Paul McMahon

Software developer turned entrepreneur. Living in Japan since 2006. Helping other developers get jobs here since 2011.

[TokyoDev @tokyodev_com]

We've released our 2025 survey results! This year 989 people participated, up 21% from last year’s survey. Get insights on topics like compensation, working conditions, and AI in Japan. https://t.co/zO6KJBIbnp

[TokyoDev @tokyodev_com]

Our next event is Oct 14! Talks from Luigi Taira D. (KATIX, on technical interviews) and Akifumi Kobashi (CTO @ CADDi, topic TBA). Food, drinks, and plenty of time to chat. https://t.co/8zargedvik

[TokyoDev @tokyodev_com]

TokyoDev is sponsoring Kaigi on Rails, Japan's largest Ruby on Rails conference. If you happen to be attending, come say hi!

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

現在、TokyoDevの年次アンケートには900名のソフトウェアエンジニアの方から回答をいただいています。これまでで最多ですが、目標の1,000件にはまだ届いていません。
アンケートは9月30日まで実施していますので、ぜひ拡散にご協力ください。

https://t.co/p4Hbjowizy

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

For the 7th year, I’m running a survey of developers in Japan. Last year I got 800 responses. This year I'm aiming for 1000. Please help out by taking and sharing it! https://t.co/VSKYttMiqF

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

@okuramasafumi The plural of octopus is octopuses, not octopi. https://t.co/R2arZgrYZH

[Tokyo Rubyist Meetup @trbmeetup]

Join us in Tokyo for an evening of Ruby, Rails, and community. Talks on the evolution of Rails and using AI to review PRs, plus time to network with fellow developers.

https://t.co/rQkgGMrGPq

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

We're up to 91 registrations for the next TokyoDev Talks! We have a bit more room, so if you're interested in meeting with other developers and learning a bit about Elixir, please join us.

https://t.co/W1KWwoYDjj

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

On May 21st, I'm hosting an event at ZEALS with talks on scaling engineering orgs and improving LLMs with symbolic reasoning, plus networking, drinks, and snacks. https://t.co/ekNiCu9ZFi

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

Devographics just launched the first State of Devs survey, exploring who developers are beyond coding. Their technology is behind TokyoDev's annual survey, and I'll be interested to see how their results stack up to ours.

https://t.co/AtdoPUWuUu

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

Investing 1000+ hours and ¥8 million in developer communities hasn’t brought much in direct returns but has still been the key to my startups' success. https://t.co/ZJlHEbwM5K

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

I'm proud TokyoDev is sponsoring this event for women and non-binary Rubyists attending RubyKaigi! While men still make up the majority of attendees at the conference, I've seen great progress in the gender balance since I first attended in 2007.

https://t.co/XZErZuYWze

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

@dhh @velodooo @eugolive I don't think that's controversial to say there's correlation between race and crime in the US. But it sounds like you're saying there's something inherent about certain races that make the superior to others. I hope that's not what you believe.

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

Rubyコミュニティは年々より女性にとっても参加しやすくなってきたと感じています。だからこそ、DHHが「CoCが実際には悪意を持って利用される不満の道具になってしまったという点には完全に同意する」を言うと悲しくなります。

[DHH @dhh]

The Ruby and Rails communities came close to being taken over by the same kind of nutty extremists for a hot second. The protective walls of sanity thankfully held, but only just barely. Completely agree that CoCs turned out to be grievance axes in reality, pursued in bad faith.

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

@dhh Are you going to be removing the Rails code of conduct? https://t.co/snlN9L9FOs

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

Japan is iconic for gaming, but what's it really like to work as a game dev here? This article interviews several international game devs in Japan to uncover the reality. https://t.co/EnuZYdCaio

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

As AI is increasingly being adopted by recruiting tools and even other job boards, I want to make TokyoDev’s stance clear: we will not use AI to screen or rate your applications. We will instead focus on doing what AI cannot. https://t.co/R8medsRhEr

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

@kentcdodds Nice article! I’ve also just written one that comes to similar conclusions. https://t.co/R8medsRhEr

[Paul McMahon @pwim]

The 2024 TokyoDev Survey results are live! Key insights:

- Minimal job market shifts since 2023
- Hybrid work rising, fully remote shrinking
- Office workers 4x likelier to job hunt than remote ones
- Women still earn less, even considering experience

🔗 https://t.co/9rhQkmkGSA

[Tokyo Rubyist Meetup @trbmeetup]

Our next event is Dec 11th, where @osyoyu will present about creating a ruby profiler!
https://t.co/Eid5MR8KXF