The IT business is a good source of employment. When times are good, companies are all trying to develop new, exciting ways to reach the mass market, and when times are bad, companies are trying to cut costs by automating. Either way, the technology needs people to create and operate it. It's no wonder then that there are a lot of people who start out in other professions and realize that they want to migrate...

In 1999, in the midst of the Internet boom, a small company in Hong Kong announced that it was going to do an IPO on Nasdaq. The company had a modest $3M Web design business, offices in 4-5 countries around Asia, and was touting itself as an up-and-coming Asian e-solutions powerhouse. Not many people paid attention - lots of...

I think it's pretty clear that Japan is in for a turbulent second quarter (Apr-Jun) this year, and many companies are going to be in trouble. The buy-out funds, ever on the prowl for distressed asset opportunities, know this and are getting ready to wade in. All this chaos is going to create a new class of manager: someone who...

Going out and getting a job is a forgotten art. While the Japanese economy wasn't so great during the nineties, most of us somehow managed to hold down a long-term job. But the last 12 months have changed everything, and lots of mid-career people are finding themselves out pounding the streets again. Part of what we all learn when going to our very first job interview is...