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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 / op…

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 ski…

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 c…

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…

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.…

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/cal…

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 ac…

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, an…

It depends on the startup, but there are opportunities at Japanese and non-Japanese owned startups alike, for people without Japanese skills. If you have someone who can help you through the paperwork…

I'm trying to help people like yourself come to Japan. Feel free to contact me: http://www.tokyodev.com/jobs/ If you have a university degree, it is actually pretty easy to get a visa here. While yo…

student.tests.inject(false) {|acc, test| acc || (!test.taken? )} can be reduced even further using the all? method !student.tests.all?(&:taken?)

Sharing pictures of food is the small talk of social networks. Not all communication needs to be profound.

Google makes money from people clicking on ads. I'd wager that people who install adblock, don't tend to click on ads, especially if you force them to disable it.

Have you considered doing your own start up? From reading your story, I saw several opportunities. In particular I don’t know if it’s whether they never saw my note, whether they rejected my resume s…

There are only two countries in the world that tax non-residents: America and Eritrea. http://renunciationguide.com/Citizenship-Based-Taxation-Inte... As there is no representative for American citi…

When I go to your site, I feel like no one is using it, because I can't see any other users information. As a potential user, I want to see that other people are using the site (in my area) before I a…

On average we make $1 per order on Amazon, so what if instead of showing people Amazon ads, we offer them an awesome eBook for $1. Why not try selling the eBook at a higher price, like $30?

Most start up companies have open source at the core of their philosophy, so it naturally follows that people working at such companies will have a rich open source portfolio. For instance, today I co…

Why have requests for assets like CSS and images go directly to your blog? Setting up cloudfront only takes about five minutes to do.

This article is written by Chad Mureta, not Tim Ferriss.