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Living in Japan

Profile #19: Jayson Cunanan – AI engineer, mathematician, guitarist

08/04/202208/03/2022 by Paul

Paul: Jayson Cunanan moved to Japan from the Philippines in 2011 to follow his dream of using higher education to find a better life. Jayson and I spoke about his … Read more

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Profile #18: Drew Terry – founder of OpenSalary.jp

08/04/202207/11/2022 by Paul

Paul: Drew Terry is the founder of OpenSalary.jp, a website promoting salary transparency for the tech community in Japan. Drew and I spoke about starting his career as a software … Read more

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Profile #17: Raymond Murphy – Tokyo-based creator & marketing creative and now founder of the Irish apparel brand ‘Cnota Gaelach’

08/04/202206/02/2022 by Paul

Paul: Raymond Murphy is a creator and marketing creative who first arrived in Japan in 2004. He launched ‘Cnota Gaelach’, a Tokyo-based Irish apparel brand in 2021. Raymond and I … Read more

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Profile #16: John Rajeski – Silicon Valley veteran, educator, mentor, data analyst

08/04/202203/25/2022 by Paul

Paul: John Rajeski is an aspiring people / data analyst, a recent global educator, and a former Silicon Valley start-up co-founder. John and I spoke about his early career in … Read more

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Profile #15: Arnout Hemel – Product Management leader, new Tokyo resident, adventurer

08/04/202202/27/2022 by Paul

Paul: With 15+ years experience in Product Management, Arnout Hemel’s team at Grab in Singapore grew GrabInsure into one of the largest InsureTechs in South East Asia. Arnout relocated to … Read more

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Profile #14: Lawrie Cate – software developer at Tokyo travel tech startup KabuK Style

08/04/202202/17/2022 by Paul

Paul: Originally from the UK, Lawrie moved to Tokyo in 2018 to work as a software engineer at Mercari, the Japanese marketplace unicorn. Lawrie is now at travel tech startup … Read more

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Profile #8: Sylvain Pierre – Entrepreneur & co-founder of Le Wagon Tokyo

08/04/202202/03/2021 by Paul

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

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Profile #7: Andrew Bishop – APAC Head of Human Resources and Chief of Staff

08/04/202201/27/2021 by Paul

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

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Profile #6: Misha Yurchenko – Author, Blogger and Entrepreneur

08/04/202201/07/2021 by Paul

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

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Appearance on Lydia Beukelman’s ‘Business Success Japan’ podcast

04/23/202112/18/2020 by Paul

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

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Profile #5: James Ryland – Head of HR at Wellington Management

08/04/202210/22/2020 by Paul

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

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Profile #4: Ji Youn Yoo – In-house recruiter at Google

08/04/202210/13/2020 by Paul

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

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Profile #2: Gerard Noakes – In-house recruiter at Indeed

08/04/202209/05/2020 by Paul

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

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How to Write an IT Resume for Japan – A Guide

08/04/202208/30/2020 by Paul

I’m often asked how to write an IT resume for the Japan market. Over the past 20 years, I’ve read thousands of resumes written by IT people from all over … Read more

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Profile #1: Andy Hall – Tilting at GameDev Windmills

08/04/202208/26/2020 by Paul

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

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