjoy them very much.
Koshiba: Enjoy! lol Moreover, depending on the project, you may use completely different techniques. There is an image that the skills are wide.
Torii: You mainly do mobile negative apps, PC apps, and web development. Skills: Well, it's the skills that make up a lot of money. This is a very useful skill that I indebt to you every time.
Koshiba: What, what is that?
Torii: There are various things, but to put it very miscellaneously and easily, as long as there are no problems with input and output, no matter what the content is, that's fine. If you make it appropriately, there will always be distortion in the input or output, but it is a technique to balance it without showing it.
Koshiba: Uh, hmm. It's like a skilled technique.
Koshiba: How do you create a person like Mr. Torii?
Torii: I guess it's past experience.
Koshiba: Did you train yourself when you were a new graduate?
Torii: No, I got an education officer, but basically I was on my own.
Koshiba: Well, yes, the first company was a game company. Were you able to develop it smoothly from the time you joined the company?
Torii: Of course, I had development experience, but my know-how was not at a level that could be used for work at all, so I re-studied. When I joined the company, I was given an assignment by a senior, but I forgot how to write a program. Laughter
Koshiba: Well, the assignment is not progressing! So what happened?
Torii: I had no choice but to search the shared directory within the department. Then, the source code of the game I had made before had fallen, and I was just looking at it. I was indulging in reading that this is how the game program is ~
Koshiba: You read it all the time without writing.
Torii: At that time, there were hidden commands in the game, but my seniors didn't teach me them. So I looked for where the hidden command is. lol I didn't realize it at the time, but it was like analyzing the fundamentals of the game.
Koshiba: You figured out the most important part.
Torii: Yes. A few months later, I decided to use the same system, but thanks to loading it, I was able to put it in easily. From this experience, I got into the habit of taking the initiative, researching, and preparing in advance.
Koshiba: Oh, the secret of Torii Kobo is revealed!
Torii: Also, I was using C and C++ at that time, but I also learned assembler because I wanted to try hardware.
Koshiba: Hey, you just said you learned assembler, didn't you? lol What made you learn?
Torii: There was a problem in the middle of the project that I couldn't solve on my own. I couldn't figure it out, so I asked my senior in charge of education to look it up, and it turned out to be a bug in the compiler. It wasn't a bug in the program.
Koshiba: In other words, no matter how much I looked at the program, I couldn't solve it.
Torii: That's right. Even at that time, going to assembler was going against the times. However, there were several times when my understanding of assemblers was applied to later development, so I'm glad I did it. You're building your own foundation.
Koshiba: Torii Kobo's secret is number two!
Torii: Personally, I enjoy playing games < > creating my own rules... Oh, this was something I shouldn't say out loud. Laughter
Koshiba: Haha, I guess that's what happens if you and Mr. Samejima like good games too much. lol Well, anyway, knowing the mechanism behind it was useful in many places. I was able to get a little idea of where Mr. Torii's strength comes from.
It is nonsense to apply the old as it is
Torii: Recently, I had a job creating Apache (web server) modules, and I thought I could do it even if I had never done it before, and when I decided to use old technology like VB.NET, I had never done VB, but I quickly started developing it without studying.
Koshiba: Oh, I've heard such anecdotes. Before coming to Colorkrew, Mr. Torii had never touched PHP properly, but he learned it in just three days.
Torii: There was such a thing. The correct answer is that I first briefly researched the main methods of writing the language and memorized the details while doing it. When I was developing games, I had experience adapting to different platforms, so I'm used to adapting to new things. Even if you say game development, Dreamcast and PS2 are completely different. The system, rules, how to create designers, hardware and programs change. Because of that experience, I am confident that I can do anything that comes.
Koshiba: Oh~ I'm reliable! If you walk like Mr. Torii, you will be born a second and third Torii-san.
Torii: No, what about that? The situation has changed between the past and now.
Koshiba: What do you mean?
Torii: Nowadays, even if you don't know how the underside of the PC works, you can do some web development without any problems. That's why it's terrible to ask people today to do that, and I think it's different to ask for the same thing, and even if you ask for it, it will be difficult to get approval.
Koshiba: I see.
Torii: I talked about taking the initiative, but now there are many trends and trends, and there are a lot of options. Taking the initiative from there is an act close to gambling.
Koshiba: Huh? So what is Mr. Torii doing?
Torii: For the time being, I just started working on it at the stage where it became popular. In the past, there was almost no open source, and even if you could use it for free, you couldn't use it for work because the license was strict. But now, if you search, you will find more and more information. Because the situation is different, the lessons of the past are useless.
Koshiba: Today's people have their own ways of doing things and lessons.
Torii: So even if you ask me how to raise it, it's a difficult problem for me. Laughter
Koshiba: The good thing about Mr. Torii is that he is confident in his past but does not impose it on others.
Torii: Is that so?
Koshiba: I'm sure it's not just for others, but also for yourself, isn't it? The flexibility to accept new things and continue to change without sticking to them, while having a solid weapon that can respond whenever you are asked to do so. There is also. I felt that this may be Mr. Torii's true strength.
Isn't it good to have a funny person even if it's a little troublesome?
Koshiba: Torii is playful and maniacal, and in a good way, he looks like a child.
What kind of people do you want to work with?
Torii: That's right. ーI want to work with people who enjoy working. It's not about the skills.
Koshiba: It's interesting as a person. Can you tell me a little more specifically?
Torii: Someone you can trust, someone who doesn't make you uncomfortable... Oh, but it's OK if it's interesting to watch even someone who is holding you back.
Koshiba: Anything that is interesting is an ant. Laughter
Torii: I feel that there are quite a lot of business-like relationships and smart people in today's world, but I think it's good or bad that there is no emotional conflict. To create something soulful.
Koshiba: If people with particular preferences gather, they may collide. Mr. Torii looks slender but is actually hot.
Torii: I think it would be fun if such people could come together and create something that cannot be achieved with a combination of technologies alone and polish it to the limit.
Koshiba: I would like to increase the number of development that engineers including Mr. Torii can enjoy in Colorkrew. Thank you very much for today, Mr. Torii!
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