Vegetarians in Japan have it tough...

I miss buttons that actually did stuff.

Now they're all signup links in disguise.

Japan Dev Podcast #11 - Máté Kovács

Máté started in Hungary. Made his way to Silicon Valley. Interned at Google (twice). Built a nice career in the US.

Then he dropped it all and moved to Tokyo.

I asked him why. And how it's going. And a lot more.

It's a fascinating story:

Japan Dev Podcast #10: Raj Chaudhary

Raj grew up in a tiny village in Nepal. Now he works as a software engineer in Okinawa 🏝️

His path from pre-med student with no Japanese skills to working in Japan is a unique one! Take a look

Terrance came to Japan to teach English.

Within 4 years, he was earning $100k+ as a software engineer in Tokyo.

We talked about the power of stories, salary negotiation and how to build an outlier career in Japan.

His story is incredible — I'm so thrilled to share this one:

Anton learned Japanese from manga.

Then he moved to Japan to work as a software dev... and built kinda the perfect career.

We chatted about tech jobs in Tokyo, learning Japanese (and our JLPT N1 hot takes 🫢) plus TONS more

Full episode in the comments — don't miss this one ↓

Kamil has lived in Japan 10 years.

He's been an engineer. He's managed teams of engineers. He's started — and closed — businesses.

I asked him about the whole journey: ups, downs, successes and failures. His story's chock full of insights.

Super excited to share this one: