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In Japan at least, there is a very different mainstream cultural perception of 'startups'. It is basically not OK to try one and fail - you do not get credit f
by blackkettle 12y ago
In Japan at least, there is a very different mainstream cultural perception of 'startups'. It is basically not OK to try one and fail - you do not get credit for trying, and it can have a significant negative impact on your career if you do not succeed. There is a small, fairly tight-knit community within which this is obviously not the case, but mainstream Japanese culture still takes a conservative, and predominantly dim view of the 'startup'.
- patio11 12y agoAnd by "significantly negative" read "You have forever passed on the opportunity to work at any Japanese megacorp." Think of an alternate universe America where AmaGooBookSoft did substantially all of the hiring at universities and if, on the day you were invited to interview, you said "Oh I am exploring a startup so I don't want a job this minute" that barred you from them for life:
- aswanson 12y agoSad. There seems to be an outsized amount of artistic/sci-fi as well as technical talent in that country. It's a net loss for the world economy that Japanese culture cuts the balls off the prime movers.