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Re: How and why I built Japan Dev

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Post by webmobdev »

etdev wrote: post #29
yakubin wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've tracked down the root cause: I needed to disable two uBlock Filters in order to successfully load the page: Fanboy's Annoyance and Fanboy's Social. It seems that they block some JS related to social buttons ( https://japan-dev.com/assets/socialButton.9ddbb1cc.js ) and that makes the rest of JS responsible for the rest of the page to not execute (due to a failed request). Sorry for the false flag.

Oh wow thanks for checking, that's helpful to know. I should probably restructure things so that one component failing doesn't bring down the whole site if I can...

Yeah, I still get a blank page. (I hope you don't expect us to disable uBlock Origin to see some social media buttons because that's never happening!).

Re: How and why I built Japan Dev

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

Grimburger wrote: post #4

This was incredibly well-written and an enjoyable story. Congratulations on pushing through and getting traction. Something that resonated: > We had to put 5 million JPY (~$45k at the time) in our business bank account and leave it there. For... some reason. Living in Asia I've come across this bizarre government obsession with "money in the bank" when dealing with them: "You need $15k in a bank account to apply" "Ok…

It makes sense - like Apple's $99 / year developer fee - to keep people abusing the system out. If anyone can create a company for free or for a low admin fee, they will.

...who am I kidding, this happens everywhere all the time and 15K is a low amount to put in a bank account if it means someone can dodge taxes and responsibilities, lmao.

Re: How and why I built Japan Dev

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Post by mcqueenjordan »

Morgawr wrote: post #93
stewx wrote: post #91

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> I wouldn't trust most sources of this kind of data you see online Same. But this is published by a large global financial institution, not a crowd-sourced low-quality web site.

The problem isn't the data itself. The problem is how the data is interpreted, unfortunately. Lifestyles don't map properly between cities, countries, and cultures. In the US you need a car in a lot of cities, you might want/expect a "suburban" lifestyle (large house, garden, etc). Healthcare might be an overlooked cost. Taxes and social contributions (pension, etc) might affect all these numbers. It's incredibly eas…

I'll preface this with: A lot of what you're saying resonates a lot.

That being said, I think what you're saying about being unable to compare rent prices more or less boils down to "ceteris paribus". Of course, not all else is equal, but it's still relatively meaningful to compare rent statistics, especially considering that it tends to be a dominating cost term. And, directionally speaking, the figures they quoted ultimately led them to a conclusion that I believe is right.

Re: How and why I built Japan Dev

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Post by godmode2019 »

Nice work! I honesty never would have considered a job board to be able to bring such a large amount. Especially in just a few years.

Good job.

I don't think you mentioned how many employees you have? Not very many I assume if your headquarters is your apartment. Good work keeping overheads low

Re: How and why I built Japan Dev

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Post by Panther34543 »

Considering cost of living, what salary would someone need to maintain a similar lifestyle as a senior engineer making ~$170-230k while living in a major U.S. city?

Some of the jobs on that site have salary ranges below 9 million Yen, which seems to equate to about $67k. Given that consumer goods are generally pricier in Japan, and that cost of living is generally quite high in Japan, that salary seems quite low.

Re: How and why I built Japan Dev

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Post by mym1990 »

Panther34543 wrote: post #118

Considering cost of living, what salary would someone need to maintain a similar lifestyle as a senior engineer making ~$170-230k while living in a major U.S. city? Some of the jobs on that site have salary ranges below 9 million Yen, which seems to equate to about $67k. Given that consumer goods are generally pricier in Japan, and that cost of living is generally quite high in Japan, that salary seems quite low.

Can you expand on the last sentence?

According to https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?cou..., cost of living in Japan is a good bit lower than the US, and I would consider 67k as a decent wage when in medium COL cities(pandemic times have changes this a bit obviously, but I was able to live quite comfortably at 55k in a MCOL city in 2017).

Re: How and why I built Japan Dev

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Post by dzonga »

physicsguy wrote: post #33
foepys wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Germany there is a similar thing where you need to deposit at least 25,000 € as collateral to be able to create a GmbH (similar to an LLC). This is meant to pay for debts in case the GmbH goes bankrupt. But the government recognized that this was a problem so the "UG (haftungsbeschränkt)" was made possible where you are only required to deposit 1 € initially and than can deposit more each year until you can conver…

That's really interesting. Here in the UK you can set up a limited company (i.e. if the company goes out of business, you are not personally liable for any debts) in about a day and there's no collateral requirement at all.

a lot of people overlook the UK - in terms of the simplicity of doing business. from favourable taxes etc. however the biggest con in the uk, is unmotivated people.
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