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Being Muslim in Japan(japan-dev.com)
19 points by etdev 4mo ago|8 comments
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Work Life Balance in Japan's Tech Industry(japan-dev.com)
2 points by etdev 6mo ago|0 comments
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Leaving Google for a New Start in Japan(japan-dev.com)
1 points by etdev 2y ago|0 comments
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by etdev 3y ago
Hey -- author here Working remotely for a US company from Japan is great if you can swing it. Especially now with the weak yen (assuming you earn USD). The main issue is getting a visa. Unless you have a Japanese spouse or Japanese citize
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by etdev 4y ago
> And I think the answer is the language barrier. This may contribute, but it's not the main issue imo. I've worked with tons of Japanese devs and English didn't hold them back much. Plus look at Ruby, which was all the
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by etdev 4y ago
To see your page content, crawlers need to load your JS and wait for it to hydrate the page. Google does this (but it's still not ideal). Most other crawlers don't. That means they won't see your rendered content. This beco
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by etdev 4y ago
We made it free to post jobs, and then charged a fee upon successful hire. So that made it a win-win for companies. We promote your jobs for free, if you don't hire anyone you've lost nothing, and even if you DO hire someone, it&
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by etdev 4y ago
Yeah these are good points, I guess if the yen never recovers you'd take a hit. The current exchange rate is an outlier though. At least historically, you've had the chance to convert back at between 100-110 JPY:USD every few ye
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by etdev 4y ago
Cost-of-living comparisons get complex, but I can give you my personal opinion. Let's assume SF vs Tokyo. To live the same lifestyle and have the same amount of disposable income as someone earning $170-230k in SF, you'd need to e
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by etdev 4y ago
Yeah definitely. I just used the stack I was used to, didn't really turn out to be the best stack for the job... Kubernetes is completely unnecessary, although I do enjoy using it. Having a separate API is kinda nice. I could easily s
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by etdev 4y ago
Yeah they do. Established companies will have at least one senior HR person who can OK that level of spend. Small startups might need approval from from an exec like the CTO. 30-35% is pretty standard though so most companies will have a pr
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by etdev 4y ago
Thanks a lot! I'm not really thinking too deeply about exiting yet. But I guess if I wanted to work on other things, the main options would be: (1) Automate + delegate as much of the work as possible to decrease my time commitment and
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by etdev 4y ago
Great, really glad to hear that!
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by etdev 4y ago
Is it possible you have Javascript disabled? Unfortunately it's an SPA so it requires JS. I regret this decision... If not then it might be due to an ad blocker issue (specifically triggered by social share buttons) I just discovered
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by etdev 4y ago
Sure! I started out on MailChimp, but recently switched to Bento ( https://bentonow.com/ ) I really like it.
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by etdev 4y ago
Thanks a lot! Here's the basic stack: • Rails API • Vue SPA w/ ViteJS • MySQL • K8s on Digital Ocean • Cloudflare worker + caching • Bento for emails • Algolia for search / filters I wouldn't recommend using a client-sid
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by etdev 4y ago
The site is a Vue.js single page application. That's just the front-end stack I knew the best — I realize it's terrible for those who don't want to run javascript. Sorry!
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by etdev 4y ago
Interesting, can you let me know which ad blocker so I can try to reproduce?
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by etdev 4y ago
Oh wow thanks for checking, that's helpful to know. I should probably restructure things so that one component failing doesn't bring down the whole site if I can...
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by etdev 4y ago
Thanks! Yeah, the space has gotten pretty crowded but it can still work really well if you niche down imo. And I niched down hard.
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by etdev 4y ago
Yep this is a major part of my strategy (Hi, I'm the guy who built the site). Like I mention in the post, I have emails, names and URLs for everyone who applies. I also know how many applicants it normally takes to get 1 placement. So
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by etdev 4y ago
Weird... I did recently switch to hosting through a Cloudflare Worker, so maybe it's a caching issue. Is it possible you've viewed the site before? If so maybe you have an old version of the index.html file in your browser cache
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by etdev 4y ago
You don't need Japanese skills to find a job here. Check out these sites for jobs from English-friendly companies: - https://japan-dev.com - https://tokyodev.com And FYI: living in Japan is nothing like visiting
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by etdev 5y ago
Not sure about this specific company but it's true that salaries in Japan have been increasing for tech positions. I gathered up a ton of data points to try and prove this here: https://japan-dev.com/blog/software-
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Software Developer Salaries in Japan(japan-dev.com)
2 points by etdev 7y ago|0 comments
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Finding Success as a “Gaijin Engineer” in Japan(etdev.me)
1 points by etdev 7y ago|0 comments
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How to find a job as a software developer in Japan(japan-dev.com)
2 points by etdev 7y ago|0 comments
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by etdev 7y ago
As a long-time resident of Japan, I've long been frustrated by the amount of negativity surrounding discussion of Japan's tech industry. I knew there were good companies here that hire developers but there wasn't a single si
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Show HN: There are good tech companies in Japan(japan-dev.com)
2 points by etdev 7y ago|1 comments
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Show HN: Developer jobs at Japan's best tech companies(japan-dev.com)
5 points by etdev 7y ago|0 comments

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