Guest Post #2 – Nathan’s Magic Missile D&D spell in Python
Paul: Today we have a guest post by my friend Nathan Dibley. It’s Magic Missile code in Python for all you D&D fans! Nathan: Hi there. This is a D&D … Read more
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Guest Post #1 – Andrew Bishop on Travel in Asia During the Pandemic
Paul: Andrew Bishop moved his family during the pandemic from Hong Kong to Tokyo late last year. His story focuses on the differences in quarantining between Tokyo and Hong Kong … Read more
Profile #8: Sylvain Pierre – Entrepreneur & co-founder of Le Wagon Tokyo
Paul: Sylvain Pierre is an entrepreneur, co-founder of the Le Wagon Tokyo coding bootcamp, and Tokyo resident since 2016. We talk about how Sylvain got into entrepreneurship, his experiences in … Read more
Profile #7: Andrew Bishop – APAC Head of Human Resources and Chief of Staff
Paul: I met Andrew Bishop way back in 2000 when we worked together in the IT recruiting team at PANACHE, a Tokyo-based technology, staffing and services company. We’ve been friends … Read more
Profile #6: Misha Yurchenko – Author, Blogger and Entrepreneur
Paul: I met Misha Yurchenko for the first time a couple of years ago after coming across his excellent newsletter (you can find it and more of his writing at … Read more
Appearance on Lydia Beukelman’s ‘Business Success Japan’ podcast
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Lydia Beukelman, a US-based corporate Japanese instructor, for her ‘Business Success Japan’ podcast. We spoke about culture, burnout and life in Japan. … Read more
Profile #5: James Ryland – Head of HR at Wellington Management
Paul: James Ryland and I met at 8:25 am on Monday, November 15th, 1999. I remember the date and time well as it was my first day of work in … Read more
Profile #4: Ji Youn Yoo – In-house recruiter at Google
Paul: Ji Youn Yoo is an in-house recruiter at Google’s Tokyo office in Shibuya Stream. We worked together a few years ago in the IT team of a recruiting agency … Read more
Profile #3: Asumi Saito – co-founder of Waffle.org
Paul: Asumi Saito is a young data scientist turned non-profit organisation founder from Tokyo. We met over Skype in 2017 when Asumi had just finished her master’s degree at the … Read more
Profile #2: Gerard Noakes – In-house recruiter at Indeed
Paul: Gerard Noakes is an in-house recruiter at Indeed’s Tokyo office. We met in the summer of 2016 when Gerard joined the recruiting agency I was working at. His first … Read more
Profile #1: Andy Hall – Tilting at GameDev Windmills
Paul: Andy Hall is an indie game developer, originally from the US. Now living in Kawasaki, Japan, Andy and I met in early 2000, when Andy joined a Tokyo-based IT … Read more
50 is the new 40 (unless you’re job hunting)
I originally wrote this piece for LinkedIn and it received far more exposure than anything else I’ve ever written for the platform (almost 40,000 feed views so far). The topic … Read more
Employer Branding. When donuts are just not enough
All the Employer Branding activities in the world will not help you hire the best talent if your current employees think you’re a crap place to work. Posting photos of … Read more
Do call me, I won’t call you…
I saw an advice post that a “busy” recruiter wrote: If I don’t get back to you in 2 WEEKS send ME a follow-up email. This recruiter was very busy … Read more