Topic: Why is Japan so weak in software?

ZOOMERGOINGZOOMZOOMZOOMIES started this discussion 3 weeks ago #132,211

All the boomers seem to think Japan is very advanced.

https://youtu.be/ky1nGQhHTso

As a zoomer, I am curious what changed, and why?

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 3 hours later[^] [v] #1,412,267

Japan has a crime gig scene. That's pretty advanced.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 8 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,412,293

Probably because the average Japanese person is a billion years old at this point.

Also (to my limited knowledge) Japanese companies aren't known for paying particularly well, especially compared to the US and Singapore.

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ZOOMERGOINGZOOMZOOMZOOMIES joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 42 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,412,300

@previous (C)
Although, China has a much lower GDP per capita than Japan, but somehow they’ve started software companies that have been somewhat successful in the west (TikTok and Alibaba for example).

ZOOMERGOINGZOOMZOOMZOOMIES double-posted this 2 weeks ago, 3 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,412,301

In my experience, whenever I’ve seen somebody in the United States try to start a business that sells a physical product, it comes in four phases:

1. Try to make it in America.

2. Realize it’s impossible and resort to Alibaba.

3. Try to make it in India instead because that feels more ethical somehow.

4. Realize producing in India isn’t really that much more ethical than China and default back to Alibaba.

ZOOMERGOINGZOOMZOOMZOOMIES triple-posted this 2 weeks ago, 11 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,412,302

Of course, you could build factories in America, but then you have to pay your workers American wages, and in a free market economy where everybody is just going to buy the less expensive product, that’s where the whole thing falls apart.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 7 hours later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,412,357

@previous (ZOOMERGOINGZOOMZOOMZOOMIES)

> Of course, you could build factories in America, but then you have to pay your workers American wages, and in a free market economy where everybody is just going to buy the less expensive product, that’s where the whole thing falls apart.

I remember during Covid a friend had an idea to onshore more fitness equipment. He lined up a metal bending shop. Anyone should be able to cast plates and kettlebells, right? A couple fell through, one didn’t want to expand to handle surge work, and another had ridiculous labor costs.

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