therwe234234

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   by therwe234234 6y ago

   Worse, Japan's bonds were 'backed' by its manufacturing industry - much like US ones are 'backed' by its tech and military. S.Korea and China are eating Japan's lunch; this can't be good for the country.
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   by therwe234234 6y ago

   Google pays ~ 20M TC for L4; I think the compensation at Indeed/Amazon/MSFT is about the same.
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   by therwe234234 6y ago

   Decent apartments can be had for as low as ~ $ 700-800 (companies housing is often subsidized even further), however they are typically quite small. A decent house in the less swanky areas of Tokyo's 23 districts runs about $ 0.5 M II
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   by therwe234234 6y ago

   > I’ve seen ranges senior devs that are for approx $70k USD. That’s a huge pay cut for someone coming from the US. If you were teaching English in Japan that would be a huge step up however. For comparison, an L5-L6 at Amazon or the equi