CJ Hostetter is a designer, researcher and independent game developer. They are experienced in facilitating workshops, user research and design from startup-level to Enterprise B2B. They regularly teach classes on storyboarding and prototyping and have spoken in Finland, Russia, the U.S. and Japan. When not researching or designing, they can be found creating their own video games and organizing game hackathons like Global Game Jam or sketchnoting talks. Matt Kaemmerer works for Peerdom as a web programmer with a focus on high-performance, interactive data visualization. He has been living in Tokyo and tele-working since 2017 for companies in Japan, America, and Switzerland. Apart from work, Matt enjoys traveling, SCUBA diving, and making video games. He and his partner CJ released their first major game project, Terranova in April 2022.
Founder & CEO & CTO @ Dreamly - a startup providing the latest tech consult consultancy services to other startups and innovation departments of larger enterprises, doing everything from smartphone apps to IoT, Blockchain and ML/AI.Lars has a solid background in computer science, and was before Dreamly honing his skills as a Software Engineer in the startup scene in Japan and Sweden. He passionately challenged himself as a Generalist in Software Development, engaging in all aspects - smartphone & web application development, designing & implementing web apis, architecting & maintaining data processing pipelines and evaluating user experience of implemented customer journeys.Areas of responsibility are management, technology development, business development and sales.◆株式会社ドリームリーCEO.スウェーデン出身.スウェーデン王立工科大学卒フルスタックエンジニア.英語・日本語・スウェーデン語のマルチリンガル.◆Stockholm・東京でのエンジニア経験を経て、2019年香川にて起業（2017年日本移住). 日本のパブリックサービスIT化の遅れを大問題だと感じ、業務プロセスの効率化をミッションに掲げ活動中.また、県内民間初のインキュベーション構想にも参画.KTH Royal Institute of Technology卒業.
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If you’re looking for a job or have any goal you’re working towards, you may experience some difficulties along the way. I share with you an actionable tip on what to do to keep going. (Also as a reminder for myself!)
Today I sat down with Guillaume, who is the Japan Country Manager of Keywords Studios and Founder, CEO of Wizcorp. You can get in touch with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ghansali
In this episode, I interviewed Ryohei Watanabe, who grew up in Vancouver but was born in Tokyo. Ryohei shares his journey and experiences of living in different parts of the world. I asked Ryohei what kind of title he would give to his book if his life were a metaphor for a book. Listen more to find out what it is and why. Ryohei Watanabe is the Founder & CEO of Eight Values, a tech job board in Japan for software engineers that prioritizes values and culture fit. Get in touch with him: Eight Values: https://www.eightvalues.com/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ryoheiwatanabeLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryoheiw/ Books he mentioned: The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick Founding Sales by Peter R Kazanjy
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Do you get that feeling often when you have so much to do but you have limited time? I've noticed some thoughts coming up recently on this topic. This is for you if you're like me and think, "Ahhh how am I going to do all this!".
今週私は久しぶりに元気がなくなってしまうことがありました。気分が落ちることって何歳になってもどこにいてもありますよね。あなたは上手に対処していますか？私はここ数年でやっとコツを掴めて来たのでどうしているか話しました。少しでも参考になると嬉しいです。
In this episode I look back on the years I lived in Italy and share with you the 3 lessons I learned about living as an expat. This one is for you, if you are trying to reflect on your journey as an expat.
I spoke with Teresa who is a Senior Product Designer at Skydea, an agency in Tokyo. As a designer, she builds apps and websites. But she most enjoys building community. She manages Creative Tokyo, a community with over 3,000 members connecting and finding friends with similar interests. ・https://teresafong.com/about ・Creative Tokyo's Slack community: https://join.slack.com/t/creativetokyo/shared_invite/zt-1f4e10mfr-L8oqEVoZb2RTrvlAbdhhVQ
This advice may be different from what you’ve heard from other job hunt gurus say.
This one is for you, if you’re feeling like life is…okay. What can you do to get unstuck?
In this episode I share 3 leanings from a recent book I read. 付加価値のつくりかた https://amzn.asia/d/1Q53iuR
A quick episode that came from a conversation I had today.
NotionAIは今大変話題になっているAI技術を使用Notionの新しいフィーチャーですが就活についてもアドバイスを的確にしてくれました。
This is the second part of 5 reasons why you’re not getting interviews according to Notion AI.
In this episode I interviewed Mike, who is an Engineering Manager at a FAANG company in Tokyo. He spoke about his journey into tech, how he came to Japan, and his beliefs on failure.