The goal of a bank is to minimize risk, as they have a capped return. On the other hand, the goal of a VC is to maximize return, as their is no cap on the return. The business models are different, and both have their places.
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If you have someone who can help you through the paperwork, creating a company isn't so hard. It took us about 60,000 yen and one month to create at Godo-Gaisha (similar to a LLC).
If you have a university degree, it is actually pretty easy to get a visa here. While you might have trouble getting a job at a 3-person startup, something a bit more established shouldn't be an issue (as the article mentions, Gengo recruits non-Japanese, and they'll even hire people who aren't already in Japan).
The easiest way to get a job here is the same as anywhere else: be exceptional at something that is in demand.
can be reduced even further using the all? method
!student.tests.all?(&:taken?)
I don’t know if it’s whether they never saw my note, whether they rejected my resume silently, or whether they attempted calling my phone number (which doesn’t take calls).
stood out to me. It wasn't clear to me what happens when someone called the phone, but seemed like it rejected calls. Why not have an answering machine like service, where people can leave a message and it gets transcribed?
http://renunciationguide.com/Citizenship-Based-Taxation-Inte...
As there is no representative for American citizens abroad (they can vote in Federal elections, but the district is based on place of last residence), this is essentially taxation without representation.
Saverin has lived in Singapore since 2009. He renounced his citizenship in 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Saverin
Given the situation, I don't see why he would keep American citizenship.
Why not try selling the eBook at a higher price, like $30?
If you are working at a company that doesn't value open source now, and you don't contribute to open source, it will be hard to transition to a job that does value open source contributions.
You mention your current job is in banking. If you were to apply to another banking job, you'd probably have a better chance of getting the position than someone who has a rich open source portfolio, but no experience in the industry.
Having a GitHub account with x projects is just the new has x years of experience in Java.
A note, in our case we used PayPal for subscriptions.
Additionally, firing someone is hard from an emotional perspective. It will damage team morale and puts the person you fired in a bad position.
Coming from the Rails world, this isn't true. Through my job, I fix problems with Rails or plugins I encounter. This may only account for say two percent of my development time, but that is significant enough to have a trail of pull requests.
json=true to specify the content type. Ideally, this should be from the accept header, but at the very least it should be possible to only specify one content type. Right now, I can specify json=true&xml=true.
Only using GET.
Session management on the client. Why would I want to log someone out?
Not using meaningful keys. s and t? Why not status and token?
HTTP codes should be used instead of status codes.
We've started this service in Japan, but have always had the international market in mind. If you're an organizer who holds regular events, we'd love to help you out. See http://www.doorkeeperhq.com/ or shoot me an email at paul@mobalean.com.
I suggest the following experiment: for your next batch of admissions, have half of your reviewers use a blind screening technique and the other half use your standard technique, on your first screen (before you’ve met any applicants). Compare the outputs of both selection processes. I predict they will show different demographics.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/19/racism-and-meritocracy/
Obviously YC needs to interview applicants, but as it already cuts people before the first interview, it might be an interesting experiment.
http://www.onlyinjapan.org/2010/10/20/fuamen-the-new-japanes...