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0 pointsagibsonccc8y ago0 comments

I've lived in tokyo for ~1 year now and have been coming here since early 2015, I have to say the tech community isn't that bad. Granted, one person's experience/ancecdata etc, but I've found it easier to associate with locals.

Usually going to meetups and the like can help quite a bit. There's quite a bit of social context that tends to stem from that.

Like you said, breaking the ice helps a lot. I can imagine it's worse in other industries but tech has by far been the most forgiving.

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sdrothrock8y ago· 1 in thread

> Usually going to meetups and the like can help quite a bit.

Selection bias -- you meet people who want to go to meetups. Usually those kinds of meetups are quite small, too; I don't know many Japanese people who'd actually like to go to something like that.

One weird thing is that I have many online Japanese friends who have absolutely ZERO interest in meeting in real life; the gap between virtual and real can be surprisingly strong here.

agibsoncccOP8y ago

Yep, covered that right in my reply. I'm aware I have anecdata, not saying otherwise.

I was actually saying tech is a nice bubble, not denying it exists.

I know enough that go that I've formed a nice community. Whether meeting IRL or not, it probably depends on the "kind" of friend you're considered. Japanese folks tend to put their friends in groups.

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