Anecdata about Japanese tech industry: I was just able to purchase a plane ticket with a credit card online and -- be amazed! -- it worked.
@akamaozu Generic glacial pace of Japanese megacorps; galapagos keitai ecosystem holding back web innovation; poor treatment of programmers.
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@akamaozu Also quite a bit of Not Invented Here going on (both "not at OUR company" and "not in Japan") and language barriers on new tech. -
@patio11 interesting analysis. kinda glad I procrastinated in moving to Japan to be a web dev. sounds tough for web devs and foreigners ...
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