Re:The mistake that killed Japan’s software industry
by barry-cotter on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @03:27AM
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China has more developers that speak English than Japan does and they’re ~all in Shanghai, Beijing or Shenzhen because that’s where the money is. Shanghai is substantially easier to get around with very bad Chinese than Tokyo is with very bad Japanese.
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Re:The mistake that killed Japan’s software industry
by thrdbndndn on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @08:13AM
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Overwhelmingly majority of dev in Shanghai (or China in general) are still native Chinese. "Easier to get around with very bad Chinese" isn't a factor, at all. Not even rounding error.
China is better than Japan in software development simply because they pay (much) better, which causes more people (esp. more "smart" people) to pursue this career for the money.
And the reason why Japan doesn't pay software dev as well is in the article.