Re:Why Japanese companies do so many different things
by amfern on Saturday May 23, 2026 @12:27PM
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Working in japanese software company with Toyota.
It's not at all like in the article, it's not horizontal, and very much hierchcal and rigid.
And it can be seen in japanese software, it looks like it was designed from request sheet without actually understanding why. It's often nonsensical and extremely convoluted.
Most of the good japanese software is actually developed in the west by subcontractors.
For example Sony games
It's not at all like in the article, it's not horizontal, and very much hierchcal and rigid.
And it can be seen in japanese software, it looks like it was designed from request sheet without actually understanding why. It's often nonsensical and extremely convoluted.
Most of the good japanese software is actually developed in the west by subcontractors. For example Sony games