In 2014, I began my search for a software engineering job in Tokyo. But I didn't want just any old job. I wanted one that was — for lack of a better term — actually good. Because I'd heard some scary stuff about Japan's tech industry. Tales of overwork. Low wages. The dreaded Japanese "black company". But despite all those stories, I believed there were good tech companies out there too. So I set
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