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The #1 largest market for GitHub is the US. The second largest group of users is from Japan. I'm surprised there aren't more startups from Japan. The people are

by xrd 8y ago

The #1 largest market for GitHub is the US. The second largest group of users is from Japan. I'm surprised there aren't more startups from Japan. The people are tech savvy and the economic malaise exceeding 20 years should be pushing people towards entrepreneurship and risk taking.

chillacy 8y ago
Why be an entrepreneur when there’s so much social glory in being a salaryman?
- ekianjo 8y ago
  There is no glory in being in salaryman. I'm not sure where you heard that but salaryman has almost always been a derogatory term.
  - chillacy 8y ago
    This was posted awhile back, is this inaccurate? https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan...
annodomini2019 8y ago
I counter that economic malaise stifles innovation as it promotes playing it safe to protect your future.
a_t48 8y ago
From what I know, Japanese companies are pretty resistant to using new software technology. (Someone, please correct me if I'm wrong).
- reustle 8y ago
  True, and finding good talent here which is good with new tech is also quite difficult.
- ekianjo 8y ago
  Hey, Japanese companies still require fax for many things, so your statement is absolutely correct :-) Joking aside, yes this is true. Most companies run on Excel.
mr_toad 8y ago
According to Github’s own stats, Japan is eighth in both contributions and sign-ups. https://octoverse.github.com/people https://octoverse.github.com/people
- ekianjo 8y ago
  Note that the way Github defines contributions is very fuzzy (signing up and opening a ticket is good enough to be considered a contributor). If we were to measure the number of commits or the number of lines of codes contributed I'd wage the picture would be quite different (and probably worse for Japan, but I could be wrong).
  - Simon_says 8y ago
    Bug-finding is contributing.
    - ekianjo 8y ago
      Sure, but it's not the same as being an actual developer.
      - Simon_says 8y ago
        oof. I've hired people just to find bugs.
astonex 8y ago
Japan is definitely not savvy when it comes to software engineering. I'd say they're not really that tech savvy either. A lot of their tech is very dated.

by xrd 8y ago

chillacy 8y ago

Why be an entrepreneur when there’s so much social glory in being a salaryman?

ekianjo 8y ago
There is no glory in being in salaryman. I'm not sure where you heard that but salaryman has almost always been a derogatory term.
- chillacy 8y ago
  This was posted awhile back, is this inaccurate? https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan...

annodomini2019 8y ago

I counter that economic malaise stifles innovation as it promotes playing it safe to protect your future.

a_t48 8y ago

From what I know, Japanese companies are pretty resistant to using new software technology. (Someone, please correct me if I'm wrong).

reustle 8y ago
True, and finding good talent here which is good with new tech is also quite difficult.
ekianjo 8y ago
Hey, Japanese companies still require fax for many things, so your statement is absolutely correct :-) Joking aside, yes this is true. Most companies run on Excel.

mr_toad 8y ago

According to Github’s own stats, Japan is eighth in both contributions and sign-ups. https://octoverse.github.com/people https://octoverse.github.com/people

ekianjo 8y ago
Note that the way Github defines contributions is very fuzzy (signing up and opening a ticket is good enough to be considered a contributor). If we were to measure the number of commits or the number of lines of codes contributed I'd wage the picture would be quite different (and probably worse for Japan, but I could be wrong).
- Simon_says 8y ago
  Bug-finding is contributing.
  - ekianjo 8y ago
    Sure, but it's not the same as being an actual developer.
    - Simon_says 8y ago
      oof. I've hired people just to find bugs.

astonex 8y ago

Japan is definitely not savvy when it comes to software engineering. I'd say they're not really that tech savvy either. A lot of their tech is very dated.