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The next one is in March: http://hntokyo.doorkeeper.jp/events/9149

All the events are listed here: http://hntokyo.doorkeeper.jp/

Big companies have big budgets for recruiting, which is why you'll see their ads everywhere.

Interesting jobs often rely on referrals. You might try attending some of your local developer events to see what is happening around you.

If there is any technology you are passionate about, you could try checking out conferences about it. You don't necessarily have to attend - just try checking out the list of sponsors / speakers. Companies that are involved with conferences tend to have more interesting jobs.

The Homebrew Computer Club was a networking event that helped launch Apple.

The top page of https://www.userapp.io/ looks great. However, it leaves me wondering who your service is actually for.

I'm a web developer, so login, sign-up, and user storage are my bread and butter, and I can use open source plugins for handling this, so your target is someone who has more challenges for adding this functionality.

Mobile app creators could be one niche, and if so, something like "User Management for Mobile Apps" could help such developers understand your product is for them.

As these machines gain prevalence in America, maybe it will end the tipping culture. By placing an order through a machine, perhaps patrons won't feel obligated to leave a tip.

Thanks for the advice. I noticed bugcrowd has a mailing list with 4100 researchers that get notified when a new site is posted, so I hope it is not too late...

Thanks. I wasn't thinking that I was setting up a bug bounty program when I created the page, I just wanted to thank people who had helped us so far. I didn't realise what I was getting myself into, so I felt a bit over my head. But you're right there are ways we can make things go smoother.

Thanks for the advice.

I'm frustrated because adding this page made us a target whereas we weren't one before. I agree we would have eventually become a target regardless, but hopefully this would be because we have a well-known product.

This sounds confusing even for someone who is fluent in Japanese. Perhaps seeking professional help would be wise. It sounds like the kind of thing this guy does: http://www.langleyesquire.com/

In Canada and the US, it is common to not payout in the case of suicide within two years of creating the contract (the same as Japan).

Japan isn't any more xenophobic than the US.

I've lived seven years in Japan. Even if I were to get Japanese citizenship, I wouldn't identify myself culturally as Japanese (and neither would Japanese think of me as Japanese).

Countries like the US separate cultural identity and citizenship, so having citizenship but still being seen as a foreigner might seem a bit strange at first. On the other hand, if I was to go to the US, there are certain cultural identities I could never have. For instance, as a white guy, I could never be treated as an African American, no matter how much I wanted to be or tried.

If you don't have a CS degree, it is harder to get a job here, because visas are tied to your career path, and for an engineering visa, you need a related degree or ten years of professional experience.

It is possible though to do development on a visa other than the engineering visa, as I've written about here: http://www.tokyodev.com/2013/01/12/japan-visa-programming-jo...

This sounds like a coworking space.

Check out http://screenx.tv/

Actually, the phrase used in the original document, 少し変わった開発者, clearly referes to Yegge as being "a bit unusual developer".

Read books. There is plenty of sci-fi that deals with exploring the intersection of computers and consciousness. Authors like Neal Stephenson, Charles Stross, and Vernor Vinge are well known in this area.

A great novel that came out recently about transhumanism is Nexus: transhumanism: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0857662937/ref=as_li_ss_tl?...

We were complaining about the lack of Stripe.

There have are some Japanese startups, such as Coiney (http://coiney.com/) who are already doing the same thing as Square.

Haha isn't the normal word for mother, you only use it when talking about your own mother to someone else in a formal setting. Mama has the most casual sound to it. Okaasan (or one of its derivatives) is slightly more formal. Depending on the family, you might use either when talking to your mother.

Even though I worked at a Japanese company, I didn't work Japanese hours. 10am-7pm were my typical hours.

Good developers are in demand everywhere! If you're a developer who has some side-project / open source contribution you can show off, I think finding a job isn't too tough.

I can't really comment on now vs 2006. I had no network back then, so that job was literally the only interesting looking one I could find. Now, I know of lots of good companies.

I got a job as a developer in Japan right after I graduated from University. I wrote about my experience here: http://www.tokyodev.com/2011/08/19/finding-a-job-as-a-ruby-d...

Having an in demand skillset (like being a developer) opens up a lot of possibilities.

Rather than always using

  git pull --rebase

you can set up your git config to always rebase when pulling.

  git config master.rebase true

sets it up for master of the current repo

  git config --global branch.autosetuprebase always

sets it up for all new branches.

Engine Yard: Slightly more low level than Heroku, good support, uptime, and performance.

See this post for an explanation why it isn't a good idea: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/02/benevolent_wor...

Just put in the affiliate code. You are already advertising for Amazon, so you might as well get the commission.

One point about "Functions as variables". Ruby actually does have method objects, which you can access via the method method.

  def add(a,b)
    a+b
  end

  def process_numbers(a,b,method)
    func.call(a,b)
  end

  method(:add) => #<Method: Object#add>
  process_numbers(1,2,method(:add)) => 3

This isn't a normal programming paradigm in Ruby though.

Pretty much all Japanese payment processors support payment at convenience store.

http://www.gmo-pg.com/ and http://www.paygent.co.jp/ are two examples.

Upgrade an existing Rails app to 4.0.0.beta1, and fix the issues you come across.

Fake beer is a result of beer manufactures getting around tax laws (beer is taxed more than spirits in Japan). Originally it was low malt beer, but now is low malt beer mixed with spirits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happoshu

I did a write-up of my advice on the topic here: http://www.doorkeeperhq.com/event-planning/organizing-an-int...

For a good overview of tech events going on in Japan, see https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=fvijvohm91uifvd9hr...

One thing you could do is try to support some local events. Some ideas:

* Give a presentation at a local event (English is fine; I can introduce you to event organizers in the design / Ruby community) * Serve as a mentor for a startup weekend - http://startupweekend.jp/ * Participate in this event for event organizers: http://devlove-kansai.doorkeeper.jp/events/2338 (I'll be presenting in [broken] Japanese)

Feel free to follow up with me if you have any more specific questions.

We haven't had issues when dealing with US-based clients (granted previous to this we didn't have any clients, so I don't have much to compare it to).

I didn't actually do the paperwork, so I don't actually know how complicated it was. We're actually incorporated in Chiba, and at that time (Nov 2008), the government office responsible for the paperwork wasn't very busy, so they were happy to help out.

Unless you are fluent in Japanese, you probably will need help from someone else. If you don't have a Japanese cofounder / spouse, probably the best thing is to pay someone to help with it.