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Have you open sourced the code on Github? Would love to play around with this.

I had the same experience. LOL'd when I realized I'd clicked on 5-6 links that looked interesting that were actually auto-generated.

Good read :)

We should definitely chat. Shoot us an email or Tweet at us @hackerparadise

Is it that tough? As a freelancer, I'm sure it's not easy, but as a funded company hiring engineers with college degrees, I thought it was relatively straightforward either with the Engineering visa or by somehow classifying the work under the Specialist in Humanities visa.

(btw will be back in Tokyo in September, would love to buy you coffee)

Interesting read! I think the biggest advantage / disadvantage is the double-edged sword of there just not being a lot of startups in Tokyo. It's really easy to cut through the noise and stand out, but at the same time, there's not as much of a high-quality community of people doing interesting things.

For anyone looking to experience the Tokyo startup community first-hand, we're going there next month with Hacker Paradise (hackerparadise.org) and will be throwing a number of events with the local tech scene.

Currently working remotely with my co-founder (we run hackeparadise.org)

It's less efficient for us than being co-located, because we don't socialize as much regarding non-work things and we don't have the unplanned existential conversations about the business that come up at random moments.

Still, I think there is benefit to being remote part of the time. This is the 3rd stint of 2-8 weeks we've done remote interspersed with period of co-location, and I highly recommend that. It gives you time to do your own thing, see family, etc., and then when you meet again in person, you usually have a super productive several weeks.

A few of these seem like they may both be caused by some third factor (i.e. population growth) that actually does connect them both.

I run Hacker Paradise, which organizes workaway trips for developers, designers, and entrepreneurs.

While many of our participants have software companies, we're really an operations company, kind of like a specialty tour operator. As opposed to working with software or hardware, we spend a lot of time scouting hotels, running events, and facilitating the community.

Happy to answer any questions about that. So far, we've been to Costa Rica, Thailand, and Vietnam, and this summer, we'll be in Estonia, Spain, and Germany.

Hey Tony! We're starting to work on this too - check us out: hackerparadise.org

We haven't yet, but if you shoot us an email we're happy to talk more about your situation.

Hey Jay - yes we're still accepting applications. You can join us part-way through.

Hey - may want to add us as well :)

hackerparadise.org

Hey archagon - you should check out our group: hackerparadise.org

We've already run a co-living, co-working trip in Costa Rica and are about to begin another one in SE Asia.

Had a friend try to go to 47ronin the other day - apparently it's shut down.

Also, us: hackerparadise.org

I think he means traveling and working at the same time. Working remotely while living abroad.

This is amazing.

Engage Spark - http://www.engagespark.com/

Started by a serial entrepreneur from Boston, right now they're building tools to help NGOs reach people in abject poverty, and they have some really big ideas for the future.

They're based in the Philippines and actually are currently looking for developers to come over on 6-12 month fellowships to experience life there and contribute to the core product. If anyone is interested, I can link you to the relevant posting.

(not affiliated, just think what they're doing is awesome)

This is what we learned - what did we miss?

Anyone else out there with similar or conflicting experiences?

I could see this as a better way to organize my news feed. Facebook is trying to do this a bit with "Groups @ xxxx", but this has grouped people better than that.

Awesome - reminds me of that maze screensaver that came with Windows 95/98.

"Saying "you're free to walk away" is not a moral argument; if the only way a young person can find work is through doing voluntary servitude then they are stuck in that position until they do so."

I disagree. My unpaid jobs have always been much more accommodating when I leave - they realize they're not paying me so they don't give me a hard time at all. It's more of an attitude of, "We knew this day would come. Good luck, and if you need references or anything feel free to ask." My paid jobs have generally been a bit more stubborn, like leaving insulted them.

Also, many unpaid internships give at least enough experience to have something to talk about in a job interview. I know my unpaid work was critical in landing a paid internship in January. While some people may take advantage of students and the poor work environment, you can't make a blanket statement and say every unpaid internship is unequivocally bad.