Paul McMahon
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Software developer turned entrepreneur. Living in Japan since 2006. Helping other developers get jobs here since 2011.
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Joined April 2008
We've released our 2025 survey results! This year 989 people participated, up 21% from last year’s survey. Get insights on topics like compensation, working conditions, and AI in Japan.
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Our next event is Oct 14! Talks from Luigi Taira D. (KATIX, on technical interviews) and Akifumi Kobashi (CTO @ CADDi, topic TBA). Food, drinks, and plenty of time to chat.
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Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:30 - 21:00 This event is being held at Tokyo Innovation Base (TiB). When attending it, you'll also need to complete the free registration process with TiB if you have not alread...
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TokyoDev is sponsoring Kaigi on Rails, Japan's largest Ruby on Rails conference. If you happen to be attending, come say hi!
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現在、TokyoDevの年次アンケートには900名のソフトウェアエンジニアの方から回答をいただいています。これまでで最多ですが、目標の1,000件にはまだ届いていません。 アンケートは9月30日まで実施していますので、ぜひ拡散にご協力ください。 https://t.co/p4Hbjowizy
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For the 7th year, I’m running a survey of developers in Japan. Last year I got 800 responses. This year I'm aiming for 1000. Please help out by taking and sharing it!
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Take the TokyoDev Developer Survey survey
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Join us in Tokyo for an evening of Ruby, Rails, and community. Talks on the evolution of Rails and using AI to review PRs, plus time to network with fellow developers. https://t.co/rQkgGMrGPq
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Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:30 - 21:00 Agenda 18:30 〜 19:00 Doors open Grab a drink and catch up with your fellow Rubyists. 19:00 ~ 19:05 Opening - Paul McMahon We'll kick things off by welcoming every...
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We're up to 91 registrations for the next TokyoDev Talks! We have a bit more room, so if you're interested in meeting with other developers and learning a bit about Elixir, please join us. https://t.co/W1KWwoYDjj
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Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:30 - 21:00 This event is being held at Tokyo Innovation Base (TiB). When attending it, you'll also need to complete the free registration process with TiB if you have not alread...
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On May 21st, I'm hosting an event at ZEALS with talks on scaling engineering orgs and improving LLMs with symbolic reasoning, plus networking, drinks, and snacks.
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Wed, 21 May 2025 18:30 - 21:00 Join us for the fourth instalment of TokyoDev Talks, where we have presentations that cut across the stack from engineers working at some of the most interesting tech...
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Devographics just launched the first State of Devs survey, exploring who developers are beyond coding. Their technology is behind TokyoDev's annual survey, and I'll be interested to see how their results stack up to ours. https://t.co/AtdoPUWuUu
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Take the State of Devs survey
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Investing 1000+ hours and ¥8 million in developer communities hasn’t brought much in direct returns but has still been the key to my startups' success.
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Investing 1000+ hours and ¥8 million in developer communities hasn’t brought much in direct returns but has still been the key to my startups' success.
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I'm proud TokyoDev is sponsoring this event for women and non-binary Rubyists attending RubyKaigi! While men still make up the majority of attendees at the conference, I've seen great progress in the gender balance since I first attended in 2007. https://t.co/XZErZuYWze
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Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:45 - 21:00 Join us for dinner, on April 15th (Day 0 of RubyKaigi 2025) in Matsuyama, and get to know other women and non-binary Rubyists over delicious food and drinks! Descri...
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Rubyコミュニティは年々より女性にとっても参加しやすくなってきたと感じています。だからこそ、DHHが「CoCが実際には悪意を持って利用される不満の道具になってしまったという点には完全に同意する」を言うと悲しくなります。
The Ruby and Rails communities came close to being taken over by the same kind of nutty extremists for a hot second. The protective walls of sanity thankfully held, but only just barely. Completely agree that CoCs turned out to be grievance axes in reality, pursued in bad faith.
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Japan is iconic for gaming, but what's it really like to work as a game dev here? This article interviews several international game devs in Japan to uncover the reality.
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Five developers share the good, the bad, and the ugly of being a game developer in Japan, and their top tips for entering the industry.
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As AI is increasingly being adopted by recruiting tools and even other job boards, I want to make TokyoDev’s stance clear: we will not use AI to screen or rate your applications. We will instead focus on doing what AI cannot.
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TokyoDev will instead improve the traditional hiring process.
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The 2024 TokyoDev Survey results are live! Key insights: - Minimal job market shifts since 2023 - Hybrid work rising, fully remote shrinking - Office workers 4x likelier to job hunt than remote ones - Women still earn less, even considering experience 🔗
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TokyoDev's 2024 Developer Survey had 814 respondents. Explore insights on pay, remote work, the gender gap, job satisfaction, and more!
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Our next event is Dec 11th, where @osyoyu will present about creating a ruby profiler! https://t.co/Eid5MR8KXF
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:30 - 21:00 Agenda 18:30 〜 19:00 Doors open Grab a drink and catch up with your fellow Rubyists. 19:00 ~ 19:05 Opening - Paul McMahon We'll kick things off by welcoming every...
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English has had a complex and controversial role in Japanese society. Tom sheds insight into it based on his four decades in the country as an educator and translator. https://t.co/Co9EhObjSZ
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A personal perspective on the complex role English plays in Japan.
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"People aren’t penalized for taking a bold initiative, or trying something that might fail and failing." Ryan Ginstrom describes his unexpected career turn towards being an engineering manager, and the unique freedoms he's found at Mercari. https://t.co/BBYmvQl0ln
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Ryan Ginstrom describes his unexpected career turn towards being an engineering manager, and the unique freedoms he's found at Mercari.
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TokyoDev is hosting an event in collaboration with KOMOJU! The CTO will talk about scaling the service to be one of Japan's largest payment gateways, and one of their engineers will present about building native GUIs with Rust. https://t.co/0BN3CTxuxd
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Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:45 - 21:30 Join us for the second instalment of TokyoDev Talks, where we have presentations that cut across the stack from engineers working at some of the most interesting tech...
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One of the first recipients of Japan's Digital Nomad Visa wrote an article for us about their experiences with obtaining it!
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Curious about living in Japan? Learn from Christian, one of the first digital nomad visa holders, as he shares his experience and tips for obtaining the visa.
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