Insights into starting and growing your career as an English speaking developer in Japan, and new job opportunities as they are posted.
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Scott is a half deaf American software engineer in Japan. He worked at a Japanese startup for over a decade, then at an American SAAS for a few years, and currently works at an international company in Japan as a senior backend engineer. If you talk to him long enough, you will eventually hear about his dogs, Noa and Sophie.
What is “reading the air”? Why do Japanese people ignore me sometimes?
This guide to finding an apartment in Japan helps you understand the costs involved, and how to go about looking for a place to call your own.
How much money do you need to make to live comfortably in Japan? This article helps you build a rough estimate
How to understand Japanese language requirements on job postings.
Mary Grygjeanne Grace Icay talks about her experiences in Japan as not only a QA engineer, but also as a woman from the Philippines
A guide for how to format an English CV when applying to a company in Japan.
Lai Huynh Binh Minh speaks about his experience moving from Vietnam to Japan and breaking into the world of tech as an intern.
This article is informed primarily by my experiences as a deaf American living in Japan for the last 16 years. It covers the challenges someone with a disability will face and the accommodations available.